# USPS Web Tools: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/usps-web-tools

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Address verification tools](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/address-verification/index.md) | 0% | 63 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Officially retired as of January 25, 2026, and is now completely non-functional for new users." (Mistral Small, Address verification)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named USPS Web Tools, from 5 of the 5 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- smarty.com: 4
- usps.com: 4 (its own site)
- developers.google.com: 2
- g2.com: 2
- addressvalid.io: 1
- apis.io: 1
- batchdata.io: 1
- capterra.com: 1
- cufinder.io: 1
- developer.fedex.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://smarty.com/pricing: 2
- https://usps.com/business/web-tools-apis/faqs-web-tools-to-usps-apis.pdf: 2
- https://addressvalid.io/pricing: 1
- https://apis.io/tags/address-validation: 1
- https://batchdata.io/blog/best-address-verification-apis-2026-complete-comparison-guide: 1
- https://capterra.com/address-verification-software/features/api: 1
- https://cufinder.io/blog/api/best-address-validation-apis: 1
- https://developer.fedex.com/api/en-er/catalog/address-validation/docs.html: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.