# Angel: 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/hr/vendors/angel

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Learning management systems](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/learning/learning-management-systems/index.md) | 0% | 76 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Angel (acquired and phased out by Blackboard years ago) is still mentioned in horror stories as overly simplistic yet rigid, with poor scalability" (Grok 4.20, Learning management syst)

## 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 Angel, from 1 of the 1 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- elearningindustry.com: 1
- forbes.com: 1
- reddit.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://elearningindustry.com/directory/elearning-software/moodle/reviews: 1
- https://elearningindustry.com/the-best-learning-management-systems-top-list: 1
- https://forbes.com/advisor/business/the-best-learning-management-systems: 1
- https://reddit.com/r/Professors/comments/1okviwd/whats_the_worst_lms: 1
- https://reddit.com/r/elearning/comments/1so66k8/what_are_your_biggest_problems_with_existing: 1

## Record

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