# BASIC: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/basic

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [HSA and FSA administrators](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/hsa-and-fsa-administration/index.md) | 0% | 76 | 50% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "a low-cost FSA administrator like BASIC or Lively FSA" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, HSA & FSA admin)

## And against it

- "a newer entrant that's been positioned as a more modern alternative, though I don't have substantial long-term review data on them" (MiniMax M2.5, HSA & FSA admin)

## 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 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 BASIC, from 6 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- hsaforamerica.com: 4
- fidelity.com: 3
- myshortlister.com: 3
- solutions.mycafehealth.com: 3
- thehsareportcard.com: 3
- benepass.com: 2
- colohealth.com: 2
- en.wikipedia.org: 2
- fool.com: 2
- hrtechsaas.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://hsaforamerica.com/admins-recommended: 4
- https://myshortlister.com/health-care-flexible-spending-account-fsa/vendor-list: 3
- https://solutions.mycafehealth.com/solutions.php: 3
- https://thehsareportcard.com/the-best-hsas-for-small-businesses: 3
- https://benepass.com/blog/fsa-providers: 2
- https://colohealth.com/blog/best-hsa-accounts: 2
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSA_Bank: 2
- https://fidelity.com/go/hsa/small-business-hsa: 2

## 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.