# Gun.io: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/gun-io

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Internal talent marketplace](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/performance/internal-talent-marketplace/index.md) | 0% | 26 | 0% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "Toptal, Braintrust, or Gun.io (high barrier to entry, but pre-vetted talent and better pay)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Internal talent marketpl)
- "Best For: US timezone parity; senior software talent" (Kimi K2, Internal talent marketpl)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 Gun.io, from 7 of the 11 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- golance.com: 4
- lemon.io: 4
- colorlib.com: 3
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 3
- a.team: 2
- featuredcustomers.com: 2
- fiverr.com: 2
- g2.com: 2
- humancloud.com: 2
- softwaresuggest.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://colorlib.com/wp/popular-freelance-marketplaces: 3
- https://a.team/talent/guides/upwork-alternatives: 2
- https://featuredcustomers.com/software/talent-marketplace: 2
- https://fiverr.com/resources/guides/business/upwork-alternatives: 2
- https://golance.com/blogs/best-freelance-platforms-for-businesses-2026: 2
- https://humancloud.com/rankings/talent-marketplaces: 2
- https://lemon.io/blog/best-sites-to-hire-freelance-developers: 2
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-talent-marketplace-platform: 2

## In its own words

What Gun.io's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The Technical Standard for High Stakes Engineering (https://gun.io/)
- For: companies (https://gun.io/)
- Hosting: Worldwide
- Customers named: ZipLiens, Stacks, Inc, Docket Health, Cirus Foundation

## What it publishes

Every page gun.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 884 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 52 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-10-15
- case study: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-03
- webinar or virtual event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-07-01
- conference or event: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2019-07-01
- comparison: 15 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-08
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-12-01
- podcast or video: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-11-01
- news or press: 248 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-10
- Recent: 2026-09-08 comparison: Gun io vs turing https://gun.io/gun-io-vs-turing
- Recent: 2026-06-10 news or press: What would kau%e1%b9%adilya think of the modern corporation https://gun.io/news/2026/06/what-would-kau%e1%b9%adilya-think-of-the-modern-corporation/
- Recent: 2026-06-03 news or press: What would change your mind https://gun.io/news/2026/06/what-would-change-your-mind
- Recent: 2026-05-27 news or press: Location matters part 3 the true cost of distributed teams building the mixed model https://gun.io/news/2026/05/location-matters-part-3-the-true-cost-of-distributed-teams-building-the-mixed-model
- Recent: 2026-05-20 news or press: Location matters part 2 matching engineering location to task ambiguity https://gun.io/news/2026/05/location-matters-part-2-matching-engineering-location-to-task-ambiguity
- Recent: 2026-05-13 news or press: Location matters part 1 redefining onshore nearshore and offshore https://gun.io/news/2026/05/location-matters-part-1-redefining-onshore-nearshore-and-offshore

## 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.