Intelius
Named, too few times to rank.
A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share is stated. Intelius has 8.
Why models recommend it
No positive label carried a quote.
What gives them pause
“Be especially cautious about using consumer background check services like Spokeo and Intelius for employment or rental decisions.”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Negative question · warning
“235 complaints filed with the BBB against Intelius in the last three years... 'almost the best of the worst'”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
“Avoid "Instant" or "People Search" Aggregator Sites (for official screening)”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Never use these for hiring, tenant selection, or official vetting.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Intelius, over the 13 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 3 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 7 | 3 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 12 of the 13 answers that named Intelius and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for Intelius, so its own site is not marked.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |