Signal
Signal is an open-source messaging app with end-to-end encryption, available on Android and iOS
Named, too few times to rank.
A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share is stated. Signal has 4.
Why models recommend it
“use encrypted apps like Signal instead (as recommended by CISA guidelines for targeted users)”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · alternative
“Reaching out directly to journalists via an account registered anonymously”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“be cautious with: - WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, and personal Gmail for work communications”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“they lack administrative controls, read-acknowledgment tracking for safety updates, and shift-swapping features”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Signal, over the 13 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 2 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 2 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → | |
| 3 | 0 | View → | |
| 3 | 0 | View → | |
| 2 | 1 | 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 11 of the 13 answers that named Signal and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for Signal, so its own site is not marked. Four were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
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 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 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 |