# Small Business Development Centers: 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/small-business-development-centers

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Mentoring software](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/learning/mentoring-software/index.md) | 0% | 32 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Free institutional resources — Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs)" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Mentoring software)

## 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 | 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 Small Business Development Centers, from 2 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- consumer.ftc.gov: 2
- digitalheroesco.com: 1
- ftc.gov: 1
- leadchangegroup.com: 1
- linkedin.com: 1
- mentorcheck.net: 1
- mentorprogram.com: 1
- reddit.com: 1
- sba.gov: 1
- supatutor.in: 1

### Pages cited

- https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/when-business-offer-or-coaching-program-scam: 1
- https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2023/08/vetting-business-or-coaching-opportunity-you-buy: 1
- https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2026/04/how-spot-and-avoid-business-coaching-scams: 1
- https://digitalheroesco.com/journal/problems-mentoring-program-management-software-digital-heroes: 1
- https://ftc.gov/enforcement/refunds/coaching-department-refunds: 1
- https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/06/ftc-sends-more-24-million-consumers-harmed-deceptive-business-coaching-scheme-lurn: 1
- https://leadchangegroup.com/mentoring-software/small-business: 1
- https://linkedin.com/posts/vaishnav-p-varma_topmate-studyabroad-aware-activity-7349849368822247424-hAZf: 1

## In its own words

What Small Business Development Centers's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.


## What it publishes

Every page smallbusiness.management exposes, read 2026-09-29: 144 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 93 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-02
- comparison: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-03-20
- glossary or explainer: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-01-14
- Recent: 2026-06-02 blog: Influencer marketing small business https://smallbusiness.management/influencer-marketing-small-business
- Recent: 2026-05-30 blog: Referral program small business https://smallbusiness.management/referral-program-small-business
- Recent: 2026-05-26 blog: Performance management small business https://smallbusiness.management/performance-management-small-business
- Recent: 2026-05-23 blog: Purchase order small business https://smallbusiness.management/purchase-order-small-business
- Recent: 2026-05-20 blog: Erp software small business https://smallbusiness.management/erp-software-small-business
- Recent: 2026-05-17 blog: B2b marketing small business https://smallbusiness.management/b2b-marketing-small-business

## 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.