# Internal developer portals for small business buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "internal developer portal" and as "internal developer platform", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a small B2B company. Added to the November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/internal-developer-portals/2026-11/smb

**Standing:** Port leads with 69% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 54 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Port](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/port/index.md) | 69% | 8% | 72 |
| 2 | [Backstage](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/backstage/index.md) | 11% | 63% | 70 |
| 3 | [Atlassian Compass](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/atlassian-compass/index.md) | 7% | 12% | 43 |
| 4 | [Roadie](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/roadie/index.md) | 6% | 11% | 36 |
| 6 | [OpsLevel](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/opslevel/index.md) | 2% | 28% | 32 |
| 8 | [Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/palo-alto-networks-cortex-cloud/index.md) | 0% | 35% | 40 |
| 52 | [Humanitec](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/humanitec/index.md) | 0% | 74% | 19 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 52 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: no first choice
- GPT-5.4 mini: Roadie
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Port; alternatives Atlassian Compass, OpsLevel, Roadie
- Perplexity Sonar: Port; alternatives Atlassian Compass, Backstage, OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
- Grok 4.20: Port; alternatives Atlassian Compass, Backstage, Cycloid, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
- Mistral Small: Port; alternatives Backstage
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Port; alternatives Atlassian Compass
- Llama 4 Maverick: Port; alternatives Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Port; alternatives Backstage, GitBook, Humanitec, Stroom
- Kimi K2: Port
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Port; alternatives Atlassian Compass, Configure8, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
- MiniMax M2.5: Port; alternatives Atlassian Compass, Backstage
- GPT-6 Luna: Port; alternatives Backstage, Roadie
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Port; alternatives Atlassian Compass

## Sources the answers cite

74 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- dupple.com: 35 answers, 35 citations
- toolradar.com: 31 answers, 31 citations
- cycloid.io: 30 answers, 40 citations
- port.io: 27 answers, 56 citations
- gane.ai/index: 25 answers, 25 citations
- opslevel.com: 23 answers, 32 citations
- thectoclub.com: 20 answers, 20 citations
- controlplane.com: 19 answers, 20 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://dupple.com/learn/best-internal-developer-portals (35 answers)
- https://toolradar.com/guides/best-internal-developer-portals (30 answers)
- https://gane.ai/index/it/developer/internal-developer-portals/smb (24 answers)
- https://controlplane.com/blog/post/best-internal-developer-platforms (19 answers)
- https://opslevel.com/resources/internal-developer-portal-the-buyers-guide (18 answers)
- https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-internal-developer-portals (17 answers)
- https://lucaberton.com/blog/internal-developer-platforms-2026 (14 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/internal-developer-platform (11 answers)
- https://guptadeepak.com/tools/top-6-internal-developer-portals-2026 (11 answers)
- https://cycloid.io/blog/top-11-internal-developer-platforms-idps-in-2026 (10 answers)

## Warned against

- Backstage: 44 of 70 labels negative. "Backstage is a framework, not a finished product. It typically requires 6–12 months of setup time and 2–15 full-time engineers for ongoing maintenance." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Humanitec: 14 of 19 labels negative. "Avoid Humanitec initially unless provisioning environments and infrastructure through a self-service platform is already a pressing problem." (Perplexity Sonar, comparative prompt)
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud: 14 of 40 labels negative. "Over-engineering with enterprise tools like Humanitec or Cortex – Better fits for larger organizations" (Kimi K2, paraphrase prompt)
- OpsLevel: 9 of 32 labels negative. "Enterprise-First SaaS Platforms (e.g., Cortex, high-tier Port or OpsLevel setups)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Port at 69%.

- Port: 57% to 69%, +12. Cleared the floor by 1 point · rank 1 of 52, unchanged.
- Backstage: 23% to 11%, −12. Cleared the floor by 1 point · rank 2 of 52, unchanged.
- Atlassian Compass: 0% to 7%, +7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 13 → 3 of 52.
- Roadie: 2% to 6%, +4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 5 → 4 of 52.
- OpsLevel: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 4 → 6 of 52.
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 14 → 8 of 52.
- Humanitec: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 57 → 52 of 52.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.