# Internal developer portals for enterprise 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 an enterprise B2B company. Added to the November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/internal-developer-portals/enterprise

**Standing:** Port leads with 44% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 59 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) | 44% | 15% | 73 |
| 2 | [Backstage](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/backstage/index.md) | 24% | 35% | 72 |
| 3 | [Red Hat Developer Hub](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/red-hat-developer-hub/index.md) | 12% | 0% | 30 |
| 4 | [Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/palo-alto-networks-cortex-cloud/index.md) | 5% | 19% | 57 |
| 5 | [Roadie](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/roadie/index.md) | 3% | 14% | 35 |
| 6 | [Humanitec](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/humanitec/index.md) | 3% | 14% | 29 |
| 7 | [Cycloid](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cycloid/index.md) | 3% | 5% | 20 |
| 8 | [Atlassian Compass](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/atlassian-compass/index.md) | 2% | 25% | 24 |
| 11 | [OpsLevel](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/opslevel/index.md) | 0% | 12% | 50 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 59 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: Backstage, Port
- GPT-5.4 mini: Backstage, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Port; alternatives OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Red Hat Developer Hub, Spotify's Backstage
- Perplexity Sonar: Port; alternatives Atlassian Compass, Backstage, OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
- Grok 4.20: Backstage; alternatives OpsLevel, Roadie
- Mistral Small: Port, Red Hat Developer Hub; alternatives Backstage
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Port; alternatives Backstage, Harness IDP, Humanitec, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
- Llama 4 Maverick: Port; alternatives Red Hat Developer Hub
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Backstage, Port; alternatives Atlassian Compass, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
- Kimi K2: Port; alternatives Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Red Hat Developer Hub
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Port; alternatives Cycloid
- MiniMax M2.5: Roadie; alternatives Cycloid, Harness IDP, OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
- GPT-6 Luna: Port; alternatives OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Port; alternatives Atlassian Compass, Backstage, OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud

## Sources the answers cite

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

- cycloid.io: 41 answers, 99 citations
- port.io: 34 answers, 60 citations
- opslevel.com: 32 answers, 57 citations
- roadie.io: 24 answers, 37 citations
- backstage.io: 21 answers, 29 citations
- toolradar.com: 21 answers, 21 citations
- cortex.io: 20 answers, 24 citations
- gane.ai/index: 19 answers, 20 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://toolradar.com/guides/best-internal-developer-portals (20 answers)
- https://gane.ai/index/it/developer/internal-developer-portals/enterprise (19 answers)
- https://opslevel.com/resources/internal-developer-portal-the-buyers-guide (18 answers)
- https://cycloid.io/blog/idp-for-enterprise (16 answers)
- https://dupple.com/learn/best-internal-developer-portals (16 answers)
- https://roadie.io/blog/7-best-developer-portals-for-enterprise-engineering-teams (16 answers)
- https://cycloid.io/solutions/idp-for-enterprise (15 answers)
- https://cycloid.io/blog/top-11-internal-developer-platforms-idps-in-2026 (14 answers)
- https://humanitec.com/internal-developer-portal (14 answers)
- https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-internal-developer-portals (12 answers)

## Warned against

- Backstage: 25 of 72 labels negative. "the main internal developer portal (IDP) to approach with strong caution—or outright avoid unless you have significant dedicated resources—is self-hosted Backstage" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud: 11 of 57 labels negative. "recommend avoiding, such as self-hosted Backstage, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, and Port" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)
- Port: 11 of 73 labels negative. "recommend avoiding, such as self-hosted Backstage, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, and Port" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)
- Atlassian Compass: 6 of 24 labels negative. "I wouldn't shortlist it for a new deployment without first reviewing Atlassian's transition plans" (GPT-6 Luna, comparative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Port at 44%.

- Port: 25% to 44%, +19. Cleared the floor by 8 points · rank 1 of 59, unchanged.
- Roadie: 10% to 3%, −7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 3 → 5 of 59.
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud: 10% to 5%, −5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 4 of 59, unchanged.
- Spotify Portal: 5% to 0%, −5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 7 → 13 of 59.
- Red Hat Developer Hub: 8% to 12%, +4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 5 → 3 of 59.
- Cycloid: 0% to 3%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 14 → 7 of 59.
- OpsLevel: 3% to 0%, −3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 8 → 11 of 59.
- Backstage: 22% to 24%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 2 of 59, unchanged.
- Humanitec: 5% to 3%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 6 of 59, unchanged.
- Atlassian Compass: 3% to 2%, −1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 9 → 8 of 59.

## 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.