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

**Standing:** Port leads with 57% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 49 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) | 57% | 7% | 71 |
| 2 | [Backstage](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/backstage/index.md) | 12% | 42% | 72 |
| 3 | [Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/palo-alto-networks-cortex-cloud/index.md) | 8% | 12% | 49 |
| 4 | [Roadie](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/roadie/index.md) | 8% | 0% | 32 |
| 5 | [Atlassian Compass](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/atlassian-compass/index.md) | 4% | 17% | 30 |
| 6 | [OpsLevel](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/opslevel/index.md) | 2% | 7% | 42 |
| 11 | [Humanitec](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/humanitec/index.md) | 0% | 18% | 28 |
| 12 | [Cycloid](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cycloid/index.md) | 0% | 7% | 15 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 71 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; alternatives Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Port
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Port; alternatives Atlassian Compass, OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud, Roadie
- Perplexity Sonar: Port; alternatives Atlassian Compass, Backstage, Humanitec, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
- Grok 4.20: Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud; alternatives OpsLevel, Port, Roadie
- Mistral Small: Port
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Port; alternatives OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
- Llama 4 Maverick: Port; alternatives Backstage, OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Port; alternatives Humanitec
- Kimi K2: Port; alternatives OpsLevel
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Port; alternatives Backstage, Humanitec, OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud
- MiniMax M2.5: OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud; alternatives Backstage, Harness IDP, Roadie
- GPT-6 Luna: Port; alternatives Backstage, OpsLevel
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Port; alternatives Backstage, OpsLevel, Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud

## Sources the answers cite

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

- opslevel.com: 33 answers, 61 citations
- port.io: 33 answers, 60 citations
- cycloid.io: 26 answers, 54 citations
- toolradar.com: 23 answers, 24 citations
- dupple.com: 22 answers, 22 citations
- cortex.io: 17 answers, 20 citations
- backstage.io: 16 answers, 18 citations
- sourceforge.net: 16 answers, 17 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://dupple.com/learn/best-internal-developer-portals (22 answers)
- https://toolradar.com/guides/best-internal-developer-portals (22 answers)
- https://opslevel.com/resources/internal-developer-portal-the-buyers-guide (16 answers)
- https://controlplane.com/blog/post/best-internal-developer-platforms (13 answers)
- https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-internal-developer-portals (13 answers)
- https://cycloid.io/blog/top-11-idp-providers-internal-developer-platforms-in-2026 (11 answers)
- https://lucaberton.com/blog/internal-developer-platforms-2026 (11 answers)
- https://cycloid.io/blog/top-11-internal-developer-platforms-idps-in-2026 (10 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/internal-developer-platform (10 answers)
- https://perimattic.com/tools/software/internal-developer-portal-comparison (10 answers)

## Warned against

- Backstage: 30 of 72 labels negative. "it is arguably the biggest trap for companies without a dedicated "Platform Team" of at least 3–5 senior engineers" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt)
- Atlassian Compass: 5 of 30 labels negative. "I would not start a new evaluation with Atlassian Compass as a standalone option." (GPT-6 Luna, scale prompt)
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud: 6 of 49 labels negative. "Other Options to Avoid on a Tight Budget - Cortex, configure8, or Cycloid are excellent but are paid SaaS platforms" (Grok 4.20, budget prompt)
- Humanitec: 5 of 28 labels negative. "Humanitec is better if your main problem is environment and infrastructure orchestration, not primarily the developer portal experience" (GPT-5.4 mini, paraphrase prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Port at 57%.

- Backstage: 23% to 12%, −11. Inside the floor by 0 points · rank 2 of 71, unchanged.
- Roadie: 0% to 8%, +8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 7 → 4 of 71.
- OpsLevel: 8% to 2%, −6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 4 → 6 of 71.
- Atlassian Compass: 0% to 4%, +4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 10 → 5 of 71.
- Configure8: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 8 → 7 of 71.
- Humanitec: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 5 → 11 of 71.
- Port: 58% to 57%, −1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 1 of 71, unchanged.
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud: 8% to 8%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 3 of 71, unchanged.
- Cycloid: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 9 → 12 of 71.

## 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.