Port vs Atlassian Compass
Ten of fourteen models named Port first on the direct prompt; zero named Atlassian Compass. Both were named by all fourteen models and Port carries 71 labels and Atlassian Compass 30, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the internal developer portals page.
By framing
PortFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAtlassian Compass
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Port and Atlassian Compass were named in the same answer ninety-four times, of the 215 answers naming Port and the 97 naming Atlassian Compass. In those answers Atlassian Compass took the first choice five times and Port fifty-nine.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | | | ||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | | |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Port Atlassian Compass first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Port on the left and Atlassian Compass on the right.The direct prompt
Port first, Atlassian Compass an alternative
10 of 14 modelsAtlassian Compass was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Port69%#1 of 7Atlassian Compass7%#3 of 7Port57%#1 of 8Atlassian Compass4%#5 of 8Port44%#1 of 9Atlassian Compass2%#8 of 9What the models said about Port
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Proprietary Closed‑Source Portals (e.g., Port.io, OpsLevel, Atlassian Compass) | *Vendor lock‑in.*” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“you should carefully verify Port's compatibility with your infrastructure before committing fully” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“proprietary portals (Port.io, OpsLevel, Atlassian Compass, etc.) carry vendor lock-in risks” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Port — Best Overall Value for Small-to-Mid Teams ... Port's free tier (up to 15 users) is the sweet spot between capability and cost.” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“Port is recommended for mid-sized B2B companies as it provides a good balance of time-to-value, governance, and mid-market pricing.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Choose Port for balanced, quick-start portals with modern features like AI—often recommended as the "best for most teams"” Grok 4.20 · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Atlassian Compass
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“I would not start a new evaluation with Atlassian Compass as a standalone option.” GPT-6 Luna · scale prompt · hard negative
“Avoid for new implementations — Atlassian is winding this down” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Ecosystem-centric portals like Atlassian Compass... can lack the deep extensibility or custom integration freedom” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“The best internal developer portal for a company with a limited budget is Atlassian Compass, which is a cheap per-user IDP at $8/user/mo” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Atlassian Compass is usually the best paid choice” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“If you're already using Atlassian tools, Compass is the most budget-friendly paid option.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.