# Active Directory: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 2 categories by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/active-directory

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Workforce identity and SSO](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/workforce-identity-and-sso/index.md) | 0% | 43 | 50% | 2 |
| [Identity governance](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/identity-governance/index.md) | 0% | 77 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "platforms like Active Directory, Okta, and Microsoft Entra ID were never designed for non-human identities" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Workforce identity)
- "Active Directory, Okta, and similar platforms were not designed for the agent use case" (Claude Haiku 4.5, IGA)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 Active Directory, from 5 of the 5 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- startwithidentity.com: 3
- corma.io: 2
- gane.ai/index: 2
- idmworks.com: 2
- idsalliance.org: 2
- okta.com: 2
- workos.com: 2
- 1kosmos.com: 1
- aws.amazon.com: 1
- blog.defend-id.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://corma.io/blog/top-10-iam-solutions-for-smbs-and-mid-size-companies-2026: 2
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/workforce-identity-and-sso/smb: 2
- https://workos.com/blog/what-is-workforce-identity: 2
- https://1kosmos.com/resources/blog/workforce-idv-buyers-guide: 1
- https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/reviews/reviews-list/B09GX2BQS7: 1
- https://blog.defend-id.com/2026/06/15/why-provide-identity-theft-protection-employee-benefit: 1
- https://citadelsecops.com/reviews/best-mfa-identity-compared: 1
- https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2024/10/30/top-iam-priorities-for-2025-addressing-multi-cloud-identity-management-challenges: 1

## 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.