Amundsen
Why models recommend it
“Amundsen is simpler and lighter, but usually less feature-rich than the other two.”GPT-5.4 mini · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“The Lightweight Option: Amundsen ... simpler to implement than the two above”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Open-source/budget-friendly: DataHub, Amundsen, or OpenMetadata”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Amundsen is no longer a viable option: "Amundsen was formally archived on GitHub in September 2026"”Muse Glimmer 30B · Budget-constrained question · warning
“What to Avoid - Amundsen — The project was archived by Lyft in September 2026.”Kimi K2 · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Avoid outdated options: Amundsen is largely archived and no longer recommended.”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Tools like Apache Atlas (the Hadoop-era standard), Amundsen (originally by Lyft)... they offer little "hand-holding."”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Amundsen, over the 33 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 2 | View → | |
| 26 | 2 | View → | |
| 24 | 7 | View → | |
| 24 | 1 | View → | |
| 19 | 4 | View → | |
| 17 | 0 | View → | |
| 16 | 9 | View → | |
| 16 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 3 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Amundsen →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 27 of the 33 answers that named Amundsen and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for Amundsen, so its own site is not marked.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |