# Amundsen: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 15 judge labels across 1 category by 9 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/amundsen

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Data catalogs and governance](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/data-catalogs-and-governance/index.md) | 0% | 91 | 53% | 15 |

## What the models said for it

- "Amundsen is simpler and lighter, but usually less feature-rich than the other two." (GPT-5.4 mini, Data catalogs)
- "The Lightweight Option: Amundsen ... simpler to implement than the two above" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Data catalogs)
- "Open-source/budget-friendly: DataHub, Amundsen, or OpenMetadata" (Grok 4.20, Data catalogs)

## And against it

- "Amundsen is no longer a viable option: "Amundsen was formally archived on GitHub in September 2026"" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Data catalogs)
- "What to Avoid - Amundsen — The project was archived by Lyft in September 2026." (Kimi K2, Data catalogs)
- "Avoid outdated options: Amundsen is largely archived and no longer recommended." (Grok 4.20, Data catalogs)
- "Tools like Apache Atlas (the Hadoop-era standard), Amundsen (originally by Lyft)... they offer little "hand-holding."" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Data catalogs)

## 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 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Amundsen, from 27 of the 33 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- atlan.com: 20
- erstudio.com: 13
- kanerika.com: 11
- github.com: 9
- ovaledge.com: 9
- decube.io: 8
- capterra.co.uk: 7
- data.world: 7
- softwareadvice.com: 7
- fivetran.com: 6

### Pages cited

- https://erstudio.com/blog/data-catalog-tools: 11
- https://atlan.com/data-catalog-tools: 10
- https://kanerika.com/blogs/data-catalog-tools: 8
- https://softwareadvice.com/data-catalog: 7
- https://capterra.co.uk/directory/33716/data-catalog/software: 6
- https://decube.io/post/top-data-catalog-tools: 6
- https://fivetran.com/learn/data-catalog-tools: 6
- https://ovaledge.com/blog/top-data-catalogs: 6

## 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.