# Atlassian Compass: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 30 judge labels across 1 category by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/atlassian-compass

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Internal developer portals](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/internal-developer-portals/index.md) | 4% | 5 | 17% | 30 |

## What the models said for it

- "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, Developer portals)
- "Atlassian Compass is usually the best paid choice" (Perplexity Sonar, Developer portals)
- "If you're already using Atlassian tools, Compass is the most budget-friendly paid option." (Mistral Small, Developer portals)
- "Choose Compass if Jira and Bitbucket are already the center of engineering operations." (Perplexity Sonar, Developer portals)

## And against it

- "I would not start a new evaluation with Atlassian Compass as a standalone option." (GPT-6 Luna, Developer portals)
- "Avoid for new implementations — Atlassian is winding this down" (Kimi K2, Developer portals)
- "Ecosystem-centric portals like Atlassian Compass... can lack the deep extensibility or custom integration freedom" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Developer portals)
- "Proprietary Closed‑Source Portals (e.g., Port.io, OpsLevel, Atlassian Compass) | *Vendor lock‑in.*" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Developer portals)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Atlassian Compass, from 93 of the 97 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- dupple.com: 52
- toolradar.com: 47
- cycloid.io: 39
- thectoclub.com: 30
- gane.ai/index: 28
- guideflow.com: 28
- opslevel.com: 27
- port.io: 27
- controlplane.com: 25
- roadie.io: 22

### Pages cited

- https://dupple.com/learn/best-internal-developer-portals: 52
- https://toolradar.com/guides/best-internal-developer-portals: 47
- https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-internal-developer-portals: 27
- https://controlplane.com/blog/post/best-internal-developer-platforms: 25
- https://guideflow.com/blog/internal-developer-platform: 23
- https://cycloid.io/blog/top-11-internal-developer-platforms-idps-in-2026: 20
- https://itechguides.com/best/internal-developer-platforms: 19
- https://opslevel.com/resources/internal-developer-portal-the-buyers-guide: 19

## In its own words

What Atlassian Compass's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: internal developer platform from Atlassian (https://www.atlassian.com/software/compass)
- For: engineering organizations worldwide (https://www.atlassian.com/software/compass)
- Price stated: Standard and Premium subscriptions are priced monthly and annually by number of creators; Standard monthly starts at USD 8.00 /creator and Premium monthly starts at USD 25 /creator. (https://www.atlassian.com/licensing/compass)
- Starting price: USD 8.00 /creator (https://www.atlassian.com/licensing/compass)
- Free plan or trial: You can start a free 14-day trial of Compass. We also offer a Free plan of Compass for up to 3 full users, unlimited Basic users, and Community Support. (https://www.atlassian.com/licensing/compass)
- Customers named: Boden, OVO Energy

## 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.