# Atomic Red Team: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 11 judge labels across 1 category by 9 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/atomic-red-team

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Breach and attack simulation](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/breach-and-attack-simulation/index.md) | 7% | 5 | 9% | 11 |

## What the models said for it

- "Very limited budget + technical team | Atomic Red Team + Caldera | Free, powerful, but requires expertise" (Kimi K2, BAS)
- "Start free: Deploy Atomic Red Team or MITRE Caldera to establish baseline testing" (MiniMax M2.5, BAS)
- "I'd recommend starting with the free open-source tools (Atomic Red Team + MITRE Caldera)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, BAS)
- "Atomic Red Team (by Red Canary) — *Best Overall for Endpoint & SIEM Validation*" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, BAS)

## And against it

- "can supplement but usually lack the enterprise polish, automation, reporting, and support a 500-person company needs" (Grok 4.20, BAS)

## By model

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

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Atomic Red Team, from 25 of the 28 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- startupstash.com: 17
- g2.com: 15
- reddit.com: 10
- tools.resorsit.com: 10
- comparitech.com: 9
- picussecurity.com: 9
- github.com: 7
- guideflow.com: 7
- guptadeepak.com: 7
- socradar.io: 7

### Pages cited

- https://startupstash.com/best-breach-and-attack-simulation-tools: 17
- https://tools.resorsit.com/tools/security/bas: 10
- https://comparitech.com/net-admin/best-bas-tools: 9
- https://g2.com/categories/breach-and-attack-simulation-bas: 8
- https://reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1bdi6ou/breach_attack_simulation_bas: 8
- https://guideflow.com/blog/breach-and-attack-simulation-software: 7
- https://guptadeepak.com/tools/top-5-breach-attack-simulation-tools-2026: 7
- https://socradar.io/blog/top-10-breach-and-attack-simulation-bas-software-2024: 7

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: An open source library of tests designed to test your organization's security controls. (https://atomicredteam.io/)
- For: security teams (https://atomicredteam.io/)
- Free plan or trial: free and open source tools (https://atomicredteam.io/)

## What it publishes

Every page atomicredteam.io exposes, read 2026-10-05: 4 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:


## 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.