# AWS SAM: how AI models rank it, November 2026

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

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Infrastructure as code](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/infrastructure-as-code/index.md) | 0% | 18 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "If you are AWS-only, AWS CloudFormation / AWS SAM / AWS CDK are native and have no IaC tool charge" (Muse Glimmer 30B, IaC)

## 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named AWS SAM, from 6 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- docs.aws.amazon.com: 6 (its own site)
- pulumi.com: 5
- dev.to: 4
- techtarget.com: 4
- bestdevops.com: 3
- devopsschool.com: 3
- spacelift.io: 3
- cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com: 2
- devopsness.com: 2
- okoone.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/prescriptive-guidance/latest/choose-iac-tool/choose-iac-tool.pdf: 5
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/choose-iac-tool/choose-tool.html: 4
- https://bestdevops.com/top-10-infrastructure-as-code-iac-tools-features-pros-cons-comparison: 3
- https://devopsschool.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-iac-tools-in-2024: 3
- https://pulumi.com/blog/best-terraform-alternatives: 3
- https://techtarget.com/news/8-popular-infrastructure-as-code-IaC-tools-to-consider/858033: 3
- https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tools/best-iac-tools/126145308: 2
- https://dev.to/maricode/small-businesses-struggle-with-iac-and-documentation-implementing-best-practices-for-efficiency-2i4a: 2

## 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.