2 categories · RankedCAST AI
CAST AI is a Kubernetes optimization platform for reliability and performance · cast.ai ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Vantage is first at 65%.
Vantage is first at 55%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
IBM Apptio Cloudability is first at 54%.
Why models recommend it
“nOps or CAST AI: Useful if your primary focus is Kubernetes optimization”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Direct question · alternative
“Platform9, Rafay, or CAST AI: SaaS management layers that work across clouds”Kimi K2 · Negative question · alternative
“Need Kubernetes cost showback/chargeback: choose Kubecost or CAST AI.”GPT-5.4 mini · Comparative question · alternative
“The only major tool that *acts* on recommendations automatically”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Skip full FinOps platforms like CloudHealth, DoiT, nOps, Finout, or CAST AI”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Require particular caution when granted write access because they can resize nodes, move workloads, or change capacity automatically.”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“Evaluate Cast AI, but its percentage-of-savings and per-CPU pricing may be less predictable for a constrained budget.”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as CAST AI, over the 62 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 25 | View → | |
| 47 | 12 | View → | |
| 46 | 7 | View → | |
| 44 | 5 | View → | |
| 38 | 2 | View → | |
| 37 | 0 | View → | |
| 36 | 1 | View → | |
| 36 | 1 | View → | |
| 30 | 4 | View → | |
| 22 | 3 | View → |
What the models named instead of CAST AI →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on CAST AI's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Platform, SRE, and FinOps teams
- Price stated
- Free tier available
- Starting price
- 0
- Free plan or trial
- Free tier available
- Customers named
- Akamai, Yotpo, Bede Gaming, ShareChat, Voggt, MyCoach Pro, Rezolve AI, Unstract
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 60 of the 62 answers that named CAST AI and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
227 of the 227 domain citations in answers naming CAST AI came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 267 | 39 | 2026-09-28 | FinOps, PAM | |
| News or press | 81 | 4 | 2026-08-04 | FinOps | |
| Case study | 64 | 3 | 2026-09-09 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 30 | 2 | 2026-09-07 | ||
| Comparison | 26 | 7 | 2026-09-28 | APM | |
| Conference or event | 12 | 0 | 2026-03-12 | ||
| Report or ebook | 5 | 0 | 2026-06-26 | ||
| Template or tool | 5 | 1 | 2026-07-09 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 4 | 2 | 2026-08-05 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28Cast ai vs skypilot comparison
- 2026-09-28Kubernetes configuration drift blog
- 2026-09-25Kueue gpu scheduling cost blog
- 2026-09-22Kubecost migration blog
- 2026-09-21Automated vs autonomous kubernetes comparison
- 2026-09-21Ai sre cost automation blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page cast.ai exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.