Ceph
Named, too few times to rank.
A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share is stated. Ceph has 7.
Why models recommend it
“Select Ceph when you need unified storage across protocols in a software-defined environment”Kimi K2 · Comparative question · alternative
“Ceph offers open-source flexibility”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Comparative question · alternative
“Examples: MinIO, Ceph.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Scale-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Avoid using Ceph unless you have a team of experts specifically trained to debug distributed systems failures.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
“operating Ceph or MinIO at scale requires deep, specialized Linux kernel and storage expertise... recovery without vendor support can lead to catastrophic data loss”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
“For on-premises or self-hosted solutions (like MinIO or Ceph), factor in the engineering overhead”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Scale-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Ceph, over the 22 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 2 | View → | |
| 14 | 1 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → | |
| 13 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 1 | View → | |
| 9 | 1 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 1 | View → | |
| 4 | 1 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
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 11 of the 22 answers that named Ceph and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for Ceph, so its own site is not marked.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
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 | 2 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |