Certbot
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.
Sectigo Certificate Manager is first at 35%.
Sectigo Certificate Manager is first at 43%.
Keyfactor Command is first at 28%.
Why models recommend it
“is Sectigo SCM Pro or Certbot, as they offer low-cost and basic automation features”Llama 4 Maverick · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“A free, open-source tool from Let's Encrypt, ideal for automating the issuance and renewal of SSL/TLS certificates”Mistral Small · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Certbot (for public certificates) ... open-source options that can handle many use cases”Mistral Small · Negative question · alternative
“open-source options (e.g., cert-manager, certbot with ACME) score well for smaller teams”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · alternative
What gives them pause
No model argued against it.
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Certbot, over the 33 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 14 | View → | |
| 18 | 0 | View → | |
| 17 | 1 | View → | |
| 15 | 0 | View → | |
| 14 | 1 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → | |
| 13 | 2 | View → | |
| 11 | 1 | View → | |
| 11 | 1 | View → | |
| 11 | 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 31 of the 33 answers that named Certbot and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for Certbot, so its own site is not marked. Fifteen were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
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 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 |