# ConductorOne: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 9 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/conductorone

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Identity governance](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/identity-governance/index.md) | 4% | 9 | 11% | 9 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best Overall for SaaS-First B2B Companies: Lumos or ConductorOne" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, IGA)
- "Top Pick: ConductorOne or Lumos" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, IGA)
- "Best Modern "Lightweight" SaaS (Fast Deployment, Lower TCO) Winners: ConductorOne (C1)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, IGA)
- "If your B2B company is SaaS-heavy, Lumos or ConductorOne would be excellent." (Claude Haiku 4.5, IGA)

## And against it

- "Cons: Higher cost; developer-heavy workflow" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, IGA)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 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 | 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 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named ConductorOne, from 18 of the 22 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- corma.io: 11
- aimultiple.com: 9
- startwithidentity.com: 9
- accessowl.com: 8
- linx.security: 8
- g2.com: 6
- idenhq.com: 6
- securends.com: 6
- c1.ai: 5
- lumos.com: 5

### Pages cited

- https://aimultiple.com/iga-solutions: 9
- https://accessowl.com/blog/buyers-guide-for-iga-tools-by-team-size: 8
- https://linx.security/blog/top-10-iga-tools-a-modern-identity-governance-buyers-guide: 8
- https://corma.io/blog/top-10-iam-solutions-for-smbs-and-mid-size-companies-2026: 7
- https://securends.com/blog/best-iga-solutions-and-tools: 5
- https://expertinsights.com/identity-and-access-management/top-identity-governance-and-administration-solutions: 4
- https://g2.com/categories/identity-governance-and-administration-iga: 4
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/identity-governance/smb: 4

## In its own words

What ConductorOne's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: C1.ai is the identity platform built for the AI era. (https://conductorone.com/)
- Customers named: DigitalOcean, DailyPay, Brex, Instacart, Zscaler, Ramp, Qualtrics, PriceSmart

## What it publishes

Every page conductorone.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 2565 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 215 pages, 22 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 13 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 8 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-22
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-01
- report or ebook: 113 pages, 7 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-19
- comparison: 24 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-18
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-11-02
- glossary or explainer: 56 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-10
- podcast or video: 36 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 34 pages, 6 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Introducing c1 apphub https://www.c1.ai/blog/introducing-c1-apphub
- Recent: 2026-09-28 news or press: C1 launches c1 apphub https://www.c1.ai/news/press-release/c1-launches-c1-apphub
- Recent: 2026-09-22 blog: How to discover ai agents https://www.c1.ai/blog/how-to-discover-ai-agents
- Recent: 2026-09-15 blog: C1 now available in europe https://www.c1.ai/blog/c1-now-available-in-europe
- Recent: 2026-09-15 blog: The 90 day agentic ai blueprint https://www.c1.ai/blog/the-90-day-agentic-ai-blueprint
- Recent: 2026-09-10 blog: Security is the engine not the brake https://www.c1.ai/blog/security-is-the-engine-not-the-brake

## 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.