# ControlUp: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 19 judge labels across 1 category by 11 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/controlup

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Digital employee experience](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/digital-employee-experience/index.md) | 14% | 2 | 5% | 19 |

## What the models said for it

- "ControlUp is commonly cited as the mid-market sweet spot because of lower entry cost, faster time-to-value and strong virtual-session / VDI visibility" (Muse Glimmer 30B, DEX)
- "Best Overall for Mid-Market Agility & ROI: ControlUp (ControlUp ONE / Edge DX)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, DEX)
- "I'd suggest evaluating Nexthink or ControlUp based on the search results" (MiniMax M2.5, DEX)
- "ControlUp is widely cited as the best fit for mid-market companies" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, DEX)

## And against it

- "its enterprise-oriented pricing may be less suitable for a tightly constrained budget" (Perplexity Sonar, DEX)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named ControlUp, from 54 of the 56 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cio.com: 30
- flexxible.com: 25
- teamviewer.com: 21
- gane.ai/index: 20
- g2.com: 17
- computerworld.com: 15
- guideflow.com: 15
- controlup.com: 12 (its own site)
- research.oz.spotlightar.com: 11
- slashdot.org: 10

### Pages cited

- https://cio.com/article/4240539/theres-no-best-dex-platform-but-there-is-one-for-you.html: 30
- https://computerworld.com/article/1612638/how-to-choose-digital-employee-experience-tool.html: 15
- https://teamviewer.com/en-us/special/best-digital-employee-experience-software: 13
- https://flexxible.com/en/best-digital-employee-experience-software: 12
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/digital-employee-experience/enterprise: 10
- https://g2.com/categories/digital-employee-experience-dex-management: 8
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/digital-employee-experience/pancakeswap-vs-nexthink-infinity: 8
- https://guideflow.com/blog/digital-employee-experience-software: 8

## In its own words

What ControlUp's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: AI-Powered Digital Employee Experience & AEM (https://controlup.com/)
- For: IT & Digital Workplace Leader (https://controlup.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Try for Free (https://controlup.com/)
- Customers named: Parentix, Tehama, Ossur, Estes Express, Florida Cancer Associates, VyStar Credit Union, CliftonLarsonAllen, Huws Gray

## What it publishes

Every page controlup.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 2997 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 690 pages, 22 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 19 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-03-02
- webinar or virtual event: 101 pages, 7 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-10-02
- conference or event: 27 pages, 16 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-01
- report or ebook: 13 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2021-08-26
- comparison: 7 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-10
- template or tool: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-11-11
- glossary or explainer: 13 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-29
- podcast or video: 15 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-14
- news or press: 184 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-16
- Recent: 2026-10-02 webinar or virtual event: Emea webinar series https://www.controlup.com/webinars/emea-webinar-series
- Recent: 2026-09-29 glossary or explainer: What is autonomous endpoint management https://www.controlup.com/blog/what-is-autonomous-endpoint-management
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Gartner it symposium prize draw https://www.controlup.com/gartner-it-symposium-prize-draw
- Recent: 2026-09-27 blog: Msp global 2026 prize draw https://www.controlup.com/msp-global-2026-prize-draw
- Recent: 2026-09-27 blog: Nic 2026 prize draw https://www.controlup.com/nic-2026-prize-draw
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: How to get your digital employee experience budget approved stop thinking like it https://www.controlup.com/blog/how-to-get-your-digital-employee-experience-budget-approved-stop-thinking-like-it

## 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.