# Cycloid alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 229 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Cycloid holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cycloid/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Port: 103
- Backstage: 43
- Roadie: 9
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud: 8
- Atlassian Compass: 7
- Red Hat Developer Hub: 6

## Internal developer portals

**Small business**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Cycloid.

- Port: first choice in 49 of those 80
- Atlassian Compass: first choice in 5 of those 80
- Backstage: first choice in 5 of those 80
- Roadie: first choice in 5 of those 80
- OpsLevel: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Qovery: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Northflank: first choice in 1 of those 80

**Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Cycloid (Cycloid is #8 of 8 at 0%).

- Port: first choice in 26 of those 75
- Backstage: first choice in 14 of those 75
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Atlassian Compass: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Roadie: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Configure8: first choice in 1 of those 75
- GitBook: first choice in 1 of those 75
- Notion: first choice in 1 of those 75

**Enterprise**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Cycloid (Cycloid is #7 of 9 at 3%).

- Port: first choice in 28 of those 74
- Backstage: first choice in 24 of those 74
- Red Hat Developer Hub: first choice in 6 of those 74
- Palo Alto Networks Cortex Cloud: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Roadie: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Harness IDP: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Humanitec: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Spotify Backstage: first choice in 1 of those 74

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