# Elementary OSS: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/elementary-oss

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Data quality and observability](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/data-quality-and-observability/index.md) | 4% | 13 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Start with Metaplane's free tier if you're not using dbt, or Elementary OSS if you are." (Kimi K2, Data observability)
- "Best low-budget pick: Elementary OSS—if your company already uses dbt." (GPT-6 Luna, Data observability)

## 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Elementary OSS, from 2 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- github.com: 2
- soda.io: 2
- airbyte.com: 1
- atlan.com: 1
- datakitchen.io: 1
- docs.elementary-data.com: 1 (its own site)
- dotcom-monitor.com: 1
- groundcover.com: 1
- kanerika.com: 1
- metaplane.dev: 1

### Pages cited

- https://airbyte.com/top-etl-tools-for-sources/data-observability-tools: 1
- https://atlan.com/know/data-observability-tools: 1
- https://datakitchen.io/answers: 1
- https://datakitchen.io/answers/best-free-open-source-data-quality-observability-tools-2026: 1
- https://datakitchen.io/answers/how-much-does-data-quality-software-cost-a-small-team: 1
- https://docs.elementary-data.com/cloud/cloud-vs-oss: 1
- https://docs.elementary-data.com/oss/oss-introduction: 1
- https://dotcom-monitor.com/blog/best-observability-tools: 1

## In its own words

What Elementary OSS's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: control plane for data and AI reliability (https://elementary-data.com/)
- For: Engineers and business users (https://elementary-data.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Start free (https://elementary-data.com/)
- Customers named: Elastic, RGA, Now Pensions, StubHub International, Fiverr, Scalapay

## What it publishes

Every page elementary-data.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 553 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 63 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 11 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 25 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 25 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## 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.