Essential Open Source
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.
Archi is first at 31%.
SAP LeanIX is first at 23%.
SAP LeanIX is first at 50%.
Why models recommend it
“Essential Open Source for a self-hosted EA knowledge base, gives the most capability for zero license cost”Muse Glimmer 30B · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Essential Open Source is widely regarded as one of the best free enterprise architecture tools.”MiniMax M2.5 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Best budget-conscious choice for a company that needs a real EA repository: Essential Open Source.”GPT-6 Luna · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Excellent for building a governed EA repository with connected data on business, apps, and tech.”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
No model argued against it.
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Essential Open Source, over the 14 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 5 | View → | |
| 7 | 1 | View → | |
| 5 | 1 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → | |
| 3 | 2 | View → | |
| 3 | 0 | View → | |
| 3 | 0 | 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 14 of the 14 answers that named Essential Open Source and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for Essential Open Source, so its own site is not marked.
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |