# Ethiack: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 2 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ethiack

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Attack surface management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/attack-surface-management/index.md) | 0% | 108 | 100% | 1 |
| [Penetration testing as a service](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/penetration-testing-as-a-service/index.md) | 0% | 61 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best for continuous 24/7 testing (especially in Europe)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, PTaaS)

## And against it

- "Very high cost — users find it challenging to scale testing for essential assets" (Kimi K2, ASM)

## 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 Ethiack, from 2 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ability.ai: 1
- atlantsecurity.com: 1
- attaxion.com: 1
- blazeinfosec.com: 1
- codeant.ai: 1
- cybersecdirectory.com: 1
- cyble.com: 1
- cycognito.com: 1
- deepstrike.io: 1
- dev.to: 1

### Pages cited

- https://ability.ai/blog/ai-vendor-lock-in-risks: 1
- https://atlantsecurity.com/blog/top-penetration-testing-companies: 1
- https://attaxion.com/top-external-attack-surface-management-vendors: 1
- https://blazeinfosec.com/solutions/mid-market: 1
- https://codeant.ai/blogs/ptaas-penetration-testing-as-a-service: 1
- https://cybersecdirectory.com/categories/penetration-testing: 1
- https://cyble.com/knowledge-hub/top-attack-surface-management-services: 1
- https://cycognito.com/why-cycognito/cortex-xpanse-competitor.php: 1

## 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.