# Faker library: how AI models rank it, November 2026

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

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Data masking and test data management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/data-masking-and-test-data/index.md) | 0% | 132 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Faker library and simple substitution tools: Only suitable for small, non-regulated projects" (Kimi K2, Data masking)

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

### Domains cited

- aismartventures.com: 1
- atlan.com: 1
- aws.amazon.com: 1
- csrc.nist.gov: 1
- cybersecuritynews.com: 1
- datacamp.com: 1
- dataveil.com: 1
- itlawco.com: 1
- itsecuritynews.info: 1
- jhavtech.com.au: 1

### Pages cited

- https://aismartventures.com/posts/ai-vendor-lock-in-five-patterns-to-watch-out-for-in-2026: 1
- https://atlan.com/data-masking-tools: 1
- https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/data-masking: 1
- https://csrc.nist.gov/files/pubs/sp/800/188/ipd/docs/sp800_188_draft.pdf: 1
- https://cybersecuritynews.com/6-next-gen-data-masking-solutions-to-protect-sensitive-information-in-2026: 1
- https://datacamp.com/tutorial/data-masking: 1
- https://dataveil.com/: 1
- https://itlawco.com/avoiding-vendor-lock-in-in-data-protection-and-privacy-management-platforms: 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.