# FreeRADIUS: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/freeradius

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Network access control](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/network-access-control/index.md) | 0% | 27 | 25% | 4 |

## What the models said for it

- "free and effective for 802.1X/RADIUS authentication, but it lacks PacketFence's broader device profiling" (Perplexity Sonar, NAC)
- "Use 802.1X with FreeRADIUS for basic access control if you only need authentication" (MiniMax M2.5, NAC)

## And against it

- "avoid heavy on-premises appliances like Cisco ISE or raw FreeRADIUS implementations" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, NAC)

## 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 FreeRADIUS, from 3 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cyberpress.org: 3
- softwareadvice.com: 3
- guideflow.com: 2
- portnox.com: 2
- slashdot.org: 2
- thectoclub.com: 2
- tools.resorsit.com: 2
- capterra.co.uk: 1
- capterra.com: 1
- community.spiceworks.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://cyberpress.org/nac-solutions-by-business-size: 3
- https://guideflow.com/blog/network-access-control-software: 2
- https://slashdot.org/software/network-access-control-nac/f-small-business: 2
- https://softwareadvice.com/network-access-control: 2
- https://softwareadvice.com/network-access-control/small-business: 2
- https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-network-access-control-software: 2
- https://tools.resorsit.com/tools/infrastructure-networking/nac: 2
- http://packetfence.com/: 1

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: The world's leading RADIUS server. The project includes a GPL AAA server, BSD licensed client and PAM and Apache modules. (https://freeradius.org/)
- For: ISPs, enterprises, and telecommunications companies (https://freeradius.org/)
- Customers named: eduroam

## What it publishes

Every page freeradius.org exposes, read 2026-09-29: 13 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:


## 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.