# Google Cloud Deployment Manager: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 12 judge labels across 1 category by 7 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/google-cloud-deployment-manager

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Infrastructure as code](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/infrastructure-as-code/index.md) | 0% | 25 | 33% | 12 |

## What the models said for it

- "can be cheaper/simpler if you are committed to one cloud, but they're less portable" (GPT-5.4 mini, IaC)
- "Use cloud-native tools if you're locked into a single cloud provider." (MiniMax M2.5, IaC)
- "GCP-heavy? → Terraform, Pulumi, or Deployment Manager" (Mistral Small, IaC)
- "Google Cloud Deployment Manager (for GCP)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, IaC)

## And against it

- "Google has announced this tool's deprecation as of December 31, 2025, and it's not recommended for new projects" (Claude Haiku 4.5, IaC)
- "Largely deprecated in favor of Terraform. Limited community support and fewer features." (MiniMax M2.5, IaC)
- "Google Cloud Deployment Manager reached end of support on March 31, 2026." (Muse Glimmer 30B, IaC)
- "GCP-specific, less mature than AWS or Azure offerings" (Mistral Small, IaC)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Google Cloud Deployment Manager, from 24 of the 33 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- docs.aws.amazon.com: 10
- pulumi.com: 9
- spacelift.io: 9
- dev.to: 7
- devopsschool.com: 7
- techtarget.com: 7
- gane.ai/index: 5
- legitsecurity.com: 5
- trendmicro.com: 5
- daily.dev: 4

### Pages cited

- https://devopsschool.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-iac-tools-in-2024: 7
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/prescriptive-guidance/latest/choose-iac-tool/choose-iac-tool.pdf: 6
- https://spacelift.io/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools: 6
- https://techtarget.com/news/8-popular-infrastructure-as-code-IaC-tools-to-consider/858033: 6
- https://legitsecurity.com/aspm-knowledge-base/best-iac-tools: 5
- https://pulumi.com/blog/best-terraform-alternatives: 4
- https://pulumi.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools: 4
- https://solutionshub.epam.com/blog/post/infrastructure-as-code: 4

## In its own words

What Google Cloud Deployment Manager's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.


## What it publishes

Every page google.dev exposes, read 2026-09-29: 10 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.