3 categories · RankedGoogle Cloud Identity
Google Cloud Identity is an identity and access management product from Google that covers workforce single sign-on and multi-factor authentication · google.dev ↗
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.
JumpCloud is first at 55%.
Microsoft Entra ID is first at 46%.
Microsoft Entra ID is first at 53%.
Why models recommend it
“Already use Google Workspace? Start with Google Cloud Identity Free. Google offers a free edition for core identity”GPT-6 Luna · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Google-centric organizations | Convenient if Google accounts already anchor employee access”GPT-6 Luna · Comparative question · alternative
“It can be a sensible fit when Google is already the center of workplace IT”GPT-6 Luna · Comparative question · alternative
“Best if you're Google Workspace‑centric: Google Cloud Identity”GLM 4.7 FlashX · 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 Google Cloud Identity, over the 63 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 17 | Compare → | |
| 47 | 7 | Compare → | |
| 43 | 21 | Compare → | |
| 29 | 1 | View → | |
| 22 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 17 | 3 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 1 | View → | |
| 9 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of Google Cloud Identity →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Google Cloud Identity's own site, not checked by Gane.
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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 53 of the 63 answers that named Google Cloud Identity and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
155 of the 171 domain citations in answers naming Google Cloud Identity came from a third party's page. Sixteen were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |