# Headscale: 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/headscale

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Zero trust network access](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/zero-trust-network-access/index.md) | 0% | 40 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "An open-source control server implementation of the Tailscale protocol." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, ZTNA)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 Headscale, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cloudflare.com: 2
- cyberpresso.com: 2
- dope.security: 2
- tailscale.com: 2
- twingate.com: 2
- vendr.com: 2
- wz-it.com: 2
- zerotrustcost.com: 2
- aimultiple.com: 1
- birdhost.de: 1

### Pages cited

- https://cloudflare.com/plans/zero-trust-services: 2
- https://cyberpresso.com/blog/tailscale-pricing: 2
- https://dope.security/post/cloudflare-zero-trust-pricing-2026: 2
- https://twingate.com/pricing: 2
- https://vendr.com/marketplace/twingate: 2
- https://zerotrustcost.com/cloudflare-zero-trust-pricing: 2
- https://aimultiple.com/microsegmentation-tools: 1
- https://birdhost.de/en/blog/tailscale-preiserhoehung-2026-alternative: 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.