# Helm: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/helm

## 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% | 37 | 100% | 2 |

## And against it

- "Helm or Kustomize as complete infrastructure tools. They package or customize Kubernetes workloads; they are not substitutes for provisioning" (Perplexity Sonar, IaC)
- "Not inherently risky, but misuse (e.g., storing secrets in values files) can lead to security gaps." (MiniMax M2.5, IaC)

## 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 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 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 Helm, from 4 of the 7 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- pulumi.com: 3
- claranet.com: 2
- computingforgeeks.com: 2
- firefly.ai: 2
- ibm.com: 2
- sciencedirect.com: 2
- alpacked.io: 1
- atarc.org: 1
- bitrupt.co: 1
- builder.aws.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://claranet.com/uk/blog/right-and-wrong-approach-to-infrastructure-code: 2
- https://computingforgeeks.com/best-infrastructure-as-code-iac-cloud-automation-tools: 2
- https://ibm.com/think/insights/infrastructure-as-code-best-practices: 2
- https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950584921000720: 2
- https://alpacked.io/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools-2026: 1
- https://atarc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/atarc_considerations-for-secure-iac-under-devsecops_whitepaper_v4-1.pdf: 1
- https://bitrupt.co/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools: 1
- https://builder.aws.com/content/3Jlb95ARY9UmSfUBd9q519o7Ibd/the-end-of-clickops-why-moving-to-infrastructure-as-code-changes-everything: 1

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: The package manager for Kubernetes (https://helm.sh/)
- For: security researchers and users (https://helm.sh/community/SECURITY)

## What it publishes

Every page helm.sh exposes, read 2026-09-29: 568 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 86 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-08-19
- conference or event: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2019-04-18
- report or ebook: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2025-08-19 blog: Debian helm repository move https://helm.sh/blog/debian-helm-repository-move
- Recent: 2024-11-08 blog: Experience helm release kubecon na 24 https://helm.sh/blog/experience-helm-release-kubecon-na-24
- Recent: 2021-03-05 blog: Helm 2nd security audit https://helm.sh/blog/helm-2nd-security-audit
- Recent: 2020-11-13 blog: Helm 2 becomes unsupported https://helm.sh/blog/helm-2-becomes-unsupported
- Recent: 2020-10-30 blog: Charts repo deprecation https://helm.sh/blog/charts-repo-deprecation
- Recent: 2020-04-30 blog: Celebrating helms cncf graduation https://helm.sh/blog/celebrating-helms-cncf-graduation

## 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.