# Hikvision: how AI models rank it, November 2026

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

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Network monitoring and management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/network-monitoring-and-management/index.md) | 0% | 98 | 100% | 1 |
| [OT and IoT security](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/ot-and-iot-security/index.md) | 0% | 133 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Hardware-adjacent network tools from vendor equipment under FCC/NDAA restrictions (e.g., Hikvision, Dahua, Huawei network management portals)." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Network monitoring)
- "are banned across U.S. federal and critical infrastructure supply chains" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, OT/IoT security)

## 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 | 2 | 2 |
| 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 Hikvision, from 2 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- acq.osd.mil: 1
- acquisition.gov: 1
- bitsight.com: 1
- blog.invgate.com: 1
- element.com: 1
- ethicalconsumer.org: 1
- globalpolicywatch.com: 1
- logitech.com: 1
- oklahoma.gov: 1
- ora.stanford.edu: 1

### Pages cited

- https://acq.osd.mil/asda/dpc/cp/cyber/section-889.html: 1
- https://acquisition.gov/Section-889-Policies: 1
- https://bitsight.com/blog/aftermath-kaspersky-ban: 1
- https://blog.invgate.com/kaspersky-ban-compliance: 1
- https://element.com/resources/articles/fcc-covered-list-manufacturers-importers: 1
- https://ethicalconsumer.org/technology/shopping-guide/video-conferencing: 1
- https://globalpolicywatch.com/2026/10/fcc-takes-first-covered-list-enforcement-action-under-new-ban-on-devices-incorporating-prohibited-logic-bearing-hardware-components: 1
- https://logitech.com/en-us/business/resource-center/article/taa-ndaa-compliant-products.html: 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.