27 categories · RankedIBM
IBM is a technology company that provides AI, automation and hybrid cloud solutions for businesses · ibm.com ↗
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Why models recommend it
“enterprise FinOps governance... Enterprise multi-cloud with chargeback needs: Apptio Cloudability / Flexera One / Cloudaware.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Comparative question · alternative
“Choose IBM-style fabric / IBM ecosystem if: governance, lineage, cataloging, and enterprise-wide control are the main drivers”GPT-5.4 mini · Paraphrase question · alternative
“Another major player, providing robust primary storage platforms with strong data management and integration capabilities.”Mistral Small · Comparative question · alternative
“IBM Cloud is best evaluated separately for regulated industries requiring hybrid cloud or mainframe integration”Muse Glimmer 30B · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Be wary of vendors that claim to have "AI" simply because they added a basic anomaly detection algorithm to their 20-year-old monitoring suite”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“Avoid for mid-market: Pure enterprise tools like Oracle/IBM (too heavy/expensive)”Grok 4.20 · Direct question · warning
“Avoid overly enterprise-heavy options (e.g., Informatica, IBM, Oracle)”Grok 4.20 · Paraphrase question · warning
“Avoid pure enterprise giants like SAP, IBM, or Oracle”Grok 4.20 · Direct question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as IBM, over the 191 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 5 | View → | |
| 38 | 30 | View → | |
| 36 | 11 | View → | |
| 34 | 0 | View → | |
| 32 | 3 | View → | |
| 28 | 7 | View → | |
| 26 | 5 | View → | |
| 26 | 0 | View → | |
| 24 | 11 | View → | |
| 17 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of IBM →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on IBM's own site, not checked by Gane.
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- Customers named
- APIS IT, SecurityScorecard, NORD/LB, Volkswagen Group Services, CrushBank, Riverty, Citadelle, Broadridge
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 168 of the 191 answers that named IBM and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
211 of the 259 domain citations in answers naming IBM came from a third party's page. Twenty-one 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 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 15 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case study | 1,341 | 3 | 2026-08-26 | ||
| News or press | 882 | 4 | 2026-09-28 | GRC, Observability | |
| Conference or event | 192 | 3 | 2026-08-25 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 97 | 28 | 2026-09-08 | ||
| Blog | 69 | 3 | 2026-09-23 | ||
| Podcast or video | 50 | 9 | 2026-09-25 | ||
| Report or ebook | 38 | 1 | 2026-09-09 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 15 | 3 | 2026-09-11 | ||
| Template or tool | 14 | 9 | 2026-09-10 | ||
| Comparison | 9 | 0 | 2026-02-19 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28Ai forecasters new opportunity business hire humans too news or press
- 2026-09-25Eth zurich robot hand walks on fingers news or press
- 2026-09-25New frontier ai models podcast or video
- 2026-09-23From ai pilots autonomous ams blog
- 2026-09-23Shadow ai has reached soc security teams blind spots blog
- 2026-09-23Ai labs ignoring cybersecurity podcast or video
Events in person
- June 9, 2026Mizuho Technology ConferenceNew York · spoke
- March 3, 20262026 Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom ConferenceSan Francisco · spoke
As the event pages on ibm.com state them, read September 28, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page ibm.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.