# IBM Sterling File Transfer: 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/ibm-sterling-file-transfer

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Managed file transfer](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/managed-file-transfer/index.md) | 0% | 56 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "IBM Sterling or Cleo for complex B2B/EDI" (Perplexity Sonar, MFT)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 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 IBM Sterling File Transfer, from 1 of the 1 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- aimultiple.com: 1
- cleo.com: 1
- couchdrop.io: 1
- gartner.com: 1
- kestra.io: 1
- kiteworks.com: 1
- learn.g2.com: 1
- peerspot.com: 1
- sftptogo.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://aimultiple.com/category/managed-file-transfer: 1
- https://aimultiple.com/managed-file-transfer-solutions: 1
- https://cleo.com/blog/knowledge-base-top-mft-solutions: 1
- https://couchdrop.io/blog/best-managed-file-transfer-platforms: 1
- https://gartner.com/reviews/market/managed-file-transfer-mft-software: 1
- https://kestra.io/resources/infrastructure/best-managed-file-transfer-software: 1
- https://kiteworks.com/managed-file-transfer/top-hybrid-cloud-mft-solutions: 1
- https://learn.g2.com/best-managed-file-transfer-software: 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.