# Instaclustr: 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/instaclustr

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Managed relational databases](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/managed-relational-databases/index.md) | 0% | 46 | 0% | 1 |

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

### Domains cited

- aws.amazon.com: 2
- cloudtoolstack.com: 2
- instaclustr.com: 2 (its own site)
- kargin-utkin.com: 2
- learn.microsoft.com: 2
- northflank.com: 2
- acemq.com: 1
- aerospike.com: 1
- azure.microsoft.com: 1
- capterra.ca: 1

### Pages cited

- https://cloudtoolstack.com/learn/multi-cloud-database-comparison: 2
- https://kargin-utkin.com/engineering-toolkit/data-platforms/rds: 2
- https://northflank.com/blog/best-database-providers: 2
- https://acemq.com/blogs/cassandra-pricing-and-alternatives: 1
- https://aerospike.com/: 1
- https://aerospike.com/blog/migrating-from-amazon-dynamodb: 1
- https://aerospike.com/blog/the-best-distributed-nosql-database: 1
- https://aerospike.com/files/white-papers/modernizing-legacy-mainframe-applications-with-aerospike-whitepaper.pdf: 1

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: Fully managed open source data platform (https://instaclustr.com/)
- For: enterprises (https://instaclustr.com/)
- Price stated: Pricing varies based on customer needs. Contact us for a custom quote or visit our Pricing page. (https://instaclustr.com/)
- Starting price: 0.00 (https://instaclustr.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Try for Free; Free trial; No credit card required. (https://instaclustr.com/)
- Certifications: PCI DSS, ISO 27001, ISO 27018, SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting: AWS, Azure, GCP, On-Prem, multi-cloud, Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
- Customers named: IBM, PEGA, PubNub, Operata, Your Store Wizards, Tesouro, Maths Pathway, Paidy

## What it publishes

Every page instaclustr.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1676 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 766 pages, 11 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 16 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-07
- conference or event: 24 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-11-17
- report or ebook: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 53 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-02
- template or tool: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-01-22
- glossary or explainer: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-12-30
- news or press: 47 pages, 3 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-06
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Mcp gateway rbac role based access control auth0 apache cassandra https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/mcp-gateway-rbac-role-based-access-control-auth0-apache-cassandra
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: Keep your engineers working on the roadmap not the database https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/keep-your-engineers-working-on-the-roadmap-not-the-database
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Vector search apache cassandra rag retrieval https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/vector-search-apache-cassandra-rag-retrieval
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: Build opensearch vector indexes faster with netapp instaclustr and nvidia cuvs https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/build-opensearch-vector-indexes-faster-with-netapp-instaclustr-and-nvidia-cuvs
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: Free opensearch training course https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/free-opensearch-training-course
- Recent: 2026-09-09 blog: Scaling agent systems with apache kafka and a2a part 5 the clockwork agent a java a2a example https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/scaling-agent-systems-with-apache-kafka-and-a2a-part-5-the-clockwork-agent-a-java-a2a-example

## 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.