# Kea: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/kea

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [DDI and IP address management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/ddi-and-ipam/index.md) | 0% | 18 | 0% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "For smaller environments, consider Open Source options (BIND/Kea)" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, DDI and IPAM)
- "recommends moving to a maintained alternative, such as Kea" (GPT-6 Luna, DDI and IPAM)
- "Kea (DHCP from ISC)" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, DDI and IPAM)

## 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Kea, from 4 of the 5 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 2
- gane.ai/index: 2
- reddit.com: 2
- bestdevops.com: 1
- bluecatnetworks.com: 1
- ciopages.com: 1
- cygnalabs.com: 1
- ddi-dev.com: 1
- ddi.com: 1
- digitalheroesco.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/ddi-and-ipam: 2
- https://bestdevops.com/top-10-ddi-dns-dhcp-ipam-platforms-features-pros-cons-comparison: 1
- https://bluecatnetworks.com/dns-dhcp-ipam: 1
- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/enterprise-dns-ddi: 1
- https://cygnalabs.com/en/products/cygna-ddi: 1
- https://ddi-dev.com/testimonials: 1
- https://ddi.com/lp/request-quote: 1
- https://digitalheroesco.com/journal/build-vs-buy-ip-address-management-software-digital-heroes: 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.