# Kustomize: 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/kustomize

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Infrastructure as code](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/infrastructure-as-code/index.md) | 0% | 34 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Helm or Kustomize as complete infrastructure tools. They package or customize Kubernetes workloads; they are not substitutes" (Perplexity Sonar, IaC)

## 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 | 1 | 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 Kustomize, from 2 of the 4 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- computingforgeeks.com: 2
- alpacked.io: 1
- bitrupt.co: 1
- cheatsheetseries.owasp.org: 1
- checkmarx.com: 1
- chef.github.io: 1
- chef.io: 1
- claranet.com: 1
- clever.cloud: 1
- cloudquery.io: 1

### Pages cited

- https://computingforgeeks.com/best-infrastructure-as-code-iac-cloud-automation-tools: 2
- https://alpacked.io/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools-2026: 1
- https://bitrupt.co/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools: 1
- https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Infrastructure_as_Code_Security_Cheat_Sheet.html: 1
- https://checkmarx.com/learn/iac-security/the-ultimate-guide-to-infrastructure-as-code-iac-security: 1
- https://chef.github.io/chef-oss-practices/projects/chef-server/infra-server: 1
- https://chef.io/blog: 1
- https://claranet.com/uk/blog/right-and-wrong-approach-to-infrastructure-code: 1

## What it publishes

Every page kustomize.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 4 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:


## 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.