# Kyverno: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 11 judge labels across 1 category by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/kyverno

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Container and Kubernetes security](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/container-and-kubernetes-security/index.md) | 0% | 16 | 9% | 11 |

## What the models said for it

- "Kyverno to enforce rules (e.g., blocking root containers, mandating resource limits" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Container security)
- "Kyverno (optional addition) | Block non-compliant deployments from being created" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Container security)
- "Kyverno — admission policies to block risky images or configurations." (Perplexity Sonar, Container security)
- "such as Open Policy Agent (OPA/Rego) or Kyverno" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Container security)

## And against it

- "Kyverno and similar enforcement systems can block legitimate deployments when policies are incorrect or admission webhooks fail" (Perplexity Sonar, Container security)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 Kyverno, from 32 of the 37 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- github.com: 16
- gbhackers.com: 15
- chainguard.dev: 13
- edgelabs.ai: 11
- portainer.io: 11
- expertinsights.com: 10
- cyberpress.org: 8
- mirantis.com: 8
- ox.security: 8
- peerspot.com: 8

### Pages cited

- https://gbhackers.com/best-container-security-compared: 10
- https://chainguard.dev/supply-chain-security-101/container-security-tools-a-buyers-guide: 9
- https://expertinsights.com/application-security/the-top-container-security-tools: 8
- https://mirantis.com/blog/12-best-kubernetes-security-tools-you-need-in-2026: 8
- https://portainer.io/blog/kubernetes-security-tools: 8
- https://softwareadvice.com/container-security: 8
- https://edgelabs.ai/blog/open-source-kubernetes-security-tools: 7
- https://github.com/rizzdev/awesome-kubernetes-security/blob/main/README.md: 7

## In its own words

What Kyverno's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Simplify cloud-native governance with Kyverno. Automate Kubernetes security, ensure resource compliance, and empower Platform Engineers to manage infrastructure and applications using native YAML-based declarative policy-as-code. (https://kyverno.io/)
- For: Platform Engineers (https://kyverno.io/)
- Customers named: Adidas, Bloomberg, Linkedin, Razorpay, Robinhood, Spotify, US-DOD

## What it publishes

Every page kyverno.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 11 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 1 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-01
- report or ebook: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-08-01 blog: Announcing kyverno release 1.19 https://kyverno.io/blog/2026/08/20/announcing-kyverno-release-1.19

## 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.