# Linkerd: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 2 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/linkerd

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [API gateways](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/api-gateways/index.md) | 0% | 51 | 100% | 1 |
| [Microsegmentation](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/microsegmentation/index.md) | 0% | 71 | 0% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Istio and Linkerd are service meshes designed for East-West traffic" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, API gateways)

## 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 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 Linkerd, from 3 of the 8 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 3
- aimultiple.com: 2
- cyberpress.org: 2
- dataintelo.com: 2
- forrester.com: 2
- gane.ai/index: 2
- peerspot.com: 2
- sesamedisk.com: 2
- sourceforge.net: 2
- trustradius.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://g2.com/categories/microsegmentation/small-business: 3
- https://aimultiple.com/microsegmentation-tools: 2
- https://cyberpress.org/microsegmentation-tools-by-business-size: 2
- https://dataintelo.com/report/global-micro-segmentation-solutions-market: 2
- https://forrester.com/blogs/announcing-the-forrester-wave-microsegmentation-solutions-q3-2024: 2
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/microsegmentation/smb: 2
- https://sesamedisk.com/microsegmentation-best-practices-small-teams: 2
- https://sourceforge.net/software/microsegmentation/for-small-business: 2

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: Enterprise power without enterprise complexity (https://linkerd.io/)
- Customers named: expedia, offerup, tradeshift, adidas, cisco-webex, clover-health, docker, heb

## What it publishes

Every page linkerd.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 453 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2019-08-01
- comparison: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-04-01
- glossary or explainer: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2025-04-01 comparison: Linkerd vs ambient mesh 2025 benchmarks https://linkerd.io/2025/04/24/linkerd-vs-ambient-mesh-2025-benchmarks
- Recent: 2021-11-01 comparison: Linkerd vs istio benchmarks 2021 https://linkerd.io/2021/11/29/linkerd-vs-istio-benchmarks-2021
- Recent: 2021-11-01 comparison: Index https://linkerd.io/2021/11/29/linkerd-vs-istio-benchmarks-2021/index.html
- Recent: 2021-05-01 comparison: Linkerd vs istio benchmarks https://linkerd.io/2021/05/27/linkerd-vs-istio-benchmarks
- Recent: 2019-08-01 conference or event: Icymi august linkerd community meetup https://linkerd.io/2019/08/28/icymi-august-linkerd-community-meetup
- Recent: 2019-07-01 conference or event: Icymi july linkerd community meetup https://linkerd.io/2019/07/31/icymi-july-linkerd-community-meetup

## 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.