# Mandiant: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 10 judge labels across 2 categories by 7 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/mandiant

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Penetration testing as a service](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/penetration-testing-as-a-service/index.md) | 0% | 27 | 14% | 7 |
| [Managed detection and response](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/managed-detection-and-response/index.md) | 0% | 53 | 33% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "Legendary for incident response and threat intelligence. Their penetration testing and Red Team services mimic real-world nation-state adversaries" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, PTaaS)
- "High-assurance adversary simulation: Bishop Fox, Mandiant, or NCC Group." (Perplexity Sonar, PTaaS)
- "Need compliance certification? → Coalfire, NCC Group, or Mandiant" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, PTaaS)
- "Deep real-world IR expertise | Kroll, Mandiant" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, MDR)

## And against it

- "avoid traditional enterprise security firms (like Mandiant or NCC Group, which often charge $20,000–$50,000+ per test)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, PTaaS)
- "Frequently criticized for limited support in Microsoft-centric environments... Users report slow SOC responses... high costs without proportional value for non-Google stacks." (Grok 4.20, MDR)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Mandiant, from 26 of the 33 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- atlantsecurity.com: 13
- stingrai.io: 11
- cloudsecuritypartners.com: 9
- clutch.co: 9
- techrepublic.com: 9
- synack.com: 8
- underdefense.com: 7
- versprite.com: 7
- cybri.com: 6
- deepstrike.io: 6

### Pages cited

- https://clutch.co/it-services/cybersecurity/penetration-testing: 9
- https://atlantsecurity.com/blog/top-penetration-testing-companies: 8
- https://cloudsecuritypartners.com/blog/best-penetration-testing-companies: 8
- https://techrepublic.com/article/best-penetration-testing-companies: 8
- https://versprite.com/resources/blog/best-penetration-testing-firms-compared-2026: 7
- https://stingrai.io/blog/best-enterprise-penetration-testing-companies-2026: 6
- https://underdefense.com/blog/penetration-testing-services: 6
- https://atlantsecurity.com/blog/best-pentest-companies: 5

## What it publishes

Every page cloud.google.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 79 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 37 pages, 14 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 19 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Storage optimized z4d vm and bare metal instances https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/storage-optimized-z4d-vm-and-bare-metal-instances
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Accelerate geospatial coding with ai in google earth engine https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/accelerate-geospatial-coding-with-ai-in-google-earth-engine
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: Storage intelligence advisor and batch operations updates https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/storage-data-transfer/storage-intelligence-advisor-and-batch-operations-updates
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: Memorystore for valkey 9 1 3x qps caching https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/memorystore-for-valkey-9-1-3x-qps-caching
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: 2026 gartner magic quadrant for container management https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/2026-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-container-management
- Recent: 2026-09-24 blog: Gemini 3 8 live with live avatar is now generally available https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/gemini-3-8-live-with-live-avatar-is-now-generally-available

## 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.