# MeshCentral: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 9 judge labels across 4 categories by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/meshcentral

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Remote monitoring and management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/remote-monitoring-and-management/index.md) | 0% | 48 | 40% | 5 |
| [Remote support and remote access](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/remote-support-and-remote-access/index.md) | 0% | 78 | 100% | 2 |
| [IT asset management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/it-asset-management/index.md) | 0% | 68 | 0% | 1 |
| [Network monitoring and management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/network-monitoring-and-management/index.md) | 0% | 84 | 100% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best Self-Hosted / Open-Source: MeshCentral & Tactical RMM" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, RMM)

## And against it

- "tools like MeshAgent and Ammyy Admin showed up in EDR incidents far more often than in legitimate IT deployments" (Muse Glimmer 30B, RMM)
- "Acronis identifies it as one of the most abused remote access tools in incident data." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Remote support)
- "Cited as routinely deployed by attackers to blend in with normal traffic" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Remote support)
- "Prefer open-source/self-hosted alternatives like MeshCentral (with caveats for its own vulns)." (Grok 4.20, Network monitoring)

## 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 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 2 | 3 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named MeshCentral, from 13 of the 14 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- acronis.com: 9
- cisa.gov: 7
- techcommunity.microsoft.com: 6
- redcanary.com: 4
- reddit.com: 4
- bleepingcomputer.com: 3
- logmein.com: 3
- safeguard.sh: 3
- softwareadvice.com: 3
- spotsaas.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://acronis.com/en/tru/posts/the-remote-access-blind-spot-an-analysis-of-rmm-tool-risk-for-smbs: 8
- https://acronis.com/en/tru/posts/remote-access-hardening-playbook-reducing-rmm-tool-risk-for-smbs: 6
- https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-defender-experts/keys-to-the-kingdom-rmm-exploits-enabling-human-operated-intrusions-in-2024%E2%80%9325/4410903: 6
- https://cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/guide_to_securing_remote_access_software.pdf: 5
- https://cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-025a: 4
- https://cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/Guide%20to%20Securing%20Remote%20Access%20Software_clean%20Final_508c.pdf: 4
- https://redcanary.com/threat-detection-report/trends/rmm-tools: 3
- https://safeguard.sh/resources/blog/are-remote-support-tools-the-riskiest-software-you-run: 3

## In its own words

What MeshCentral's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The open source, multi-platform, self-hosted, feature packed web site for remote device management. (https://meshcentral.com/)
- For: your devices (https://meshcentral.com/)
- Price stated: available freely on NPM (https://meshcentral.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Freely manage your devices. (https://meshcentral.com/)

## What it publishes

Every page meshcentral.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 36 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.