27 categories · RankedMicrosoft
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Leads at enterprise. Ranked 3 of 59 for mid-market buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Zoom Workplace is first at 46%.
Zoom Workplace is first at 60%. 1 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Ranked first. Next is Zoom Workplace at 26%.
Why models recommend it
“If you're already on Microsoft 365 → Start with Teams. The cost is lower, integration is seamless, and it covers 90% of use cases.”Kimi K2 · Scale-constrained question · first choice
“Choose Teams if: You're already in the Microsoft ecosystem and want integrated collaboration tools”Kimi K2 · Comparative question · first choice
“Chanty (free) or Microsoft Teams standalone ($4/user/month) are the most cost‑effective.”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Best Overall Value (Bundled Productivity Suite) ... Google Meet or Microsoft Teams”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Native Microsoft tools as your only IPAM/workflow layer in a large, heterogeneous environment... Microsoft documents limitations in parts of its IPAM management experience.”GPT-6 Luna · Negative question · warning
“Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and standard Webex for confidential discussions. They generally protect data in transit but do not provide true end-to-end encryption”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“Native controls from AWS, Microsoft, or Google can be economical within one cloud, but their audit evidence and controls may not transfer cleanly across providers.”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“Microsoft and AWS likewise document security configuration responsibilities for their desktop services, so a familiar brand alone isn’t a guarantee.”GPT-6 Luna · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Microsoft, over the 351 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 205 | 75 | Compare → | |
| 173 | 21 | Compare → | |
| 92 | 3 | View → | |
| 60 | 0 | View → | |
| 39 | 0 | View → | |
| 29 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 23 | 0 | View → | |
| 21 | 3 | View → | |
| 21 | 2 | View → | |
| 17 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Microsoft →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Microsoft's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- your home or business
- Price stated
- Za publikování nabídek na Microsoft Marketplace se neplatí žádné poplatky. Když si ale zákazníci koupí něco, co nabízíte přes Marketplace, vybíráme 3% poplatek za zprostředkování. Nabízíme o 50 % nižší poplatek za zprostředkování všech obnovení prodaných formou soukromých nabídek přes Marketplace.
- Free plan or trial
- Try for free
- Customers named
- Kinaxis, NFL, Lenovo, VIVID, G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Virgin Money, E.ON, Milpark Education
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 294 of the 351 answers that named Microsoft and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
410 of the 457 domain citations in answers naming Microsoft came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Kimi K2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glossary or explainer | 44 | undated | |||
| Comparison | 30 | undated | |||
| News or press | 27 | 10 | 2026-09-28 | ||
| Blog | 25 | 4 | 2026-09-24 | ||
| Case study | 12 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 5 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 2 | undated | |||
| Report or ebook | 1 | 0 | 2025-12-02 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28At nasa ai is helping scientists unlock discoveries hidden in decades of data news or press
- 2026-09-24Rockwell automation pairs ai with decades of shop floor know how so workers can solve glitches faster news or press
- 2026-09-24Run assert eval responsible ai agent risk discovery at runtime blog
- 2026-09-23On the issues blog
- 2026-09-22When disaster strikes ai helps responders reach people more quickly news or press
- 2026-09-21Microsoft datacenter academy helps launch tech careers news or press
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page microsoft.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.