# Microsoft Application Insights: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/microsoft-application-insights

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Application performance monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/application-performance-monitoring/index.md) | 2% | 9 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Start with SigNoz (free open source) or Microsoft Application Insights (free) to evaluate your monitoring needs" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, APM)

## 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 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 Microsoft Application Insights, from 1 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- atatus.com: 1
- cloud4c.com: 1
- costbench.com: 1
- dev.to: 1
- github.com: 1
- kinsta.com: 1
- manageengine.com: 1
- qamadness.com: 1
- spotsaas.com: 1
- techrepublic.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://atatus.com/guides/cheapest-apm-solutions: 1
- https://atatus.com/guides/free-apm-tools: 1
- https://cloud4c.com/blogs/a-guide-to-choosing-the-right-tools-for-your-application-performance-monitoring-operations: 1
- https://costbench.com/software/apm-monitoring/compare-all: 1
- https://dev.to/atmeszaros/state-of-apm-logs-2026-market-benchmark-and-cost-analysis-5477: 1
- https://github.com/ishandutta2007/Awesome-Application-Performance-Monitoring: 1
- https://github.com/topics/apm: 1
- https://kinsta.com/blog/apm-tools: 1

## 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.