# Microsoft Entra: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 4 categories by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/microsoft-entra

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Customer identity and access management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/customer-identity-and-access-management/index.md) | 0% | 68 | 100% | 1 |
| [Identity threat detection and response](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/identity-threat-detection-and-response/index.md) | 0% | 90 | 0% | 1 |
| [Microsoft 365 management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/microsoft-365-management/index.md) | 0% | 96 | 0% | 1 |
| [Network access control](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/network-access-control/index.md) | 0% | 48 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Good if already Microsoft-heavy" (Claude Haiku 4.5, NAC)

## And against it

- "consider Microsoft Entra instead, though that's often more of an enterprise IAM choice than a pure customer identity platform" (GPT-5.4 mini, CIAM)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 Entra, from 11 of the 16 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- assets.beyondtrust.com: 5
- expertinsights.com: 5
- g2.com: 3
- marketsandmarkets.com: 3
- microsoft.com: 3 (its own site)
- cloudfuze.com: 2
- gartner.com: 2
- getnerdio.com: 2
- guideflow.com: 2
- huntress.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://assets.beyondtrust.com/assets/documents/KuppingerCole_LeadershipCompass_IdentityThreatDetectionandResponse.pdf: 5
- https://expertinsights.com/identity-and-access-management/the-top-identity-threat-detection-and-response-itdr-solutions: 3
- https://marketsandmarkets.com/ResearchInsight/identity-threat-detection-and-response-itdr-market.asp: 3
- https://cloudfuze.com/microsoft-365-admin-tools: 2
- https://expertinsights.com/it-management/the-top-microsoft-365-management-tools: 2
- https://getnerdio.com/best-multi-tenant-management-tools-for-microsoft-365: 2
- https://guideflow.com/blog/office-365-management-tools: 2
- https://huntress.com/itdr-guide/best-itdr-vendors: 2

## 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.