# Microsoft Visual SourceSafe: 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-visual-sourcesafe

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Source control hosting](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/source-control-hosting/index.md) | 0% | 23 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Avoid platforms with a history of instability and data loss (e.g., Visual SourceSafe)." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Source control)

## 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 Visual SourceSafe, from 1 of the 1 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ask.slu.edu: 1
- bleepingcomputer.com: 1
- cheatsheetseries.owasp.org: 1
- dev.to: 1
- discourse.codinghorror.com: 1
- docs.cloud.google.com: 1
- docs.opensourcebrain.org: 1
- github.com: 1
- gitprotect.io: 1
- hiraditya.github.io: 1

### Pages cited

- https://ask.slu.edu/TDClient/30/Portal/KB/Article/627/GitHub-Risks-and-Best-Practices: 1
- https://bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-hidden-risks-in-your-devops-stack-data-and-how-to-address-them: 1
- https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/CI_CD_Security_Cheat_Sheet.html: 1
- https://dev.to/entire/why-is-everyone-trying-to-rebuild-github-356o: 1
- https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/source-control-anything-but-sourcesafe/751: 1
- https://docs.cloud.google.com/software-supply-chain-security/docs/safeguard-source: 1
- https://docs.opensourcebrain.org/_sources/General/Background_Information/01_Introduction_to_Source_Control.md: 1
- https://github.com/Insider-Threat/Insider-Threat/blob/master/TTPs/IT1039-Exposure%20of%20Sensitive-Confidential%20Information%20in%20Public%20Repositories.md: 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.