# Node-RED: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 2 categories by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/node-red

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Workflow orchestration](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/workflow-orchestration/index.md) | 0% | 81 | 50% | 2 |
| [OT and IoT security](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/ot-and-iot-security/index.md) | 0% | 78 | 0% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Camunda, Temporal, Node-RED | Too slow for business teams to adopt; high maintenance." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Orchestration)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Node-RED, from 5 of the 5 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- datachannel.co: 2
- getorchestra.io: 2
- github.com: 2
- guideflow.com: 2
- zapier.com: 2
- aipriceradar.com: 1
- airbyte.com: 1
- aisquared.ai: 1
- atlan.com: 1
- automationatlas.io: 1

### Pages cited

- https://datachannel.co/blogs/top-7-data-orchestration-tools-2024: 2
- https://zapier.com/blog/workflow-orchestration-tools: 2
- https://aipriceradar.com/tool/n8n-review: 1
- https://airbyte.com/top-etl-tools-for-sources/data-orchestration-tools: 1
- https://aisquared.ai/blog/6-best-ai-orchestration-tools-complete-comparison-guide: 1
- https://atlan.com/know/data-orchestration-tools: 1
- https://automationatlas.io/guides/enterprise-automation-stack-2026: 1
- https://blogs.cisco.com/industrial-iot/stop-overthinking-ot-security-the-total-cost-of-ownership-and-being-smart-with-refreshes: 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.