# Open Policy Agent: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 6 judge labels across 3 categories by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/open-policy-agent

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Container and Kubernetes security](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/container-and-kubernetes-security/index.md) | 1% | 11 | 0% | 4 |
| [Cloud-native application protection](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/cloud-native-application-protection/index.md) | 0% | 53 | 0% | 1 |
| [Infrastructure as code](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/infrastructure-as-code/index.md) | 0% | 27 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "OPA - For admission control policies (free)" (MiniMax M2.5, Container security)
- "Tools that natively support open declarative policy standards, such as Open Policy Agent (OPA/Rego) or Kyverno" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Container security)
- "For policy-heavy environments: Add Open Policy Agent (OPA)/Gatekeeper for admission control." (Grok 4.20, Container security)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 Open Policy Agent, from 14 of the 19 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- github.com: 7
- g2.com: 5
- redhat.com: 4
- sourceforge.net: 4
- spacelift.io: 4
- csoonline.com: 3
- dev.to: 3
- expertinsights.com: 3
- ox.security: 3
- techtarget.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://csoonline.com/article/573629/cnapp-buyers-guide-top-tools-compared.html: 3
- https://g2.com/categories/cloud-native-application-protection-platform-cnapp/small-business: 3
- https://sourceforge.net/software/cloud-native-application-protection-platforms-cnapp/for-small-business: 3
- https://bestdevops.com/top-10-security-posture-management-cnapp-suites-features-pros-cons-comparison: 2
- https://cipherssecurity.com/best-cloud-security-cnapp-platforms-2026: 2
- https://cloudthat.com/resources/blog/best-infrastructure-as-code-iac-tools-comparison: 2
- https://comparitech.com/net-admin/best-cnapp: 2
- https://expertinsights.com/application-security/the-top-cloud-native-application-protection-platforms-cnapps: 2

## In its own words

What Open Policy Agent's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: OPA is a policy engine that streamlines policy management across your stack for improved development, security and audit capability. (https://openpolicyagent.org/)
- For: Security & platform teams (https://openpolicyagent.org/)

## What it publishes

Every page openpolicyagent.org exposes, read 2026-09-29: 534 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 49 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-08-20
- conference or event: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2017-03-20
- Recent: 2025-08-20 blog: Note from teemu tim and torin to the open policy agent community 2dbbfe494371 https://openpolicyagent.org/blog/note-from-teemu-tim-and-torin-to-the-open-policy-agent-community-2dbbfe494371
- Recent: 2025-05-14 blog: Introducing swift opa native policy evaluation for swift d5136c8a662e https://openpolicyagent.org/blog/introducing-swift-opa-native-policy-evaluation-for-swift-d5136c8a662e
- Recent: 2024-12-20 blog: Announcing opa 1 0 a new standard for policy as code a6d8427ee828 https://openpolicyagent.org/blog/announcing-opa-1-0-a-new-standard-for-policy-as-code-a6d8427ee828
- Recent: 2024-03-15 blog: Opa 1 0 is coming heres what you need to know c8fb0d258368 https://openpolicyagent.org/blog/opa-1-0-is-coming-heres-what-you-need-to-know-c8fb0d258368
- Recent: 2023-12-20 blog: Open policy agent 2023 year in review 4c12df22e351 https://openpolicyagent.org/blog/open-policy-agent-2023-year-in-review-4c12df22e351
- Recent: 2023-01-26 blog: Open policy agent 2022 year in review 79324ad54535 https://openpolicyagent.org/blog/open-policy-agent-2022-year-in-review-79324ad54535

## 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.