# OpenCanary: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 22 judge labels across 1 category by 13 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/opencanary

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Deception technology](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/deception-technology/index.md) | 4% | 3 | 0% | 22 |

## What the models said for it

- "start with canary tokens and one OpenCanary host, because they cost almost nothing and produce alerts you can trust." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Deception)
- "For a very limited budget, start with OpenCanary." (GPT-6 Luna, Deception)
- "OpenCanary is the leading open-source network honeypot platform for teams that want low-overhead network-level deception" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Deception)
- "consider OpenCanary or Cowrie on an old server or Raspberry Pi for more comprehensive network deception" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Deception)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named OpenCanary, from 61 of the 65 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- sourceforge.net: 32
- verifiedmarketresearch.com: 29
- guideflow.com: 28
- gane.ai/index: 27
- github.com: 25
- canary.tools: 24
- cybersectools.com: 22
- expertinsights.com: 22
- tools.resorsit.com: 22
- insight.com: 14

### Pages cited

- https://verifiedmarketresearch.com/blog/best-deception-technology-software: 29
- https://canary.tools/: 24
- https://expertinsights.com/network-security/best-deception-technology-companies: 22
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/deception-technology/smb: 22
- https://tools.resorsit.com/tools/security/deception: 22
- https://sourceforge.net/software/deception-technology: 20
- https://sourceforge.net/software/deception-technology/for-small-business: 20
- https://guideflow.com/blog/honeypot-software: 17

## 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.