# Outline: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/outline

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [IT documentation](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/it-documentation/index.md) | 0% | 46 | 25% | 4 |

## What the models said for it

- "Free (self-hosted) | Teams wanting a modern, Notion-like real-time collaboration experience" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, IT documentation)

## And against it

- "Great for clean, simple KB articles and runbooks, but lacking built-in IT asset discovery, IPAM, and credential vaulting." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, IT documentation)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 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 Outline, from 5 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ones.com: 4
- capterra.com: 3
- community.spiceworks.com: 3
- toolradar.com: 3
- costbench.com: 2
- eesel.ai: 2
- getapp.com: 2
- nettechconsultants.com: 2
- about.readthedocs.com: 1
- aikeep.io: 1

### Pages cited

- https://ones.com/blog/documentation-management-software-9-picks-for-growing-teams: 3
- https://capterra.com/it-documentation-software: 2
- https://getapp.com/all-software/it-documentation/org/small-business: 2
- https://nettechconsultants.com/blog/the-best-documentation-software-for-small-business-teams: 2
- http://aikeep.io/: 1
- https://about.readthedocs.com/pricing/enterprise: 1
- https://alternativeto.net/browse/all: 1
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.01118: 1

## In its own words

What Outline's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: A modern team knowledge base for your internal documentation, product specs, support answers, meeting notes, onboarding, & more… (https://getoutline.com/)
- For: your team (https://getoutline.com/)
- Price stated: Cloud hosted, 30-day free trial (https://getoutline.com/)
- Starting price: $10 per month (https://www.getoutline.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: 30-day free trial (https://getoutline.com/)
- Integrations claimed: 20 (https://getoutline.com/)

## What it publishes

Every page getoutline.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 240 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- comparison: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## 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.