# Packer: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/packer

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Infrastructure as code](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/infrastructure-as-code/index.md) | 0% | 16 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Pair them with Packer for immutable image building instead of heavy runtime configuration." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, IaC)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 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 Packer, from 1 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com: 1
- computingforgeeks.com: 1
- duplocloud.com: 1
- guideflow.com: 1
- harness.io: 1
- legitsecurity.com: 1
- pulumi.com: 1
- spacelift.io: 1
- stategraph.com: 1
- thectoclub.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tools/best-iac-tools/126145308: 1
- https://computingforgeeks.com/best-infrastructure-as-code-iac-cloud-automation-tools: 1
- https://duplocloud.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools: 1
- https://guideflow.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools: 1
- https://harness.io/harness-devops-academy/top-infrastructure-as-code-tools-best-practices: 1
- https://legitsecurity.com/aspm-knowledge-base/best-iac-tools: 1
- https://pulumi.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools: 1
- https://spacelift.io/blog/infrastructure-as-code-tools: 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.