# PubNub: 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/pubnub

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Communications APIs](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/communications-apis/index.md) | 0% | 29 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "PubNub focuses on real-time messaging reliability" (Claude Haiku 4.5, CPaaS)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 PubNub, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ably.com: 2
- apis.io: 2
- g2.com: 2
- getstream.io: 2
- github.com: 2
- requestly.com: 2
- videosdk.live: 2
- bird.com: 1
- cli.nylas.com: 1
- clirank.dev: 1

### Pages cited

- https://apis.io/areas/communications: 2
- https://requestly.com/api-explorer/category/communication/top/10: 2
- https://videosdk.live/blog/communication-api-platforms: 2
- https://ably.com/compare/pubnub-vs-stream: 1
- https://ably.com/compare/sendbird-vs-twilio: 1
- https://apis.io/providers/getstream: 1
- https://apis.io/tags/communications: 1
- https://bird.com/vs/twilio/marketing: 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.