# Quest Software: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 2 categories by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/quest-software

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Microsoft 365 management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/microsoft-365-management/index.md) | 0% | 45 | 0% | 2 |
| [Identity threat detection and response](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/identity-threat-detection-and-response/index.md) | 0% | 97 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "If you are merging tenants or managing complex hybrid Active Directory: Choose Quest." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, M365 management)

## 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 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 Quest Software, from 4 of the 7 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- coreview.com: 2
- expertinsights.com: 2
- g2.com: 2
- gartner.com: 2
- guideflow.com: 2
- syncrosecure.com: 2
- admindroid.com: 1
- chronom.ai: 1
- ciotech.us: 1
- collab365.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://expertinsights.com/it-management/the-top-microsoft-365-management-tools: 2
- https://gartner.com/reviews/market/microsoft-365-governance-tools: 2
- https://guideflow.com/blog/office-365-management-tools: 2
- https://syncrosecure.com/blog/best-microsoft-365-management-tools-for-msps: 2
- https://admindroid.com/microsoft365/compare/microsoft-365-management-tools: 1
- https://chronom.ai/blog/top-microsoft-365-optimization-tools-ranked-for-2026: 1
- https://ciotech.us/managed-it-services-rfp: 1
- https://collab365.com/blog/best-sharepoint-migration-tools: 1

## What it publishes

Every page quest.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 4843 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 883 pages, 25 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-17
- case study: 8 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-23
- webinar or virtual event: 289 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-06-11
- conference or event: 38 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-07-07
- report or ebook: 223 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 25 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-15
- template or tool: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 56 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2021-06-23
- podcast or video: 243 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-17 blog: A critical shift in identity security new opportunities for partners to lead https://blog.quest.com/a-critical-shift-in-identity-security-new-opportunities-for-partners-to-lead
- Recent: 2026-09-16 blog: Identity security the defining business challenge of the ai era https://blog.quest.com/identity-security-the-defining-business-challenge-of-the-ai-era
- Recent: 2026-09-16 blog: Microsoft platform management https://blog.quest.com/product-category/microsoft-platform-management
- Recent: 2026-09-16 blog: Autonomous identity threat response with quest https://blog.quest.com/product-post/autonomous-identity-threat-response-with-quest
- Recent: 2026-09-16 blog: Securing non human identities in the ai era with quest identity insights https://blog.quest.com/product-post/securing-non-human-identities-in-the-ai-era-with-quest-identity-insights
- Recent: 2026-09-16 blog: The disaster recovery trade off is over introducing secure replay https://blog.quest.com/product-post/the-disaster-recovery-trade-off-is-over-introducing-secure-replay

## 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.