# Shadow PC: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/shadow-pc

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Virtual desktops](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/virtual-desktops/index.md) | 0% | 74 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "do not rely on it as mission-critical infrastructure for business operations" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Virtual desktops)

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

### Domains cited

- blog.cybelesoft.com: 1
- corsicatech.com: 1
- getnerdio.com: 1
- parkplacetechnologies.com: 1
- reddit.com: 1
- redresscompliance.com: 1
- schneider.im: 1
- summithq.com: 1
- xentegra.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://blog.cybelesoft.com/citrix-las-2026-cost-migration-alternative: 1
- https://corsicatech.com/blog/vmware-price-increase: 1
- https://getnerdio.com/blog/citrix-price-increase: 1
- https://parkplacetechnologies.com/blog/vmware-licensing-changes-details-implications-recommendations: 1
- https://reddit.com/r/Citrix/comments/1pqparq/100_citrix_price_increases_at_renewal: 1
- https://redresscompliance.com/citrix-licensing-2026: 1
- https://schneider.im/omnissa-horizon-price-adjustments-new-omnissa-licenses: 1
- https://summithq.com/vmware-pricing: 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.