Shells
Named, too few times to rank.
A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share is stated. Shells has 8.
Why models recommend it
“If your budget is very tight: Start with Shells or Kamatera for basic needs.”Kimi K2 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“very affordable with a pretty decent set of features”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“This platform is also mentioned as one to avoid or be cautious about”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“ultra-cheap but often lack enterprise features, support, or scalability for a full company”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Low-cost managed cloud PCs, but generally less business-focused than V2 Cloud”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Shells, over the 13 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 5 | View → | |
| 11 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 1 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → | |
| 2 | 1 | View → | |
| 2 | 0 | View → | |
| 2 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 13 of the 13 answers that named Shells and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for Shells, so its own site is not marked.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
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 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |