# Squid: 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/squid

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Proxy and web data providers](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/proxy-networks/index.md) | 2% | 13 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Very Limited Budget: Consider open-source solutions like Squid or Privoxy that you can self-host" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Proxy and web data)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 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 Squid, from 2 of the 4 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- brightdata.com: 1
- budgetproxies.com: 1
- cybernews.com: 1
- decodo.com: 1
- docs.google.com: 1
- eproxies.io: 1
- frontdeskreview.com: 1
- github.com: 1
- hackernoon.com: 1
- hexproxies.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://brightdata.com/blog/proxy-101/best-proxy-providers: 1
- https://budgetproxies.com/: 1
- https://budgetproxies.com/cheap-proxies: 1
- https://cybernews.com/best-proxy: 1
- https://decodo.com/blog/best-proxy-providers: 1
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gp7l4B_kyiketulofPTPJ80uWtLKqLqPBlG7tpkw618/mobilebasic: 1
- https://eproxies.io/blog/simplifying-proxy-server-implementation-for-small-businesses: 1
- https://frontdeskreview.com/best/proxy-services: 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.