# step-ca: 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/step-ca

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Certificate lifecycle management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/certificate-lifecycle-management/index.md) | 0% | 82 | 0% | 1 |

## 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 | 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 step-ca, from 2 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- sectigo.com: 2
- akeyless.io: 1
- appviewx.com: 1
- cert-manager.io: 1
- certkit.io: 1
- ciopages.com: 1
- dev.to: 1
- expiring.at: 1
- g2.com: 1
- github.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://akeyless.io/blog/blog-best-certificate-lifecycle-management-software: 1
- https://appviewx.com/blogs/best-certificate-lifecycle-management-software-2026: 1
- https://cert-manager.io/: 1
- https://cert-manager.io/docs: 1
- https://cert-manager.io/docs/getting-started: 1
- https://certkit.io/: 1
- https://certkit.io/certkit-vs-enterprise-clm: 1
- https://certkit.io/certkit-vs-open-source-acme: 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.