# VAST: 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/vast

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Enterprise storage systems](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/enterprise-storage-systems/index.md) | 0% | 68 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best for AI/HPC file performance: VAST, WEKA, DDN, IBM Storage Scale, or Dell PowerScale." (Perplexity Sonar, Enterprise storage)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 VAST, from 1 of the 1 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cloudian.com: 1
- gartner.com: 1
- origin-www.veritas.com: 1
- sangfor.com: 1
- solutionsreview.com: 1
- storagereview.com: 1
- techtarget.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://cloudian.com/guides/ai-infrastructure/best-enterprise-storage-for-ai-training-and-inference-data-top-5: 1
- https://cloudian.com/guides/data-backup/best-enterprise-storage-solutions-top-5-in-2026: 1
- https://cloudian.com/guides/data-backup/best-enterprise-storage-systems-top-5-options-in-2026: 1
- https://cloudian.com/guides/data-lake/enterprise-data-storage-solutions-8-solutions-to-know: 1
- https://gartner.com/reviews/market/enterprise-storage-platforms: 1
- https://origin-www.veritas.com/content/dam/www/ko/documents/analyst-report/AR_dcig_top_5_enterprise_hybrid_cloud_sds_block_storage_solutions_2022_23.pdf: 1
- https://sangfor.com/blog/cloud-and-infrastructure/12-best-enterprise-data-storage-solutions: 1
- https://solutionsreview.com/data-storage/the-best-enterprise-data-storage-solutions: 1

## In its own words

What VAST's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: IT Services (https://vastitservices.com/)
- For: businesses (https://vastitservices.com/)
- Price stated: a pricing model based on your actual consumption (https://vastitservices.com/)
- Customers named: ORNL Credit Union, Koch Foods, Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA)

## What it publishes

Every page vastitservices.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 966 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 712 pages, 10 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-23
- case study: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-02-01
- webinar or virtual event: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 7 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-10
- template or tool: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-01-07
- glossary or explainer: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 23 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-13
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: How to build a security strategy around zero trust principles https://vastitservices.com/blog/how-to-build-a-security-strategy-around-zero-trust-principles/
- Recent: 2026-09-15 blog: The cost of it complexity when more tools create more problems https://vastitservices.com/blog/the-cost-of-it-complexity-when-more-tools-create-more-problems
- Recent: 2026-09-10 comparison: Ai agents vs traditional automation what it leaders need to know https://vastitservices.com/blog/ai-agents-vs-traditional-automation-what-it-leaders-need-to-know
- Recent: 2026-08-31 blog: What cios should know before adding ai to their it stack https://vastitservices.com/blog/what-cios-should-know-before-adding-ai-to-their-it-stack
- Recent: 2026-08-19 blog: Why cloud migration doesnt end when the migration is finished https://vastitservices.com/blog/why-cloud-migration-doesnt-end-when-the-migration-is-finished
- Recent: 2026-08-11 blog: The hidden cost of an understaffed it team https://vastitservices.com/blog/the-hidden-cost-of-an-understaffed-it-team

## 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.