# Winget: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/winget

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Patch management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/patch-management/index.md) | 0% | 24 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Open-source package managers for Windows (or Homebrew for Mac)." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Patching)
- "Cheapest option if you already have Windows infrastructure" (GPT-5.4 mini, Patching)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 Winget, from 4 of the 5 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- action1.com: 3
- capterra.com: 2
- govinfo.gov: 2
- logmein.com: 2
- reddit.com: 2
- splashtop.com: 2
- anakage.com: 1
- automox.com: 1
- batchpatch.com: 1
- cisa.gov: 1

### Pages cited

- https://action1.com/company-news/action1-offers-remote-it-management-to-organizations-for-free-for-up-to-100-endpoints: 2
- https://logmein.com/blog/what-are-the-most-common-patch-management-mistakes: 2
- https://reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1c0oq5l/why_are_all_patch_management_solutions_terrible: 2
- https://reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1ianzaa/what_do_you_use_for_patch_management: 2
- https://action1.com/: 1
- https://action1.com/blog/action1s-free-tier-expansion-from-10-to-200-endpoints-why-were-doing-it: 1
- https://action1.com/blog/patch-management/open-source-patch-management: 1
- https://action1.com/company-news/action1-expands-its-free-offering-to-200-endpoints: 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.