Multi-factor authentication · RankedYubiKey
YubiKey is a hardware security key from Yubico for two-factor and multi-factor authentication · yubico.com ↗
Why models recommend it
“Security keys (e.g., YubiKey) that use FIDO2 standards provide cryptographic authentication and are resilient against phishing, AiTM, and replay attacks”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Negative question · first choice
“FIDO2/WebAuthn Hardware Security Keys (YubiKey, Google Titan, etc.) | Phishing-resistant, cannot be intercepted, no codes to steal”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · first choice
“Phishing-Resistant MFA (Gold Standard): FIDO2 / WebAuthn Hardware Keys: Physical devices like YubiKey or Titan Keys.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · first choice
“FIDO2 / WebAuthn Hardware Security Keys: Examples: YubiKey, Google Titan Security Key ... Phishing-Resistant (Best Security)”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Avoid purchasing physical hardware tokens (like YubiKeys) for all staff”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as YubiKey, over the 70 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 19 | View → | |
| 46 | 7 | View → | |
| 44 | 29 | View → | |
| 32 | 2 | View → | |
| 30 | 2 | View → | |
| 19 | 0 | View → | |
| 18 | 0 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 3 | View → |
What the models named instead of YubiKey →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on YubiKey's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- personal logins to global enterprise access
- Certifications
- FIPS 140-3
- Customers named
- OpenAI, T-Mobile, Hyatt Hotels, City of Munich, Mac, Gmail, Dropbox
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 53 of the 70 answers that named YubiKey and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
163 of the 163 domain citations in answers naming YubiKey came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 762 | 19 | 2026-09-25 | MFA, PAM | |
| News or press | 150 | 2 | 2026-07-21 | MFA | |
| Webinar or virtual event | 99 | 76 | 2026-09-18 | MFA | |
| Glossary or explainer | 65 | 1 | 2026-07-11 | MFA, PAM | |
| Case study | 34 | 0 | 2026-02-10 | ||
| Report or ebook | 33 | 0 | 2023-08-24 | MFA | |
| Comparison | 30 | 0 | 2026-06-11 | MFA | |
| Conference or event | 17 | 0 | 2025-10-09 | ||
| Podcast or video | 5 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 3 | 0 | 2023-06-13 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-25Closing the door to scattered spider threats with the yubikey and identity proofing blog
- 2026-09-25Skydda finansiella organisationer med phishing resistant mfa blog
- 2026-09-22The future of trusted identity starts at yubination join the community that drives innovation blog
- 2026-09-21Taller de tapas exclusivo para partners de yubico thank you blog
- 2026-09-18Beyond passwords designing a modern identity stack for the vishing era webinar or virtual event
- 2026-09-15Secure it forward spotlight cybersecurity as a key foundation for civic infrastructure blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page yubico.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.