# YugabyteDB: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 6 judge labels across 2 categories by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/yugabytedb

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Managed relational databases](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/managed-relational-databases/index.md) | 0% | 71 | 50% | 4 |
| [NoSQL databases](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/nosql-databases/index.md) | 0% | 28 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "CockroachDB/Yugabyte (if you need distributed SQL)" (Kimi K2, NoSQL)

## And against it

- "usually more complex and more expensive than a mid-sized B2B company needs" (GPT-5.4 mini, Managed databases)
- "overkill unless you have multi-region B2B requirements" (Grok 4.20, Managed databases)

## 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 YugabyteDB, from 10 of the 14 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- docs.aws.amazon.com: 5
- aws.amazon.com: 4
- github.com: 4
- gane.ai/index: 3
- cloud.google.com: 2
- erdmates.com: 2
- g2.com: 2
- infoq.com: 2
- learn.microsoft.com: 2
- linkedin.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/pricing: 3
- https://aws.amazon.com/rds: 2
- https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora: 2
- https://cloud.google.com/sql: 2
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/decision-guides/latest/decision-guides/databases-on-aws-how-to-choose.html: 2
- https://erdmates.com/en/blog/cloud-database-comparison: 2
- https://github.com/quanpan302/KB-engineering-handbook/blob/main/content/hld/part-2-building-blocks/05-nosql-databases.md: 2
- https://infoq.com/articles/managed-relational-databases-costs: 2

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: AI-Native, Distributed, PostgreSQL-Compatible (https://yugabyte.com/)
- For: agents and AI-native workloads (https://yugabyte.com/)
- Price stated: No initial fees or contracts. (https://yugabyte.com/)
- Starting price: 125 (https://www.yugabyte.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Get a Free YugabyteDB Aeon Account (https://yugabyte.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, ISO 22301, PCI DSS, GDPR, CCPA
- Customers named: Kroger, Justuno, netskope, Catalan Health Authority, Kfintech, Fiserv, Paramount+, OnStar

## What it publishes

Every page yugabyte.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 4868 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 737 pages, 10 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-24
- case study: 26 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-02-10
- webinar or virtual event: 13 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-12-02
- conference or event: 29 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-10
- report or ebook: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2017-08-30
- comparison: 40 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-29
- template or tool: 24 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 56 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-28
- news or press: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-11-08
- Recent: 2026-09-24 blog: How to solve the agent handoff problem https://www.yugabyte.com/blog/how-to-solve-the-agent-handoff-problem
- Recent: 2026-09-18 blog: Inside a yugabytedb internship https://www.yugabyte.com/blog/inside-a-yugabytedb-internship
- Recent: 2026-09-02 blog: Introducing yugabytedb resource governance https://www.yugabyte.com/introducing-yugabytedb-resource-governance
- Recent: 2026-08-28 glossary or explainer: What is a data pipeline definition and types https://www.yugabyte.com/key-concepts/what-is-a-data-pipeline-definition-and-types
- Recent: 2026-08-21 glossary or explainer: What is a serverless database https://www.yugabyte.com/key-concepts/what-is-a-serverless-database
- Recent: 2026-08-20 blog: Yugabyte joined the agentic ai foundation https://www.yugabyte.com/blog/yugabyte-joined-the-agentic-ai-foundation

## 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.