# Cloudflare Web Analytics: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 3 categories by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/cloudflare-web-analytics

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Web analytics](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/web-analytics/index.md) | 0% | 33 | 0% | 2 |
| [Session replay and heatmaps](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/session-replay-and-heatmaps/index.md) | 0% | 27 | 0% | 1 |
| [Tag management](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/tag-management/index.md) | 0% | 19 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "start by evaluating Matomo self-hosted, Plausible, Fathom, Umami, or Cloudflare Web Analytics" (Perplexity Sonar, Web analytics)
- "Simple Analytics (No Code): Vercel Analytics / Cloudflare Web Analytics" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Tag management)
- "Cloudflare Web Analytics - First-party, privacy-focused" (MiniMax M2.5, Web analytics)
- "Minimal tracking, no personal data collection" (MiniMax M2.5, Session replay)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 Cloudflare Web Analytics, from 8 of the 8 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- matomo.org: 3
- plausible.io: 3
- searchengineland.com: 3
- swetrix.com: 3
- dev.to: 2
- ecommerce-platforms.com: 2
- g2.com: 2
- gane.ai/index: 2
- gtmanalytics.org: 2
- improvado.io: 2

### Pages cited

- https://searchengineland.com/guide/google-analytics-alternatives: 3
- https://ecommerce-platforms.com/articles/ethical-website-analytics: 2
- https://improvado.io/blog/digital-analytics-tools: 2
- https://plerdy.com/blog/top-21-web-analytics-tools: 2
- https://similarweb.com/blog/marketing/marketing-strategy/top-web-analytics: 2
- https://spotsaas.com/list/web-analytics-software/for-small-business: 2
- https://swetrix.com/blog/simple-website-analytics-for-small-business: 2
- https://technologychecker.io/blog/web-analytics-tools: 2

## The company

Cloudflare; https://www.cloudflare.com/; San Francisco, United States; founded 2009; about 3,217 employees (2022); public, NET on New York Stock Exchange. From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## What it publishes

Every page cloudflare.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 15567 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 690 pages, 71 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 262 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 32 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-22
- conference or event: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-23
- report or ebook: 71 pages, 23 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- comparison: 23 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-30
- template or tool: 46 pages, 12 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-14
- glossary or explainer: 458 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 29 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 7 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Introducing the cold start https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-the-cold-start/
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Vinext nextjs on vite https://blog.cloudflare.com/vinext-nextjs-on-vite/
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Cloudflare cf cli launch https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-cf-cli-launch/
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Forge open source generation pipeline https://blog.cloudflare.com/forge-open-source-generation-pipeline/
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: How fast is the web https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-fast-is-the-web/
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Emdash cms plugin registry https://blog.cloudflare.com/emdash-cms-plugin-registry/

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.