# Content delivery networks: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "CDN" and as "content delivery network", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/content-delivery-networks/2026-11

**Standing:** Cloudflare leads with 93% of first choices; verdict consensus. 44 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Cloudflare](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudflare/index.md) | 93% | 11% | 75 |
| 2 | [Bunny.net](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/bunny-net/index.md) | 7% | 2% | 43 |
| 3 | [Amazon CloudFront](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/amazon-cloudfront/index.md) | 0% | 17% | 59 |
| 4 | [Fastly](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/fastly/index.md) | 0% | 23% | 61 |
| 5 | [KeyCDN](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/keycdn/index.md) | 0% | 5% | 19 |
| 6 | [Google Cloud CDN](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/google-cloud-cdn/index.md) | 0% | 10% | 20 |
| 7 | [Akamai](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/akamai/index.md) | 0% | 37% | 49 |
| 8 | [Azure Front Door](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-front-door/index.md) | 0% | 20% | 10 |
| 10 | [CDNetworks](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cdnetworks/index.md) | 0% | 20% | 10 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 60 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Cloudflare; alternatives Bunny.net, CDN77, Gcore
- GPT-5.4 mini: Cloudflare; alternatives Akamai, Amazon CloudFront, Fastly, Google Cloud CDN
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Cloudflare; alternatives Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net, Fastly
- Perplexity Sonar: Cloudflare; alternatives Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net, Fastly
- Grok 4.20: Cloudflare; alternatives Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net, Fastly
- Mistral Small: Cloudflare; alternatives Bunny.net, KeyCDN
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Cloudflare; alternatives Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net, Fastly
- Llama 4 Maverick: Cloudflare; alternatives Bunny.net, KeyCDN
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Cloudflare; alternatives Amazon CloudFront, Azure Front Door, Fastly
- Kimi K2: Cloudflare; alternatives Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net, Fastly
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Cloudflare; alternatives Akamai, Amazon CloudFront, Fastly
- MiniMax M2.5: Cloudflare; alternatives Amazon CloudFront, Fastly, KeyCDN
- GPT-6 Luna: Cloudflare; alternatives Akamai, Amazon CloudFront, Fastly
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Cloudflare; alternatives Akamai, Bunny.net, Fastly

## Sources the answers cite

73 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- fastly.com: 35 answers, 74 citations
- cdnetworks.com: 22 answers, 23 citations
- blog.blazingcdn.com: 20 answers, 35 citations
- cloudflare.com: 17 answers, 32 citations
- edgeone.ai: 15 answers, 16 citations
- github.com: 14 answers, 22 citations
- developers.cloudflare.com: 12 answers, 15 citations
- ioriver.io: 12 answers, 14 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://cdnetworks.com/blog/web-performance/best-cdn-providers (21 answers)
- https://fastly.com/blog/best-cdn-providers (11 answers)
- https://linkedin.com/pulse/choosing-best-cdn-top-content-delivery-networks-2026-rajesh-kumar-ua4ac (11 answers)
- https://fastly.com/blog/cdns-with-the-best-uptime-and-performance (10 answers)
- https://myrasecurity.com/en/best-cdn-providers (10 answers)
- https://fastly.com/blog/fastest-cdn-providers-performance-speed-and-core-web-vitals (9 answers)
- https://affmaven.com/cdn-providers (8 answers)
- https://atlantic.net/cloud-platform/best-cdn-providers-for-performance-security (8 answers)
- https://bestseo.sg/blog/best-cdn-providers (8 answers)
- https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/architectures/cdn (8 answers)

## Warned against

- Fastly: 14 of 61 labels negative. "14 leading CDNs (including Cloudflare, Microsoft Azure, Amazon, and Fastly)... back-end TLS connections are vulnerable to security issues" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Akamai: 18 of 49 labels negative. "Skip Akamai for now: While Akamai is an enterprise titan, its cost and complexity are usually overkill for mid-sized B2B companies" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, paraphrase prompt)
- Cloudflare: 8 of 75 labels negative. "investigate the back-end connection of 14 leading CDNs (including Cloudflare, Microsoft Azure, Amazon, and Fastly), where we could create an account... back-end TLS connections are vulnerable to security issues" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- cdnjs: 7 of 7 labels negative. "A vulnerability in the cdnjs library update server that could execute arbitrary commands... it also has downsides when it comes to privacy, security, and systemic risk" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Cloudflare at 93%.

- Cloudflare: 68% to 93%, +25. Cleared the floor by 14 points · rank 1 of 60, unchanged.
- KeyCDN: 7% to 0%, −7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 3 → 5 of 60.
- Bunny.net: 12% to 7%, −5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 2 of 60, unchanged.
- Amazon CloudFront: 5% to 0%, −5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 4 → 3 of 60.
- Fastly: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 5 → 4 of 60.
- Akamai: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 6 → 7 of 60.
- Google Cloud CDN: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 8 → 6 of 60.
- Azure Front Door: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 9 → 8 of 60.
- CDNetworks: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 10 of 60, unchanged.
- Azure CDN: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 11 of 60, unchanged.

## 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.