DNS filtering
Asked as “DNS filtering service”, and as “DNS security solution”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 56 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
52%
Clear leader
52DNSFilter16Cloudflare Gateway14Cisco Umbrella18others
52% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▼−7Since October 2026: 59% → 52%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.DNSFilter held the lead, −7 points on 59%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
DNSFilter40%Clear leader▼−11Since October 2026: 51% → 40%, −11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketDNSFilter52%Clear leader▼−7Since October 2026: 59% → 52%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterprise
Cisco Umbrella52%Clear leader▲+5Since October 2026: 47% → 52%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →
DNSFilter40%Clear leader▼−11Since October 2026: 51% → 40%, −11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketDNSFilter52%Clear leader▼−7Since October 2026: 59% → 52%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterpriseCisco Umbrella52%Clear leader▲+5Since October 2026: 47% → 52%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01DNSFilter52%5%55endorsed leader▼−7Since October 2026: 59% → 52%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.59% → 52%
DNSFilter52%5%55endorsed leader▼−7Since October 2026: 59% → 52%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.59% → 52%02
Cloudflare Gateway16%2%43accepted challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 22% → 16%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.22% → 16%
Cloudflare Gateway16%2%43accepted challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 22% → 16%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.22% → 16%03Cisco Umbrella14%26%58criticized challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 8% → 14%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 14%
Cisco Umbrella14%26%58criticized challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 8% → 14%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 14%04
NextDNS2%17%36accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
NextDNS2%17%36accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%05
Control D2%10%29accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Control D2%10%29accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%Show the six products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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OpenDNS0%54%13criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
OpenDNS0%54%13criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
Cloudflare0%33%12criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Cloudflare0%33%12criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%06
Quad90%16%38accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Quad90%16%38accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%07
AdGuard DNS0%15%20accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
AdGuard DNS0%15%20accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
CleanBrowsing0%14%14accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
CleanBrowsing0%14%14accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08WebTitan0%0%12accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
All ten head-to-head pages: the top five products, each against each
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
01020304050607W08
091011Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative70%
Key
01DNSFilter52%
DNSFilter52%02Cloudflare Gateway16%
Cloudflare Gateway16%03Cisco Umbrella14%
Cisco Umbrella14%04NextDNS2%
NextDNS2%05Control D2%
Control D2%06Quad90%
Quad90%07AdGuard DNS0%
AdGuard DNS0%08WebTitan0%
09CleanBrowsing0%
CleanBrowsing0%10Cloudflare0%
Cloudflare0%11OpenDNS0%
OpenDNS0%What they warned about
Seven of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Qwen 3.7 Flash, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Cisco Umbrella26%
15 of 58 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Unless you're already a Cisco shop, I'd avoid starting with a legacy product being phased out.” Kimi K2, paraphrase prompt
Google Public DNS
100%
8 of 8 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“I truly doubt they would share such a valuable opportunity, no matter what they claim. And you can actually take action: *Avoid using it.*” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
NextDNS17%
6 of 36 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“if logging/analytics are left enabled the provider can retain query history, device identifiers and custom lists... a privacy risk for users who want no history” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
OpenDNS54%
7 of 13 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid free/public options (e.g., Quad9, OpenDNS basic) for B2B” Grok 4.20, paraphrase prompt
What they cite
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.
Sites the answers cite
72 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 770 links across 183 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 38 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · DNSFilter44 answers · 71 citations · 13 models
vendor site · PowerDMARC30 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
25 answers · 29 citations · 9 models
vendor site · SourceForge22 answers · 33 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Control D19 answers · 27 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Cloudflare17 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
16 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
14 answers · 20 citations · 7 models
14 answers · 14 citations · 10 models
publisher (Gane)14 answers · 14 citations · 7 models
14 answers · 14 citations · 7 models
13 answers · 18 citations · 9 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
29 answers · 11 models
23 answers · 10 models
16 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 5 models
10 answers · 9 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best dns filtering service”, “dns filtering service”, “dns filtering services”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNSFilter dnsfilter.com | 52% | 162 | 4,400 | 83 | 12,152 | 75 | 1 |
| Cloudflare parent site Cloudflare Gateway 16%, Cloudflare One 12%, Cloudflare DNS 0% | 29% | 355 | 550,000 | 10,897 | |||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Umbrella 14%, Cisco Secure Access 0% | 14% | 175 | 165,000 | 48,352 | |||
| NextDNS nextdns.io | 2% | 74 | 27,100 | 408 | 14,686 | ||
| Control D controld.com | 2% | 82 | 5,400 | 1,658 | 21,852 | 3 | |
| ScoutDNS scoutdns.com | 2% | 10 | |||||
| Quad9 quad9.net | 0% | 78 | 5,400 | 235 | 5,594 | ||
| AdGuard DNS adguard-dns.io | 0% | 27 | 27,100 | 869 | 26,830 | ||
| WebTitan | 0% | 210 | 5 | ||||
| CleanBrowsing cleanbrowsing.org | 0% | 21 | 1,900 | 62 | 11,686 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 20 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (controld.com, dnsfilter.com, reddit.com, sourceforge.net). The first result for “best dns filtering service” is reddit.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best DNS filtering service for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which DNS security solution would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top DNS filtering services and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best DNS filtering service for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a DNS filtering service. What should we look at?”Negative“Which DNS filtering services should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceCloudflare Oneno first choiceagainst: AdGuard DNS, CleanBrowsing DNS, Cloudflare, DNSWatch, OpenDNS
Three alternatives
Quad9, SafeDNS, WebTitanGPT-5.4 miniCloudflare Gateway, DNSFilterCisco UmbrellaChangedagainst: Cloudflare Gateway, Quad9Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare Gateway, OpenDNSagainst: DNSFilterCloudflare One, DNSFilteragainst: Cisco Umbrellano first choiceagainst: AdGuard DNS, Control D
One alternative
Cisco UmbrellaOne alternative
Infoblox Threat DefenseThree alternatives
CleanBrowsing, NextDNS, Quad9Gemini 3.5 FlashDNSFilterCloudflare OneChangedCisco UmbrellaCloudflare Oneagainst: Cisco Umbrella, Zscaler Internet AccessDNSFilteragainst: Zscaler Internet Accessnothing named
Two alternatives
Cisco Secure Access, Cloudflare GatewayFive alternatives
AWS Route 53, Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare Managed DNS, DNSFilter, Infoblox Threat DefenseFive alternatives
Cloudflare One, Control D, DNSFilter, NextDNS, Quad9Five alternatives
AdGuard Home, CleanBrowsing, Control D, NextDNS, Pi-holeTwo alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare OnePerplexity SonarDNSFilterCisco Umbrella, DNSFilterChangedCisco UmbrellaCloudflare Gatewayagainst: SafeDNSno first choiceagainst: Avast Business, Comcast xFi Advanced Security, Eero Secure, NextDNS, Quad9
Three alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare Gateway, WebTitanTwo alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, Palo Alto Networks DNS SecuritySix alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, Control D, DNSFilter, Infoblox Threat Defense, NextDNS, Quad9One alternative
DNSFilterGrok 4.20DNSFilteragainst: Cisco UmbrellaCisco Umbrella, DNSFilterChangedagainst: Infoblox Threat Defense, OpenDNS, Quad9, Zscaler Internet AccessCisco Umbrella, DNSFilterCloudflare Gatewayagainst: CleanBrowsing, OpenDNS, Quad9Cisco Umbrellaagainst: Cloudflare, Comcast Business, Google Public DNS, Norton DNS or Symantec-based services, OpenDNS, Your ISP's Default DNS
Two alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, Control DOne alternative
Control DThree alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, OpenDNS, Quad9One alternative
DNSFilterFour alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, DNSFilter, Quad9, Webroot DNS ProtectionMistral SmallDNSFilterDNSFilterHeldno first choiceCloudflare Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Cisco Umbrella, CleanBrowsing, Control D, DNSFilter, SafeDNS, Verizon DNS Safeguard
Two alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare GatewayTwo alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare GatewayTwo alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, DNSFilterDeepSeek V4 FlashDNSFilterDNSFilterHeldagainst: Cisco UmbrellaNextDNSCloudflare GatewayCisco Umbrella, Cloudflare Gateway, DNSFilteragainst: Quad9against: Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare, DNSFilter, NextDNS, ScoutDNS
Three alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare Gateway, Control DTwo alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, Control DSix alternatives
AdGuard DNS, Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare Gateway, Control D, DNSFilter, Quad9Three alternatives
AdGuard DNS, DNSFilter, NextDNSOne alternative
WebTitanLlama 4 MaverickDNSFilterDNSFilterHeldno first choiceDNSFilterno first choiceagainst: AdGuard DNS, Comcast's xFi Advanced Security, Google Public DNS, NextDNS, Pi-hole, Quad9
Two alternatives
Control D, Quad9Qwen 3.7 FlashCisco Umbrella, DNSFilteragainst: Control DCloudflare OneChangedagainst: Google Public DNS, Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler Internet AccessDNSFilterScoutDNSagainst: Cisco Umbrellano first choiceagainst: Google Public DNS, OpenDNS, Your ISP's Default DNS Servers
Two alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, FortiGuardTwo alternatives
CleanBrowsing, Microsoft Defender for Office 365Five alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare Gateway, Control D, NextDNS, Quad9One alternative
NextDNSKimi K2DNSFilteragainst: Cisco UmbrellaDNSFilterHeldagainst: Cisco UmbrellaCloudflare, DNSFilteragainst: Google Public DNSCloudflare Gateway, NextDNSDNSFilteragainst: Cisco OpenDNS, Cloudflare, Comodo Secure DNS, Norton ConnectSafe, dns0.eu
One alternative
Cloudflare GatewayOne alternative
Cloudflare GatewaySix alternatives
AdGuard DNS, Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare Gateway, Control D, NextDNS, Quad9Two alternatives
DNSFilter, Quad9Three alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare Gateway, Control DGLM 4.7 FlashXDNSFilteragainst: Cisco UmbrellaDNSFilterHeldagainst: Cisco UmbrellaCloudflare DNSDNSFilterno first choiceagainst: Google Cloud, OpenDNS
Two alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, Control DTwo alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare GatewaySeven alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, CleanBrowsing, Control D, Google Safe Browsing DNS, NextDNS, Pi-hole, Quad9Four alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, NextDNS, SafeDNS, ScoutDNSMiniMax M2.5DNSFilterCisco UmbrellaChangedControl DControl Dagainst: Cisco Umbrella, NextDNSno first choiceagainst: DNS4EU, Google Public DNS
Two alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Control DTwo alternatives
Control D, Infoblox Threat DefenseFive alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare, Cloudflare Gateway, DNSFilter, NextDNSTwo alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, DNSFilterGPT-6 LunaDNSFilterDNSFilterHeldCisco Umbrella, DNSFilter, NextDNSCloudflare Oneno first choiceagainst: AdGuard Private DNS, Cloudflare's standard 1.1.1.1 resolver, Google Public DNS, NextDNS
Two alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare GatewayTwo alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare GatewayFour alternatives
AdGuard DNS, Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 for Families, Control D, Quad9Two alternatives
DNSFilter Core, NextDNSMuse Glimmer 30BDNSFilteragainst: Cisco UmbrellaCisco UmbrellaChangedagainst: Cisco UmbrellaCisco Umbrella, DNSFilterCloudflare Gateway, Cloudflare One, DNSFilteragainst: Cisco UmbrellaCloudflare Gateway, DNSFilteragainst: DNS4EU, Google Public DNS, NextDNS, OpenDNS
Two alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare GatewayThree alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, DNSFilter, VercaraSeven alternatives
AdGuard DNS, CleanBrowsing, Cloudflare Gateway, Control D, NextDNS, Pi-hole, Quad9Three alternatives
NextDNS, Quad9, SafeDNSOne alternative
Cisco UmbrellaBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:49 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:40 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:40 | yes | 12 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:26 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:27 | yes | 9 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:25 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:37 | yes | 21 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:02 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:54 | yes | 10 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:14 | yes | 13 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:32 | yes | 15 | 46 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:29 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:30 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:15 | yes | 13 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:51 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:56 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 19:22 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:31 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:44 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:15 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:36 | yes | 19 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:08 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:16 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:31 | yes | 9 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:14 | yes | 23 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:09 | yes | 5 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:11 | yes | 3 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:23 | yes | 13 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 19:00 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:36 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 16:51 | no | 0 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:43 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:20 | yes | 9 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:42 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:16 | yes | 22 | 40 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:08 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:43 | yes | 15 | 43 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:54 | yes | 19 | 49 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:33 | no | 0 | 67 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:25 | yes | 21 | 57 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:40 | yes | 6 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:47 | yes | 14 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:48 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:27 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 08:58 | yes | 8 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:06 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:29 | yes | 24 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:57 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:47 | yes | 21 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 13:15 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:04 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:23 | yes | 14 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:47 | yes | 9 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:40 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:17 | yes | 4 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:44 | yes | 12 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:37 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:35 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:21 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:11 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:28 | yes | 8 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:14 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:51 | yes | 19 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:06 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:10 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:23 | yes | 15 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:18 | yes | 9 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:32 | yes | 5 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:52 | yes | 2 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:59 | yes | 12 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:55 | yes | 16 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:55 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:56 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:15 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:17 | yes | 13 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:21 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:57 | yes | 25 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:13 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:33 | yes | 13 | 43 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:34 | yes | 24 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:42 | yes | 24 | 92 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:37 | yes | 20 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:49 | yes | 2 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:51 | yes | 21 | 42 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Cisco Secure Access DNS Defense read as Cisco Umbrella
Cisco Secure Access – DNS Defense read as Cisco Umbrella
Cloudflare Zero Trust Gateway read as Cloudflare Gateway
ControlD read as Control D
Google DNS read as Google Public DNS
Infoblox read as Infoblox Threat Defense
Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense read as Infoblox Threat Defense
Palo Alto DNS Security read as Palo Alto Networks DNS Security
Webroot read as Webroot DNS Protection
Zscaler read as Zscaler Internet Access
Unresolved, counted raw
AdGuard Private DNS
Akamai Secure Internet Access
Cisco OpenDNS
CleanBrowsing DNS
ClearDNS
Cloudflare's standard 1.1.1.1 resolver
Comcast xFi Advanced Security
Comcast's xFi Advanced Security
Control.D
CyberSentriq DNS Filtering
DNS.SB
DNSWatch
Eero Secure
FamilyShield
FortiGuard (on FortiGate)
Google Safe Browsing DNS
Norton DNS or Symantec-based services
Verizon DNS Safeguard
Your ISP's Default DNS Servers
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.