Cloudflare Gateway vs Cisco Umbrella
One of fourteen models named Cloudflare Gateway first on the direct prompt; one named Cisco Umbrella. Both were named by all fourteen models and Cloudflare Gateway carries 43 labels and Cisco Umbrella 58, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
Named in five categories this edition.
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; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the DNS filtering page.
By framing
Cloudflare GatewayFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCisco Umbrella
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Cloudflare Gateway and Cisco Umbrella were named in the same answer 124 times, of the 147 answers naming Cloudflare Gateway and the 213 naming Cisco Umbrella. In those answers Cisco Umbrella took the first choice thirty-four times and Cloudflare Gateway twenty-four.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | ||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
Cloudflare Gateway Cisco Umbrella first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cloudflare Gateway on the left and Cisco Umbrella on the right.The direct prompt
Cloudflare Gateway first, Cisco Umbrella an alternative
1 of 14 modelsCisco Umbrella was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Cisco Umbrella first, Cloudflare Gateway an alternative
1 of 14 modelsCloudflare Gateway was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Cloudflare Gateway21%#2 of 9Cisco Umbrella5%#5 of 9Cloudflare Gateway16%#2 of 11Cisco Umbrella14%#3 of 11Cisco Umbrella52%#1 of 10Cloudflare Gateway11%#3 of 10What the models said about Cloudflare Gateway
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“though I didn’t see as strong a DNS-security-first positioning in the sources I checked as compared with Cisco and Infoblox” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“my default recommendation is Cloudflare Gateway if you want the best overall balance of security, scalability, and broader zero-trust capabilities” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“If you have almost no budget, start with Cloudflare Gateway (free for 50 users) or Quad9 (completely free).” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“Best value / SMB & MSP options are commonly cited as Cloudflare Gateway and DNSFilter for fast, transparent pricing” Muse Glimmer 30B · scale prompt · first choice
What the models said about Cisco Umbrella
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Unless you're already a Cisco shop, I'd avoid starting with a legacy product being phased out.” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Avoid Cisco Umbrella if budget is the top concern, because it's more enterprise-oriented” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · hard negative
“often seen as more expensive, slower to deploy (hours vs. minutes), and complex for mid-market needs... Better for larger enterprises.” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · soft negative
“Best for: Companies already using Cisco networking gear or those wanting a simple, standalone DNS solution with no hardware changes.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Best enterprise default: Cisco Umbrella, especially when the organization already uses Cisco security products.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice
“Cisco Umbrella is the most widely deployed DNS filtering product, built on the OpenDNS resolver network.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.