Cloudflare Gateway vs Control D
One of fourteen models named Cloudflare Gateway first on the direct prompt; zero named Control D. Both were named by all fourteen models and Cloudflare Gateway carries 43 labels and Control D 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
Named in two 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 modelsControl D
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Cloudflare Gateway and Control D were named in the same answer fifty-five times, of the 147 answers naming Cloudflare Gateway and the 89 naming Control D. In those answers Control D took the first choice nine times and Cloudflare Gateway eleven.
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 Control D first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cloudflare Gateway on the left and Control D on the right.The direct prompt
Cloudflare Gateway first, Control D not the choice
1 of 14 modelsControl D was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
11 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 9Control D4%#6 of 9Cloudflare Gateway16%#2 of 11Control D2%#5 of 11Cloudflare Gateway11%#3 of 10Control D7%#5 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 Control D
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“also receive mixed reviews, with similar concerns about support and occasional reliability issues” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“their privacy language has changed over time... premium/custom setups can involve account data” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“though less common for general B2B IT operations” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“NextDNS or Control D: Customizable filtering ... with strong no-log policies, audits” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · first choice
“Industry-leading malware block rate (99.98% per Nexxwave testing, June 2025)” MiniMax M2.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“1. Control D - Highly recommended for limited budgets” MiniMax M2.5 · budget 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.