DNS filtering for small business buyers
Asked as “DNS filtering service”, and as “DNS security solution”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 57 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
40%
Clear leader
40DNSFilter21Cloudflare Gateway16Cloudflare One23others
40% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▼−11Since October 2026: 51% → 40%, −11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.DNSFilter held the lead, −11 points on 51%, 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.This pageMid-marketDNSFilter52%Clear leader▼−7Since October 2026: 59% → 52%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Enterprise
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.This pageMid-marketDNSFilter52%Clear leader▼−7Since October 2026: 59% → 52%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseCisco 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 small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01DNSFilter40%6%62endorsed leader▼−11Since October 2026: 51% → 40%, −11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.51% → 40%
DNSFilter40%6%62endorsed leader▼−11Since October 2026: 51% → 40%, −11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.51% → 40%02
Cloudflare Gateway21%6%51accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 16% → 21%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.16% → 21%
Cloudflare Gateway21%6%51accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 16% → 21%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.16% → 21%03
Cloudflare One16%0%16accepted challenger▲+11Since October 2026: 5% → 16%, +11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 16%
Cloudflare One16%0%16accepted challenger▲+11Since October 2026: 5% → 16%, +11 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 16%04
NextDNS5%23%43accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 0% → 5%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 5%
NextDNS5%23%43accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 0% → 5%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 5%05Cisco Umbrella5%48%62criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 5% → 5%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 5%
Cisco Umbrella5%48%62criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 5% → 5%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.5% → 5%06
Control D4%13%30accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 4%
Control D4%13%30accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 4%07
Quad92%38%24criticized challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 7% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 2%
Quad92%38%24criticized challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 7% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 2%Show the two products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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SafeDNS0%42%12criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
SafeDNS0%42%12criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%08WebTitan0%17%18accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 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.
For buyers
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.
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
09Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01DNSFilter40%
DNSFilter40%02Cloudflare Gateway21%
Cloudflare Gateway21%03Cloudflare One16%
Cloudflare One16%04NextDNS5%
NextDNS5%05Cisco Umbrella5%
Cisco Umbrella5%06Control D4%
Control D4%07Quad92%
Quad92%08WebTitan0%
09SafeDNS0%
SafeDNS0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna 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 Umbrella48%
30 of 62 labels negative · 13 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Avoid Cisco Umbrella unless you specifically need enterprise integrations... complexity makes it overkill for small teams.” Kimi K2, comparative prompt
NextDNS23%
10 of 43 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“NextDNS - It doesn't scale well for business environments and has been reported to not hold up under load.” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Cloudflare100%
7 of 7 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“avoid as a security solution ... not a replacement for a business DNS filter” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Quad938%
9 of 24 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“criticized for lacking the user-friendly features and support that small businesses need” Mistral Small, negative 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
69 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. 738 links across 140 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 · DNSFilter43 answers · 69 citations · 14 models
35 answers · 35 citations · 12 models
vendor site · PowerDMARC30 answers · 32 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Control D28 answers · 54 citations · 10 models
25 answers · 32 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G224 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
16 answers · 30 citations · 7 models
16 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
14 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
publisher (Gane)14 answers · 14 citations · 7 models
14 answers · 14 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Cloudflare13 answers · 17 citations · 7 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.
35 answers · 12 models
32 answers · 11 models
26 answers · 11 models
16 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 7 models
14 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 6 models
12 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 6 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 DNSFilter 40%, DNSFilter Core 2% | 42% | 162 | 4,400 | 83 | 12,152 | 75 | 1 |
| Cloudflare parent site Cloudflare Gateway 21%, Cloudflare One 16%, Cloudflare Access 0%, Cloudflare Application Security and Performance 0% | 37% | 355 | 550,000 | 10,897 | |||
| NextDNS nextdns.io | 5% | 74 | 27,100 | 408 | 14,686 | ||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Umbrella 5% | 5% | 175 | 165,000 | 48,352 | |||
| Control D controld.com | 4% | 82 | 5,400 | 1,658 | 21,852 | 3 | |
| Quad9 quad9.net | 2% | 78 | 5,400 | 235 | 5,594 | ||
| Cloudflare DNS Security | 2% | ||||||
| Cloudflare for Business | 2% | ||||||
| Secure Access – DNS Defense | 2% | ||||||
| WebTitan | 0% | 210 | 5 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 20 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cloudflare.com, controld.com, dnsfilter.com, reddit.com). 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 small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which DNS security solution would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top DNS filtering services for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best DNS filtering service for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a DNS filtering service. What should we look at?”Negative“Which DNS filtering services should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Cloudflare One, DNSFilterCisco Umbrella, Cloudflare for BusinessChangedagainst: Palo Alto Networks DNS SecurityCloudflare Gateway, NextDNSagainst: Cisco UmbrellaCloudflare Oneno first choiceagainst: Avast Secure Internet Gateway, Cloudflare Gateway, NextDNS, Webroot DNS Protection
Two alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, WebTitanThree alternatives
DNSFilter, Quad9, WebTitanThree alternatives
Quad9, WebTitan, Webroot DNS ProtectionGPT-5.4 miniDNSFilteragainst: NextDNSCisco UmbrellaChangedCloudflare GatewayQuad9against: Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare Gateway, DNSFilterno first choiceagainst: Cisco's OpenDNS FamilyShield, Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 public resolver
Two alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare GatewayThree alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, NextDNSThree alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, DNSFilter, NextDNSGemini 3.5 FlashCloudflare OneCloudflare OneHeldCloudflare Oneagainst: Cisco UmbrellaCloudflare Oneagainst: Cisco UmbrellaCloudflare Oneagainst: Cisco Umbrellaagainst: AdGuard Home, Akamai Enterprise Threat Protector, Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare, Comcast Business, Comodo/Xcitium, Infoblox Threat Defense, LevelBlue, NextDNS, Norton ConnectSafe, Quad9, Spectrum Business
Five alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Control D, DNSFilter, NextDNS, WebTitanTwo alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, DNSFilterThree alternatives
Control D, DNSFilter, NextDNSFour alternatives
Cloudflare Security DNS, DNSFilter, NextDNS, Quad9Three alternatives
Control D, DNSFilter, NextDNSPerplexity SonarDNSFilteragainst: Cisco Umbrella, Control DDNSFilterHeldCloudflare Gateway, DNSFilterCloudflare Gateway, DNSFilteragainst: Quad9, SafeDNSno first choiceagainst: AdGuard DNS, Akamai Enterprise Threat Protector, Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare, Control D, Infoblox Threat Defense, NextDNS, Palo Alto, Quad9, SafeDNS
Two alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, WebTitanTwo alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare GatewayThree alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Control D, WebTitanGrok 4.20DNSFilterCloudflare GatewayChangedagainst: Cisco Umbrella, NextDNSControl D, DNSFilteragainst: Cisco Umbrella, CleanBrowsing, Quad9Cloudflare Gateway, NextDNSagainst: Cisco Umbrella, Control D, NordLayer, Perimeter81, Zscaler Internet AccessDNSFilteragainst: Cisco Umbrellaagainst: Cisco Umbrella, Control D, DNSFilter, NextDNS, Pi-hole, Quad9, SafeDNS, Technitium DNS, WebTitan
Three alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare Gateway, WebTitanOne alternative
DNSFilterTwo alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, NextDNSThree alternatives
DNSFilter, OpenDNS, Quad9Two alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, WebTitanMistral SmallDNSFilterno first choiceChangedCisco Umbrella, Cloudflare Gatewayagainst: Quad9DNSFilterno first choiceagainst: Cisco Umbrella, Quad9, SafeDNS, WebTitan
Two alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare OneTwo alternatives
DNSFilter, NextDNSThree alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, NextDNS, SafeDNSDeepSeek V4 FlashDNSFilterDNSFilterHeldagainst: Cisco UmbrellaCloudflare Gateway, DNSFilteragainst: Cisco UmbrellaCloudflare GatewayCloudflare Gateway, DNSFilteragainst: AdGuard, Cloudflare, DNSFilter, Pi-hole, ScoutDNS, WebTitan
Two alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare GatewayOne alternative
Cloudflare GatewayFour alternatives
Control D, NextDNS, Quad9, TitanHQ WebTitanThree alternatives
Control D, DNSFilter, NextDNSOne alternative
Cisco UmbrellaLlama 4 MaverickDNSFilterCisco Umbrella, Secure Access – DNS DefenseChangedno first choiceDNSFilterno first choiceagainst: Cisco Umbrella, NextDNS
Two alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare OneFive alternatives
Avast Small Business Cybersecurity Solutions, Cloudflare Application Security and Performance, DNSFilter, DigiCert ONE, Webroot DNS ProtectionTwo alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare OneQwen 3.7 FlashCloudflare Oneagainst: Cisco UmbrellaDNSFilterChangedagainst: Cisco UmbrellaCloudflare Gatewayagainst: Cisco UmbrellaDNSFilteragainst: Cisco Umbrellano first choiceagainst: Cloudflare, Google Cloud, NextDNS, OpenDNS, Pi-hole
Three alternatives
Microsoft Defender for Cloud, NextDNS, Sophos Intercept XOne alternative
Cloudflare GatewayTwo alternatives
Control D, DNSFilterThree alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, NextDNS, SafeDNSKimi K2DNSFilteragainst: Cisco UmbrellaCloudflare Gateway, DNSFilterChangedagainst: Cisco UmbrellaControl Dagainst: Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare GatewayCloudflare Gateway, NextDNSagainst: SafeDNSCloudflare Gateway, DNSFilteragainst: Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare DNS, Google Public DNS, ISP-provided DNS, Norton ConnectSafe, OpenDNS, Quad9
Two alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, Control DOne alternative
NextDNSTwo alternatives
DNSFilter, NextDNSOne alternative
DNSFilterThree alternatives
Control D, SafeDNS, WebTitanGLM 4.7 FlashXDNSFilteragainst: Cisco UmbrellaCloudflare DNS SecurityChangedagainst: Vercara, VerisignDNSFilterCloudflare Gateway, NextDNSno first choiceagainst: NextDNS, ScoutDNS
One alternative
Control DThree alternatives
BIND9 with RPKI, DNSimple, Quad9 DNS SecurityFour alternatives
CleanBrowsing, Cloudflare Gateway, Control D, NextDNSThree alternatives
CleanBrowsing, DNSFilter, SafeDNSMiniMax M2.5Control Dno first choiceChangedControl D, DNSFilteragainst: Cisco Umbrella, CloudflareControl D, DNSFilterno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, DNSFilterTwo alternatives
AdGuard DNS, Cloudflare GatewayGPT-6 LunaDNSFilterDNSFilter CoreChangedCloudflare OneCloudflare Gatewayno first choiceagainst: OpenDNS Home, Family Shield, and Public DNS
Two alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare GatewayOne alternative
Cloudflare GatewayFour alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Control D, DNSFilter, NextDNSTwo alternatives
Control D, DNSFilter CoreMuse Glimmer 30BCloudflare Gateway, Cloudflare OneDNSFilterChangedControl D, DNSFilteragainst: Cloudflare, Quad9Cloudflare Gateway, Cloudflare Oneagainst: Cisco Umbrellano first choiceagainst: Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare, DNSFilter, NextDNS, OpenDNS, ScoutDNS
Two alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, DNSFilterTwo alternatives
Cloudflare Gateway, Quad9Four alternatives
Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare Gateway, Cloudflare One, NextDNSFour alternatives
CleanBrowsing, DNSFilter, NextDNS, Quad9Bold 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 14:31 | yes | 13 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:47 | yes | 6 | 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 13:14 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:13 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:48 | yes | 9 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:17 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:49 | yes | 17 | 45 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:53 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:15 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:33 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:38 | yes | 13 | 78 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:36 | yes | 10 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:23 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:43 | yes | 11 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:38 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:25 | no | 0 | 3 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 11:43 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:14 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:42 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:50 | no | 0 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:00 | yes | 25 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:46 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:20 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:51 | yes | 10 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:41 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:52 | no | 0 | 82 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:17 | yes | 2 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:56 | yes | 13 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:17 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:21 | yes | 6 | 15 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 14:40 | yes | 11 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:28 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:51 | yes | 9 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:08 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:12 | yes | 19 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 08:47 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:59 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:51 | yes | 20 | 51 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:14 | yes | 24 | 45 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:28 | yes | 23 | 49 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:52 | yes | 6 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:01 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:09 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:40 | yes | 5 | 4 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 15:08 | yes | 8 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:01 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:36 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:08 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:46 | yes | 22 | 40 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:22 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:38 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:20 | yes | 10 | 46 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:42 | yes | 18 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:33 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:49 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:22 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:28 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:13 | no | 0 | 7 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 11:57 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:01 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:00 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:38 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:18 | yes | 17 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:44 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:31 | yes | 10 | 41 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:02 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:14 | yes | 15 | 70 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:37 | no | 0 | 100 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:13 | yes | 4 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:38 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:54 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:59 | yes | 6 | 5 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 08:45 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:32 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:35 | yes | 13 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:09 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:08 | yes | 24 | 55 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:22 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:30 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:36 | yes | 25 | 47 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:46 | yes | 24 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:51 | yes | 15 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:53 | yes | 2 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:25 | yes | 22 | 31 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
Akamai read as Akamai Enterprise Threat Protector
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
Control D SMB read as Control D
ControlD read as Control D
Google DNS (8.8.8.8) read as Google Public DNS
Infoblox read as Infoblox Threat Defense
Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense read as Infoblox Threat Defense
TitanHQ read as TitanHQ WebTitan
TitanHQ (WebTitan) read as TitanHQ WebTitan
Zscaler read as Zscaler Internet Access
Unresolved, counted raw
Avast Secure Internet Gateway
Avast Small Business Cybersecurity Solutions
BIND9 with RPKI
Cisco's OpenDNS FamilyShield
Cloudflare DNS Security
Cloudflare Security DNS
Cloudflare for Business
Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 public resolver
Comodo/Xcitium
ISP-provided DNS
OpenDNS Home, Family Shield, and Public DNS
Quad9 DNS Security
Rethink DNS (Business tier)
Secure Access – DNS Defense
Technitium DNS
Zorus
Zscaler DNS
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.