# Managed DNS for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "managed DNS provider" and as "authoritative DNS hosting", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Added to the November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/managed-dns/2026-11/enterprise

**Standing:** Cloudflare DNS leads with 61% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 56 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Cloudflare DNS](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudflare-dns/index.md) | 61% | 11% | 73 |
| 2 | [Amazon Route 53](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/amazon-route-53/index.md) | 9% | 26% | 68 |
| 3 | [IBM NS1 Connect](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ibm-ns1-connect/index.md) | 7% | 5% | 43 |
| 4 | [NS1](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ns1/index.md) | 5% | 10% | 21 |
| 5 | [Akamai Edge DNS](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/akamai-edge-dns/index.md) | 4% | 6% | 34 |
| 6 | [ClouDNS](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudns/index.md) | 4% | 30% | 10 |
| 8 | [DNS Made Easy](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/dns-made-easy/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 10 |
| 12 | [Google Cloud DNS](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/google-cloud-dns/index.md) | 0% | 34% | 35 |
| 27 | [Azure DNS](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-dns/index.md) | 0% | 39% | 23 |
| 74 | [Dyn](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/dyn/index.md) | 0% | 45% | 11 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 78 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: DNS Made Easy; alternatives Akamai Edge DNS, IBM NS1 Connect, Infoblox, Vercara UltraDNS
- GPT-5.4 mini: Cloudflare DNS; alternatives Akamai Edge DNS, Amazon Route 53, DNS Manager, IBM NS1 Connect
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Cloudflare DNS; alternatives Akamai Edge DNS, Amazon Route 53, NS1, Vercara UltraDNS
- Perplexity Sonar: Cloudflare DNS; alternatives Akamai Edge DNS or UltraDNS, Amazon Route 53, DNS Made Easy, Google Cloud DNS
- Grok 4.20: Cloudflare DNS; alternatives Akamai Edge DNS, Amazon Route 53, NS1
- Mistral Small: Amazon Route 53, IBM NS1 Connect; alternatives ClouDNS, Microsoft Azure DNS
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Cloudflare DNS; alternatives Amazon Route 53, IBM NS1 Connect
- Llama 4 Maverick: Cloudflare DNS; alternatives Amazon Route 53, IBM NS1 Connect
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Cloudflare DNS; alternatives Amazon Route 53, IBM NS1 Connect
- Kimi K2: Cloudflare DNS, IBM NS1 Connect; alternatives Amazon Route 53
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Cloudflare DNS; alternatives Amazon Route 53, Azure DNS, BlueCat Integrity, DNSMadeEasy
- MiniMax M2.5: Cloudflare DNS, NS1; alternatives Amazon Route 53, Dyn, Google Cloud DNS
- GPT-6 Luna: Cloudflare DNS; alternatives Amazon Route 53, IBM NS1 Connect
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Cloudflare DNS; alternatives Amazon Route 53, Google Cloud DNS, IBM NS1 Connect

## Sources the answers cite

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

- g2.com: 37 answers, 52 citations
- gane.ai/index: 35 answers, 36 citations
- cloudflare.com: 27 answers, 47 citations
- peerspot.com: 20 answers, 28 citations
- cloudns.net: 18 answers, 22 citations
- ibm.com: 16 answers, 29 citations
- aws.amazon.com: 16 answers, 25 citations
- logicmonitor.com: 16 answers, 16 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://g2.com/categories/managed-dns-solutions/enterprise (34 answers)
- https://gane.ai/index/it/network/managed-dns/enterprise (34 answers)
- https://peerspot.com/categories/managed-dns (18 answers)
- https://cloudns.net/enterprise-dns (17 answers)
- https://cloudflare.com/products/dns (15 answers)
- https://logicmonitor.com/deep-dive/dns-monitoring/managed-dns (15 answers)
- https://serverion.com/articles/top-5-dns-hosting-features-for-enterprise-websites (13 answers)
- https://github.com/Dxlxz/universal-design-system/blob/main/docs/research/top-dns-cdn-waf-2026.md (11 answers)
- https://noip.com/managed-dns (11 answers)
- https://zdns.com/blog/managed-dns-providers-enterprise-buyer-checklist (10 answers)

## Warned against

- Amazon Route 53: 18 of 68 labels negative. "large enterprises should generally avoid or be cautious about pay-as-you-go DNS providers like AWS Route 53 and Google Cloud DNS" (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- Google Cloud DNS: 12 of 35 labels negative. "Avoid or be cautious about: AWS Route 53, Google Cloud DNS (for large enterprise use)" (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- Cloudflare DNS: 8 of 73 labels negative. "Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 public resolver suffered a six-hour outage in July 2025" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Azure DNS: 9 of 23 labels negative. "Avoid pay-per-query cloud DNS (AWS Route 53, Azure DNS)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Cloudflare DNS at 61%.

- NS1: 0% to 5%, +5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 12 → 4 of 78.
- Cloudflare DNS: 64% to 61%, −3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 1 of 78, unchanged.
- Amazon Route 53: 7% to 9%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 3 → 2 of 78.
- IBM NS1 Connect: 9% to 7%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 2 → 3 of 78.
- ClouDNS: 2% to 4%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 5 → 6 of 78.
- DNS Made Easy: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 16 → 8 of 78.
- Akamai Edge DNS: 4% to 4%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 4 → 5 of 78.
- Google Cloud DNS: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 14 → 12 of 78.
- UltraDNS: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 15 → 14 of 78.
- Azure DNS: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 13 → 27 of 78.
- Dyn: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 91 → 74 of 78.

## 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.