2 categories · RankedAdGuard DNS
AdGuard DNS is a DNS filtering service that blocks ads and trackers at the DNS level · adguard-dns.io ↗
Why models recommend it
“AdGuard DNS is an alternative solution for ad blocking, privacy protection, and parental control.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Comparative question · alternative
“Services like NextDNS, Control D, and AdGuard DNS offer granular filtering controls”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · alternative
“For home users wanting ad-blocking + parental controls: NextDNS or AdGuard DNS”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
“For home users wanting ad blocking + customization: NextDNS or AdGuard DNS”Kimi K2 · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Some users avoid AdGuard due to its Russian background and unclear privacy practices”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“keep aggregated performance metrics and a database of domains requested within the last 24 hours, which may be fine for many people but is not "zero logging."”GPT-5.4 mini · Negative question · warning
“The privacy policy is ambiguous—the service logs DNS requests by default”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Negative question · warning
“suitable for home users but not recommended for enterprise environments”Llama 4 Maverick · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as AdGuard DNS, over the 30 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 4 | View → | |
| 21 | 4 | View → | |
| 20 | 4 | View → | |
| 19 | 10 | View → | |
| 17 | 4 | View → | |
| 11 | 2 | View → | |
| 11 | 2 | View → | |
| 7 | 0 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of AdGuard DNS →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on AdGuard DNS's own site, not checked by Gane.
- Price stated
- You can use public AdGuard DNS servers for free — there's no catch. However, we incorporate AdGuard DNS in many paid AdGuard and AdGuard VPN apps. We also offer paid personal AdGuard DNS servers with advanced functionality and more customization options.
- Free plan or trial
- free
- Hosting
- Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Chicago, Toronto, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Frankfurt
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
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. These counts come from 27 of the 30 answers that named AdGuard DNS and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Eighty-two of the ninety-three domain citations in answers naming AdGuard DNS came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-11 to 2026-10 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 110 | 4 | 2026-10-01 | ||
| Conference or event | 1 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-10-01Adguard home v1 0 beta blog
- 2026-09-24Adguard dns v2 24 blog
- 2026-09-24Lg smart tv spying privacy blog
- 2026-07-15Adguard dns v2 23 blog
- 2026-06-01Adguard birthday 2026 blog
- 2026-05-27Adguard dns v2 22 blog
Events in person
- October 23, 2025 to October 24, 20252025 Ad-Filtering Dev SummitCrowne Plaza, Limassol, Cyprus · took part
As the event pages on adguard-dns.io state them, read October 5, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page adguard-dns.io exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read October 5, 2026.