# AdGuard: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/adguard

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [DNS filtering](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/dns-filtering/index.md) | 0% | 21 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "consider more privacy-focused alternatives (e.g., Mullvad, NextDNS, AdGuard)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, DNS filtering)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named AdGuard, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- adguard-dns.io: 2
- capterra.com: 2
- community.spiceworks.com: 2
- developers.cloudflare.com: 2
- dnsfilter.com: 2
- gbhackers.com: 2
- routersecurity.org: 2
- scoutdns.com: 2
- av-comparatives.org: 1
- avoidthehack.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://capterra.com/p/156036/DNSFilter: 2
- https://community.spiceworks.com/t/recommendations-for-dns-filtering-products/1158654: 2
- https://dnsfilter.com/: 2
- https://gbhackers.com/best-dns-filtering-solutions: 2
- https://routersecurity.org/DNS.providers.php: 2
- https://adguard-dns.io/en/enterprise.html: 1
- https://adguard-dns.io/en/welcome.html: 1
- https://av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/avc_dns_eval_2025.pdf: 1

## 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.