# CDNetworks: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 12 judge labels across 3 categories by 7 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cdnetworks

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Content delivery networks](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/content-delivery-networks/index.md) | 0% | 10 | 20% | 10 |
| [DDoS protection](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/ddos-protection/index.md) | 0% | 21 | 0% | 1 |
| [Managed DNS](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/managed-dns/index.md) | 0% | 40 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Evaluate CDNetworks when Asia-Pacific, China connectivity, gaming, or streaming is central to the workload." (Perplexity Sonar, CDN)
- "Use China-native CDNs (Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Baidu Cloud, or CDNetworks)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, CDN)
- "Excels in Asia/China, media, and gaming; competitive enterprise features." (Grok 4.20, CDN)
- "concentrated in mainland China or APAC | CDNetworks." (Perplexity Sonar, CDN)

## And against it

- "though it is generally more complex than needed for a typical B2B site" (Perplexity Sonar, CDN)
- "CDNetworks is specifically described as complicated for beginners." (Perplexity Sonar, CDN)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named CDNetworks, from 27 of the 27 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cdnetworks.com: 23 (its own site)
- fastly.com: 19
- blog.blazingcdn.com: 14
- edgeone.ai: 9
- cdnplanet.com: 7
- atlantic.net: 6
- linkedin.com: 5
- broadbandnow.com: 4
- cdncomparison.com: 4
- citehawk.com: 4

### Pages cited

- https://cdnetworks.com/blog/web-performance/best-cdn-providers: 22
- https://fastly.com/blog/cdns-with-the-best-uptime-and-performance: 9
- https://edgeone.ai/blog/details/best-cdn-for-enterprise: 8
- https://fastly.com/blog/fastest-cdn-providers-performance-speed-and-core-web-vitals: 8
- https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/top-cdn-providers-2025-an-expert-guide-to-types-technologies-and-performance: 7
- https://atlantic.net/cloud-platform/best-cdn-providers-for-performance-security: 6
- https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/top-cdn-providers-2025-an-expert-guide-to-types-technologies-and-performance-0: 6
- https://cdnplanet.com/cdns: 5

## In its own words

What CDNetworks's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Industry-Leading CDN and Security Solutions (https://cdnetworks.com/)
- For: businesses (https://cdnetworks.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Free Trial (https://cdnetworks.com/)
- Customers named: 17LIVE

## What it publishes

Every page cdnetworks.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 2839 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 144 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 26 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 29 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 21 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 243 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 23 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 81 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## 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.