# Cisco Umbrella alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 144 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Cisco Umbrella holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cisco-umbrella/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- DNSFilter: 38
- Cloudflare Gateway: 23
- Cloudflare One: 13
- Control D: 9
- NextDNS: 7
- Quad9: 5

## DNS filtering

**Small business**: 60 of 84 answers did not name Cisco Umbrella (Cisco Umbrella is #5 of 9 at 5%).

- DNSFilter: first choice in 19 of those 60
- Cloudflare Gateway: first choice in 16 of those 60
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 7 of those 60
- Control D: first choice in 5 of those 60
- NextDNS: first choice in 4 of those 60
- Cloudflare DNS Security: first choice in 1 of those 60
- DNSFilter Core: first choice in 1 of those 60
- Quad9: first choice in 1 of those 60

**Mid-market**: 50 of 84 answers did not name Cisco Umbrella (Cisco Umbrella is #3 of 11 at 14%).

- DNSFilter: first choice in 12 of those 50
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 6 of those 50
- Cloudflare Gateway: first choice in 5 of those 50
- Quad9: first choice in 4 of those 50
- NextDNS: first choice in 3 of those 50
- Control D: first choice in 2 of those 50
- Cloudflare: first choice in 1 of those 50
- Mullvad DNS: first choice in 1 of those 50

**Enterprise**: 34 of 84 answers did not name Cisco Umbrella (Cisco Umbrella is #1 of 10 at 52%).

- DNSFilter: first choice in 7 of those 34
- Cloudflare Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 34
- Control D: first choice in 2 of those 34

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