# CleanBrowsing alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 242 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where CleanBrowsing 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/cleanbrowsing/alternatives

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

- DNSFilter: 75
- Cisco Umbrella: 54
- Cloudflare Gateway: 35
- Cloudflare One: 21
- Control D: 13
- NextDNS: 8

## DNS filtering

**Small business**: 80 of 84 answers did not name CleanBrowsing.

- DNSFilter: first choice in 31 of those 80
- Cloudflare Gateway: first choice in 20 of those 80
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 11 of those 80
- Control D: first choice in 6 of those 80
- Cisco Umbrella: first choice in 5 of those 80
- NextDNS: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Cloudflare DNS Security: first choice in 1 of those 80
- Cloudflare for Business: first choice in 1 of those 80

**Mid-market**: 78 of 84 answers did not name CleanBrowsing (CleanBrowsing is #9 of 11 at 0%).

- DNSFilter: first choice in 33 of those 78
- Cisco Umbrella: first choice in 12 of those 78
- Cloudflare Gateway: first choice in 9 of those 78
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 5 of those 78
- NextDNS: first choice in 5 of those 78
- Control D: first choice in 3 of those 78
- Quad9: first choice in 3 of those 78
- Cloudflare: first choice in 2 of those 78

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name CleanBrowsing.

- Cisco Umbrella: first choice in 37 of those 84
- DNSFilter: first choice in 11 of those 84
- Cloudflare Gateway: first choice in 6 of those 84
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Control D: first choice in 4 of those 84

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