# Cloudflare Access: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 2 categories by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudflare-access

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Network access control](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/network-access-control/index.md) | 0% | 24 | 0% | 2 |
| [Identity threat detection and response](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/identity-threat-detection-and-response/index.md) | 0% | 51 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "a ZTNA solution (like Twingate or Cloudflare Access)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, NAC)
- "Best "Freemium" & Scalable Solution: Cloudflare Access" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, ITDR)

## 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 Cloudflare Access, from 4 of the 8 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- peerspot.com: 4
- cbinsights.com: 2
- g2.com: 2
- guideflow.com: 2
- juniper.net: 2
- aimultiple.com: 1
- business.bt.com: 1
- business.comcast.com: 1
- catonetworks.com: 1
- cisco.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://peerspot.com/categories/network-access-control-nac: 3
- https://cbinsights.com/esp/enterprise-tech/networking/network-access-control-(nac)-software: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/network-access-control-nac: 2
- https://guideflow.com/blog/network-access-control-software: 2
- https://aimultiple.com/microsegmentation-tools: 1
- https://business.bt.com/networks-digital-services/sd-wan-sase/sase: 1
- https://business.comcast.com/enterprise/products-services/secure-networking/sase: 1
- https://catonetworks.com/zero-trust-network-access/zero-trust-solutions-5-solution-categories-and-how-to-choose: 1

## In its own words

What Cloudflare Access's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Zero Trust controls for your SaaS applications (https://blog.cloudflare.com/access-saas-integrations)
- For: teams (https://blog.cloudflare.com/access-saas-integrations)
- Price stated: available to all Cloudflare for Teams customers, including organizations on the free plan (https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-access-for-saas)
- Starting price: 3 (https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-cloudflare-access)
- Free plan or trial: free plan (https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-access-for-saas)
- Integrations claimed: 3 (https://blog.cloudflare.com/access-saas-integrations)
- Hosting: around the world
- Customers named: Amazon Web Services, AWS, Zendesk, Salesforce, Crowdstrike, Tanium, Cloudflare, Atlassian

## 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.