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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 34 judge labels across 2 categories by 13 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudflare-ai-gateway

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [LLM gateways and observability](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/llm-gateways-and-observability/index.md) | 2% | 5 | 0% | 33 |
| [AI security platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/ai-security-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 84 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "For most budget-conscious companies, I'd start with Cloudflare AI Gateway using your own provider API keys (BYOK)." (GPT-6 Luna, LLM gateways)
- "if you already use Cloudflare and want a low-friction managed option; it can be cost-effective, but it's less of a full multi-provider control plane" (GPT-5.4 mini, LLM gateways)
- "Ideal if you already use Cloudflare. It offers powerful DDoS protection, rate limiting, and caching at the network edge." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, LLM gateways)
- "Choose Cloudflare AI Gateway if requests already run through Cloudflare and edge caching is valuable." (Perplexity Sonar, LLM gateways)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Cloudflare AI Gateway, from 96 of the 102 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- getmaxim.ai: 70
- dev.to: 66
- github.com: 36
- llmgateway.io: 27
- portkey.ai: 23
- requesty.ai: 23
- respan.ai: 21
- litellm.ai: 20
- cloudzero.com: 18
- dataiku.com: 17

### Pages cited

- https://dev.to/ericthompson21/when-is-a-managed-llm-gateway-worth-its-cost-5959: 21
- https://requesty.ai/blog/best-managed-llm-gateway: 19
- https://respan.ai/articles/best-llm-gateways: 19
- https://cloudzero.com/blog/llm-gateways: 18
- https://dataiku.com/blog/best-llm-gateways: 17
- https://concentrate.ai/blog/the-9-best-llm-gateways-in-2026-grouped-by-the-job-they-do: 14
- https://daily.dev/posts/wztc2x3ac: 13
- https://dev.to/toffy/top-5-llm-gateways-for-enterprises-26hg: 13

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: Observe and control your AI applications. (https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway)
- For: your AI applications (https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway)
- Price stated: Available on all plans (https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway)
- Free plan or trial: beta (https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-ai-gateway)
- Integrations claimed: 3 (https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-ai-gateway)
- Customers named: Flexport

## 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.