# Cloudflare Application Security: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 5 judge labels across 2 categories by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudflare-application-security

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Application shielding](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/application-shielding/index.md) | 0% | 38 | 0% | 3 |
| [Certificate lifecycle management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/certificate-lifecycle-management/index.md) | 0% | 37 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Companies already using Cloudflare | Simplifies SSL termination, auto-renewal" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Certificate management)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 Application Security, from 22 of the 22 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 22
- gane.ai/index: 7
- softwaresuggest.com: 7
- sourceforge.net: 7
- guideflow.com: 6
- preemptive.com: 6
- akeyless.io: 5
- luciq.ai: 5
- microsoft.com: 5
- nerdisa.com: 5

### Pages cited

- https://g2.com/categories/application-shielding/small-business: 8
- https://g2.com/categories/application-shielding: 7
- https://guideflow.com/blog/application-shielding-software: 6
- https://softwaresuggest.com/application-shielding-software: 6
- https://akeyless.io/blog/blog-best-certificate-lifecycle-management-software: 5
- https://luciq.ai/blog/top-mobile-app-protection-and-shielding-tools: 5
- https://nerdisa.com/best-application-shielding-software: 5
- https://capterra.co.uk/software/1028023/appdome: 4

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: Cloudflare’s view of application security (https://blog.cloudflare.com/application-security)
- For: Developers, bloggers, business owners, and large corporations (https://blog.cloudflare.com/application-security)
- Free plan or trial: Turnstile, Cloudflare’s free CAPTCHA replacement (https://blog.cloudflare.com/application-security-2023)

## 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.