# Cloudflare DNS alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 65 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Cloudflare DNS 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/cloudflare-dns/alternatives

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

- IBM NS1 Connect: 3
- Amazon Route 53: 1
- Azure DNS private zones / Azure DNS + Azure DNS Private Resolver: 1
- ClouDNS: 1
- DNS Made Easy: 1
- DNSFilter: 1

## Managed DNS

**Small business**: 16 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare DNS (Cloudflare DNS is #1 of 9 at 80%).


**Mid-market**: 23 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare DNS (Cloudflare DNS is #1 of 12 at 95%).


**Enterprise**: 26 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare DNS (Cloudflare DNS is #1 of 10 at 61%).

- IBM NS1 Connect: first choice in 3 of those 26
- Amazon Route 53: first choice in 1 of those 26
- Azure DNS private zones / Azure DNS + Azure DNS Private Resolver: first choice in 1 of those 26
- ClouDNS: first choice in 1 of those 26
- DNS Made Easy: first choice in 1 of those 26
- DNSFilter: first choice in 1 of those 26
- NextDNS: first choice in 1 of those 26

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.