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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 132 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Cloudflare Gateway 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-gateway/alternatives

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

- DNSFilter: 22
- Cloudflare One: 20
- Cisco Umbrella: 19
- Control D: 5
- Quad9: 5
- NextDNS: 3

## DNS filtering

**Small business**: 41 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare Gateway (Cloudflare Gateway is #2 of 9 at 21%).

- Cloudflare One: first choice in 10 of those 41
- DNSFilter: first choice in 7 of those 41
- Cisco Umbrella: first choice in 3 of those 41
- Control D: first choice in 2 of those 41
- Cloudflare DNS Security: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Cloudflare for Business: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Quad9: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Secure Access – DNS Defense: first choice in 1 of those 41

**Mid-market**: 46 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare Gateway (Cloudflare Gateway is #2 of 11 at 16%).

- DNSFilter: first choice in 8 of those 46
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 6 of those 46
- Cisco Umbrella: first choice in 5 of those 46
- Quad9: first choice in 4 of those 46
- NextDNS: first choice in 3 of those 46
- Cloudflare: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Cloudflare DNS: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Control D: first choice in 1 of those 46

**Enterprise**: 45 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare Gateway (Cloudflare Gateway is #3 of 10 at 11%).

- Cisco Umbrella: first choice in 11 of those 45
- DNSFilter: first choice in 7 of those 45
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 4 of those 45
- Control D: first choice in 2 of those 45

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