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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudflare-turnstile

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Bot management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/bot-management/index.md) | 0% | 37 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Better alternatives: hCaptcha, Cloudflare Turnstile, Friendly Captcha" (Kimi K2, Bot management)

## 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 Turnstile, from 7 of the 8 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cloudflare.com: 6 (its own site)
- developers.cloudflare.com: 5 (its own site)
- g2.com: 4
- capterra.com: 3
- cequence.ai: 3
- hcaptcha.com: 3
- securityboulevard.com: 3
- akamai.com: 2
- comparitech.com: 2
- geetest.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots: 4
- https://cloudflare.com/en-gb/application-services/products/bot-management: 3
- https://cequence.ai/learn/choosing-bot-management-vendors-top-8-compared: 2
- https://cloudflare.com/plans: 2
- https://cloudflare.com/products/bot-mitigation: 2
- https://comparitech.com/net-admin/best-bot-management-software: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/bot-detection-and-mitigation/enterprise: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/bot-detection-and-mitigation/small-business: 2

## In its own words

What Cloudflare Turnstile's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Turnstile is now generally available, and Turnstile’s ‘Managed’ mode is now completely free to everyone for unlimited use. (https://blog.cloudflare.com/turnstile-ga)
- For: any website operator on any platform (https://blog.cloudflare.com/turnstile-ga)
- Price stated: free for everyone for unlimited use via our visible widget in Managed mode (https://blog.cloudflare.com/turnstile-ga)
- Starting price: free (https://blog.cloudflare.com/turnstile-ga)
- Free plan or trial: Turnstile’s ‘Managed’ mode is now completely free to everyone for unlimited use (https://blog.cloudflare.com/turnstile-ga)
- Certifications: WCAG 2.1 AA, ePrivacy Directive, GDPR, CCPA, FedRAMP, WCAG 2.2 AA
- Customers named: Cloudflare

## 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.