Three categories · what the models named insteadAlternatives to Cloudflare, as AI models named them
In the November 2026 Edition, 378 of the 756 answers collected in the three categories where Cloudflare holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.
DDoS protection
Thirteen of the eighty-four answers did not name Cloudflare; it was the first choice in sixty-nine. No first choice was made in those answers.
The full small business standing →Twenty-two of the eighty-four answers did not name Cloudflare; it was the first choice in fifty-nine. No first choice was made in those answers.
The full mid-market standing →Twenty-seven of the eighty-four answers did not name Cloudflare; it was the first choice in forty-four. The first choices in those twenty-seven answers, three products in all:
The full enterprise standing →
Content delivery networks
Seventeen of the eighty-four answers did not name Cloudflare; it was the first choice in sixty-seven. The first choices in those seventeen answers, three products in all:
The full small business standing →
Twenty-seven of the eighty-four answers did not name Cloudflare; it was the first choice in fifty-two. The first choices in those twenty-seven answers, one product in all:
Twenty-six of the eighty-four answers did not name Cloudflare; it was the first choice in forty-two. The first choices in those twenty-six answers, two products in all:
The full enterprise standing →
DNS filtering
Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name Cloudflare; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, thirteen products in all, the eight most named:
Eighty of the eighty-four answers did not name Cloudflare; it was the first choice in two. The first choices in those eighty answers, eleven products in all, the eight most named:
Eighty-two of the eighty-four answers did not name Cloudflare; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-two answers, five products in all:
How to read this
A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Cloudflare neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Cloudflare only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Cloudflare's side.
The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Cloudflare was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.