# ClouDNS: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 15 judge labels across 1 category by 10 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudns

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Managed DNS](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/managed-dns/index.md) | 0% | 9 | 0% | 15 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose ClouDNS if: You want a traditional "Domain Registrar" style experience with easy-to-use tools and reliable support for under $10/month." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Managed DNS)
- "offers affordable services starting with free DNS for first-timers up to the GeoDNS plan at $9.95 monthly" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Managed DNS)
- "ClouDNS offers premium features starting at just $2.95/month, which is extremely affordable." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Managed DNS)
- "Provides a free DNS plan with 4 unicast DNS servers... premium plans starting at $2.95/month" (Llama 4 Maverick, Managed DNS)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named ClouDNS, from 53 of the 55 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 37
- dnsimple.com: 25
- slashdot.org: 18
- cloudns.net: 17 (its own site)
- dnsmadeeasy.com: 17
- sourceforge.net: 17
- cloudflare.com: 16
- totaluptime.com: 14
- peerspot.com: 12
- topbusinesssoftware.com: 12

### Pages cited

- https://dnsimple.com/business: 25
- https://g2.com/categories/managed-dns-solutions/small-business: 25
- https://dnsmadeeasy.com/: 17
- https://slashdot.org/software/managed-dns/f-small-business: 16
- https://cloudflare.com/products/dns: 13
- https://peerspot.com/categories/managed-dns: 12
- https://blog.noip.com/the-top-managed-dns-providers: 11
- https://cloudflare.com/plans: 9

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: ClouDNS provides fast and secure Free DNS Hosting & Premium DNS Hosting with Global Anycast DNS Network. (https://cloudns.net/)
- For: businesses (https://www.cloudns.net/case-studies)
- Price stated: Free Forever; Premium DNS Starting from: $2.95/month; DDoS Protected DNS Starting from: $5.95/month; GeoDNS Starting from: $9.95/month (https://cloudns.net/)
- Starting price: Free Forever (https://cloudns.net/)
- Free plan or trial: Free Forever (https://cloudns.net/)
- Hosting: Europe, North and South America, Asia, Australia, North America, South America, Africa

## What it publishes

Every page cloudns.net exposes, read 2026-10-05: 1229 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 570 pages, 18 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 30 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 2 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-24
- glossary or explainer: 10 pages, 3 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-21
- news or press: 305 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-29
- Recent: 2026-09-29 news or press: 554 https://www.cloudns.net/news/article/554
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Subdomain takeover what it is and how to prevent it https://www.cloudns.net/blog/subdomain-takeover-what-it-is-and-how-to-prevent-it/
- Recent: 2026-09-15 news or press: 549 https://www.cloudns.net/news/article/549
- Recent: 2026-09-15 blog: Inside our uptime monitoring data 300 million checks in one month https://www.cloudns.net/blog/inside-our-uptime-monitoring-data-300-million-checks-in-one-month/
- Recent: 2026-09-04 blog: Zone transfer zone file domain namespace https://www.cloudns.net/blog/zone-transfer-zone-file-domain-namespace/
- Recent: 2026-09-01 news or press: 544 https://www.cloudns.net/news/article/544

## 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.