# Control D alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 191 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Control D 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/control-d/alternatives

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

- DNSFilter: 49
- Cisco Umbrella: 44
- Cloudflare Gateway: 31
- Cloudflare One: 18
- NextDNS: 6
- Quad9: 3

## DNS filtering

**Small business**: 62 of 84 answers did not name Control D (Control D is #6 of 9 at 4%).

- DNSFilter: first choice in 21 of those 62
- Cloudflare Gateway: first choice in 15 of those 62
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 7 of those 62
- Cisco Umbrella: first choice in 6 of those 62
- NextDNS: first choice in 4 of those 62
- Cloudflare DNS Security: first choice in 1 of those 62
- Cloudflare for Business: first choice in 1 of those 62
- DNSFilter Core: first choice in 1 of those 62

**Mid-market**: 61 of 84 answers did not name Control D (Control D is #5 of 11 at 2%).

- DNSFilter: first choice in 22 of those 61
- Cloudflare Gateway: first choice in 10 of those 61
- Cisco Umbrella: first choice in 8 of those 61
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 6 of those 61
- Quad9: first choice in 3 of those 61
- NextDNS: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Mullvad DNS: first choice in 1 of those 61
- OpenDNS: first choice in 1 of those 61

**Enterprise**: 68 of 84 answers did not name Control D (Control D is #5 of 10 at 7%).

- Cisco Umbrella: first choice in 30 of those 68
- Cloudflare Gateway: first choice in 6 of those 68
- DNSFilter: first choice in 6 of those 68
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 5 of those 68

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