# ControlD: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/controld

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [DDI and IP address management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/ddi-and-ipam/index.md) | 0% | 84 | 33% | 3 |

## And against it

- "ControlD does not provide full DHCP management or IP Address Management (IPAM)" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, DDI and IPAM)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named ControlD, from 7 of the 7 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 7
- socialatoz.com: 7
- cotocus.com: 5
- gane.ai/index: 5
- sourceforge.net: 5
- bestdevops.com: 3
- bluecatnetworks.com: 3
- boon-health.com: 3
- github.com: 3
- reddit.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://socialatoz.com/software-category/ddi-management-platform: 7
- https://g2.com/categories/ddi-management-platform/small-business: 6
- https://cotocus.com/blog/top-10-ddi-dns-dhcp-ipam-platforms-features-pros-cons-comparison: 5
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/ddi-and-ipam/smb: 4
- https://sourceforge.net/software/ddi-management: 4
- https://bestdevops.com/top-10-ddi-dns-dhcp-ipam-platforms-features-pros-cons-comparison: 3
- https://boon-health.com/compare/ddi-alternatives: 3
- https://sourceforge.net/software/ddi-management/for-small-business: 3

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: DNS filtering for Every OS (https://controld.com/)
- For: engineering teams, MSPs, and universities worldwide (https://controld.com/)
- Price stated: Flat fee per endpoint. Start free. (https://controld.com/)
- Starting price: $3.00 per month or $30.00 per year (https://controld.com/plans)
- Free plan or trial: Start Free Trial (https://controld.com/)
- Certifications: ISO 27001, ISO 27701, GDPR, SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting: New York (US), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Sydney (Australia)
- Customers named: GitHub, Network Information Technologies, LLC, Pinnacle ICT, Pennsylvania College of Technology, Good Heart Technology, Massey Hall & Roy Thomson Hall, 7 Security Group

## What it publishes

Every page controld.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1723 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 182 pages, 9 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-28
- case study: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-18
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-09-15
- comparison: 61 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-30
- template or tool: 1039 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-02-05
- glossary or explainer: 30 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-11-21
- podcast or video: 15 pages, 6 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-17
- Recent: 2026-09-17 podcast or video: Podcast episode 16 micah czigan https://controld.com/blog/podcast-episode-16-micah-czigan
- Recent: 2026-09-07 podcast or video: Podcast episode 15 konrads klints https://controld.com/blog/podcast-episode-15-konrads-klints
- Recent: 2026-08-28 blog: Control d tailscale partnership https://controld.com/blog/control-d-tailscale-partnership
- Recent: 2026-08-19 podcast or video: Podcast episode 14 mohana balakrishnan https://controld.com/blog/podcast-episode-14-mohana-balakrishnan
- Recent: 2026-08-05 blog: Byod dns security policy https://controld.com/blog/byod-dns-security-policy
- Recent: 2026-08-01 podcast or video: Podcast episode 13 paul bleicher https://controld.com/blog/podcast-episode-13-paul-bleicher

## 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.