# DDoS-Guard alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 249 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where DDoS-Guard 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/ddos-guard/alternatives

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

- Cloudflare: 169
- Akamai Prolexic: 16
- AWS Shield: 2
- Imperva DDoS Protection: 2
- Azure DDoS Protection: 1
- Cloudflare Magic Transit: 1

## DDoS protection

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name DDoS-Guard.

- Cloudflare: first choice in 68 of those 83

**Mid-market**: 82 of 84 answers did not name DDoS-Guard (DDoS-Guard is #9 of 9 at 0%).

- Cloudflare: first choice in 57 of those 82
- Akamai Prolexic: first choice in 2 of those 82
- AWS Shield: first choice in 1 of those 82

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name DDoS-Guard.

- Cloudflare: first choice in 44 of those 84
- Akamai Prolexic: first choice in 14 of those 84
- Imperva DDoS Protection: first choice in 2 of those 84
- AWS Shield: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Azure DDoS Protection: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Cloudflare Magic Transit: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Radware Cloud DDoS Protection: first choice in 1 of those 84

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.