# DigitalOcean DNS: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/digitalocean-dns

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Managed DNS](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/managed-dns/index.md) | 0% | 54 | 50% | 2 |

## And against it

- "Lacks DNSSEC support... they've had notable outages... Check status before relying on them for critical infrastructure." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Managed DNS)

## 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 DigitalOcean DNS, from 4 of the 5 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- reddit.com: 3
- cloudflare.com: 2
- g2.com: 2
- github.com: 2
- ibm.com: 2
- aws.amazon.com: 1
- capterra.com: 1
- catchpoint.com: 1
- cloud.google.com: 1
- community.ovhcloud.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://g2.com/categories/managed-dns-solutions: 2
- https://ibm.com/think/topics/managed-dns: 2
- https://aws.amazon.com/route53/pricing: 1
- https://capterra.com/p/205055/DigitalOcean/reviews: 1
- https://catchpoint.com/dns-monitoring/managed-dns: 1
- https://cloud.google.com/dns/pricing: 1
- https://cloudflare.com/plans: 1
- https://cloudflare.com/products/dns: 1

## 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.