# DNS.Watch: how AI models rank it, November 2026

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

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Managed DNS](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/managed-dns/index.md) | 0% | 69 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Has gone offline at least once in recent years, raising concerns about reliability." (Mistral Small, 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 | 1 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named DNS.Watch, from 2 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- news.ycombinator.com: 2
- snbforums.com: 2
- 5gstore.com: 1
- blog.noip.com: 1
- blogs.reliablepenguin.com: 1
- cloudns.net: 1
- community.splunk.com: 1
- diggitymarketing.com: 1
- diswww.mit.edu: 1
- en.wikipedia.org: 1

### Pages cited

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item: 2
- https://snbforums.com/threads/dns-providers-who-to-trust.95625: 2
- https://5gstore.com/blog/2026/09/17/public-dns-providers-speed-security-compared: 1
- https://blog.noip.com/the-top-managed-dns-providers-of-2025: 1
- https://blogs.reliablepenguin.com/2025/11/21/stop-using-network-solutions-for-dns-seriously: 1
- https://cloudns.net/managed-dns: 1
- https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Would-Splunk-Cloud-consider-adding-an-alternative-DNS-provider/m-p/262691: 1
- https://diggitymarketing.com/web-hosting/best-dns-hosting: 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.