Managed DNS · RankedDyn
Dyn is a managed DNS service that also offers website and synthetic monitoring · dyn.com ↗
Why models recommend it
“Examples: Cloudflare, AWS Route 53, Google Cloud DNS, Dyn (now Oracle), Akamai (NS1), Quad9”MiniMax M2.5 · Negative question · alternative
“For pure enterprise traffic intelligence, look at NS1 or Dyn.”Grok 4.20 · Comparative question · alternative
“Dyn and NS1 offer advanced DNS features such as GeoDNS and DNSSEC”Llama 4 Maverick · Comparative question · alternative
“Best for: Large enterprises with mission-critical DNS needs”MiniMax M2.5 · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Avoid: ISP‑provided DNS, Dyn (Oracle), DNSimple, easyDNS, TPP Wholesale, NominetDNS”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“3. Dyn”Llama 4 Maverick · Negative question · warning
“Dyn suffered a significant DDoS attack in October 2016 that disrupted major internet services”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Negative question · warning
“Higher cost but excellent for companies needing maximum uptime and performance.”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Direct question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Dyn, over the 31 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 14 | View → | |
| 26 | 2 | View → | |
| 19 | 0 | View → | |
| 18 | 1 | View → | |
| 14 | 1 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 1 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Dyn →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 21 of the 31 answers that named Dyn and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Sixty of the sixty-nine domain citations in answers naming Dyn came from a third party's page. Nine were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-11 to 2026-10 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case study | 901 | undated | |||
| Glossary or explainer | 570 | undated | Data catalogs, Object storage | ||
| Report or ebook | 53 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 37 | undated | |||
| Comparison | 33 | undated | |||
| Blog | 16 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 16 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 13 | undated | |||
| News or press | 3 | undated |
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page dyn.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read October 5, 2026.