# F5 Distributed Cloud: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 3 categories by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/f5-distributed-cloud

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Bot management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/bot-management/index.md) | 0% | 55 | 0% | 1 |
| [DDoS protection](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/ddos-protection/index.md) | 0% | 37 | 0% | 1 |
| [Web application firewalls](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/web-application-firewalls/index.md) | 0% | 38 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "a specialized app security vendor (e.g., Imperva or F5 Distributed Cloud)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, WAF)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 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 F5 Distributed Cloud, from 8 of the 10 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- citrix.com: 3
- cloudflare.com: 3
- expertinsights.com: 3
- g2.com: 3
- ioriver.io: 3
- myrasecurity.com: 3
- radware.com: 3
- fastly.com: 2
- forrester.com: 2
- humansecurity.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://myrasecurity.com/en/the-10-best-ddos-protection-services: 3
- http://ioriver.io/blog/best-ddos-protection-services: 2
- https://expertinsights.com/web-security/top-distributed-denial-of-service-ddos-defense-solutions: 2
- https://netscaler.com/blogs/2022-10/it-s-true-netscaler-is-back: 2
- https://radware.com/cyberpedia/ddospedia/ddos-protection-techniques-types-and-7-solutions-to-know-in-2024: 2
- https://adapture.com/f5-reigns-supreme-remains-leader-gartners-application-delivery-controller-magic-quadrant: 1
- https://aerospike.com/blog/load-balancers-enterprise-scale-architectures: 1
- https://alessioligabue.it/en/blog/ecommerce-bot-management: 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.