# Google Cloud Armor: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 22 judge labels across 2 categories by 12 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/google-cloud-armor

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [DDoS protection](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/ddos-protection/index.md) | 0% | 6 | 6% | 16 |
| [Web application firewalls](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/web-application-firewalls/index.md) | 0% | 19 | 17% | 6 |

## What the models said for it

- "Google Cloud Armor (starting at $30/month for basic protection), but these are best suited if you already use their cloud platforms" (Mistral Small, DDoS)
- "Your services use Google Cloud load balancing and you want policy enforcement close to that infrastructure." (GPT-6 Luna, WAF)
- "Cloudflare, AWS WAF, or Cloud Armor generally perform better and are easier to manage" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, WAF)
- "Free tier for basic use; paid starts at ~$200/month. Good for GCP-integrated setups" (Grok 4.20, DDoS)

## And against it

- "WAFs sold exclusively by Cloud Infrastructure providers (e.g., AWS WAF, Azure WAF, Google Cloud Armor)... Vendor Lock-in Risk" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, WAF)
- "pay-as-you-go, but still has request and policy charges, so it may be less predictable than Cloudflare for a tight budget" (GPT-5.4 mini, DDoS)

## 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Google Cloud Armor, from 55 of the 67 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 20
- myrasecurity.com: 18
- developers.cloudflare.com: 15
- esecurityplanet.com: 15
- fastly.com: 15
- geekflare.com: 15
- ioriver.io: 15
- radware.com: 15
- cloudflare.com: 14
- imperva.com: 14

### Pages cited

- https://myrasecurity.com/en/the-10-best-ddos-protection-services: 18
- https://esecurityplanet.com/products/distributed-denial-of-service-ddos-protection-vendors: 15
- https://geekflare.com/cybersecurity/ddos-protection-service: 12
- http://ioriver.io/blog/best-ddos-protection-services: 10
- https://sourceforge.net/software/ddos-protection/for-small-business: 10
- https://edgeone.ai/blog/details/best-ddos-mitigation-services: 9
- https://softwaretestinghelp.com/best-ddos-protection-services: 9
- https://expertinsights.com/web-security/top-distributed-denial-of-service-ddos-defense-solutions: 8

## What it publishes

Every page google.dev exposes, read 2026-09-29: 10 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:


## 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.