Google Public DNS
Named, too few times to rank.
A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share is stated. Google Public DNS has 9.
Why models recommend it
No positive label carried a quote.
What gives them pause
“I truly doubt they would share such a valuable opportunity, no matter what they claim. And you can actually take action: *Avoid using it.*”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
“Heavy logging tied to your Google account/activity; used for profiling and ads. Not privacy-focused”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“It's a *recursive resolver*, not authoritative DNS hosting for your domain; Google says its free resolver has no SLA.”GPT-6 Luna · Negative question · warning
“Logs IP addresses and query details for 24-48 hours - Permanent aggregated logs retained indefinitely”MiniMax M2.5 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Google Public DNS, over the 15 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | View → | |
| 9 | 2 | View → | |
| 7 | 0 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 2 | View → | |
| 5 | 2 | View → | |
| 4 | 1 | View → | |
| 4 | 1 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → | |
| 3 | 1 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Google Public DNS's own site, not checked by Gane.
- Also from Google Cloud
- Google 2-Step Verification, Google Alerts, Google AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Google Analytics, Google Antigravity, Google Artifact Registry and 85 more
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 12 of the 15 answers that named Google Public DNS and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Forty-six of the forty-six domain citations in answers naming Google Public DNS came from a third party's page.
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 | 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |