IBM NS1 Connect
IBM NS1 Connect is a managed DNS service with traffic steering, including programmable routing through Filter Chains · ibm.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Cloudflare DNS is first at 80%.
Cloudflare DNS is first at 95%. 1 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Cloudflare DNS is first at 61%.
Why models recommend it
“the best default choice is usually Cloudflare or IBM NS1 Connect, depending on your priorities”GPT-5.4 mini · Direct question · first choice
“Advanced traffic steering, latency-based routing, and multi-CDN failover needs. More complex but powerful.”Kimi K2 · Paraphrase question · alternative
“Best for Complex Traffic Steering & SaaS Apps: IBM NS1 Connect *(Best for Advanced Multi-Cloud)*”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Paraphrase question · alternative
“if you need granular traffic steering and advanced policy, NS1/IBM NS1 Connect is frequently cited”Muse Glimmer 30B · Direct question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Higher complexity and typically higher enterprise cost”Perplexity Sonar · Paraphrase question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as IBM NS1 Connect, over the 76 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 52 | Compare → | |
| 66 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 29 | 0 | View → | |
| 28 | 0 | View → | |
| 21 | 2 | View → | |
| 19 | 3 | View → | |
| 18 | 0 | View → | |
| 16 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 1 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of IBM NS1 Connect →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on IBM NS1 Connect's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- small to mid-size businesses
- Price stated
- available through flexible plan options—essential, standard and premium
- Starting price
- 99
- Free plan or trial
- 30 day Free Trial
- Integrations
- 20
- Customers named
- Netlify, Dropbox, Catchpoint, GlobalDots, IO River
- Also from IBM
- IBM AI Fairness 360, IBM API Connect, IBM Apptio Cloudability, IBM Aspera, IBM Aspera Managed File Transfer, IBM Business Automation Workflow and 100 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 74 of the 76 answers that named IBM NS1 Connect and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
180 of the 236 domain citations in answers naming IBM NS1 Connect came from a third party's page. Thirty-eight 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |