# IO River: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 6 judge labels across 3 categories by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/io-river

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [DDoS protection](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/ddos-protection/index.md) | 0% | 15 | 0% | 3 |
| [Website and synthetic monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/website-and-synthetic-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 42 | 0% | 2 |
| [Content delivery networks](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/content-delivery-networks/index.md) | 0% | 43 | 100% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Multi‑CDN environments, centralized control" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, DDoS)
- "IO River provides centralized management" (Kimi K2, DDoS)

## And against it

- "can work for niche needs (e.g., multi-CDN or ultra-budget), but lack Cloudflare's ecosystem" (Grok 4.20, CDN)

## 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 IO River, from 14 of the 14 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ioriver.io: 14 (its own site)
- myrasecurity.com: 9
- esecurityplanet.com: 8
- g2.com: 7
- cloudflare.com: 5
- edgeone.ai: 5
- radware.com: 5
- fastly.com: 4
- akamai.com: 3
- cybersecuritynews.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://esecurityplanet.com/products/distributed-denial-of-service-ddos-protection-vendors: 8
- https://myrasecurity.com/en/the-10-best-ddos-protection-services: 8
- https://ioriver.io/blog/best-ddos-protection-services: 7
- http://ioriver.io/blog/best-ddos-protection-services: 4
- https://edgeone.ai/blog/details/best-ddos-mitigation-services: 4
- https://cybersecuritynews.com/ddos-protection-tools: 3
- https://g2.com/categories/ddos-protection: 3
- https://g2.com/categories/ddos-protection/enterprise: 3

## In its own words

What IO River's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: A unified layer of security, traffic control, and serverless compute services on top of existing Edge platforms to improve the reliability and more. (https://ioriver.io/)
- For: Built for DevOps. Trusted by Enterprises. (https://ioriver.io/)
- Price stated: No Surprises, No Commitments, One Flat Rate (https://www.ioriver.io/product/vcdn)
- Starting price: 1.30 (https://www.ioriver.io/product/vcdn)
- Free plan or trial: Try for free (https://ioriver.io/)
- Integrations claimed: 15 (https://ioriver.io/)
- Certifications: SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA
- Hosting: 90+ Countries
- Customers named: Minute Media, minutby, shuffl, StatusGator, RGE Media Group, Minute.ly, Shuffll, G&L

## What it publishes

Every page ioriver.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 826 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 63 pages, 13 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-10-14
- conference or event: 18 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 252 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 9 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-01-25
- glossary or explainer: 14 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-28 comparison: Cachefly alternatives https://www.ioriver.io/blog/cachefly-alternatives
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Ai crawlers https://www.ioriver.io/blog/ai-crawlers
- Recent: 2026-09-27 comparison: Cloudfront alternatives https://www.ioriver.io/blog/cloudfront-alternatives
- Recent: 2026-09-27 blog: Certificate lifecycle management https://www.ioriver.io/blog/certificate-lifecycle-management
- Recent: 2026-09-27 blog: Application delivery controllers https://www.ioriver.io/blog/application-delivery-controllers
- Recent: 2026-08-31 blog: Best api gateway tools https://www.ioriver.io/blog/best-api-gateway-tools

## 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.