2 categories · RankedNS1
NS1 is a managed DNS and traffic management service, also listed under DDI and IP address management · ns1.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%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Cloudflare DNS is first at 61%.
Why models recommend it
“Best for Advanced Routing Needs ... NS1 is a favorite among digital agencies and mid-market tech companies”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Paraphrase question · alternative
“If you need advanced traffic management features, NS1 is worth considering despite higher costs.”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Direct question · alternative
“Great if you need sophisticated traffic routing/load balancing, though priced at the higher end.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Paraphrase question · alternative
“Choose NS1/IBM for programmatic, real-time traffic steering and CI/CD-managed DNS.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“More focused on DNS traffic management/performance rather than full DDI”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Comparative question · warning
“can be overkill and pricier for mid-sized needs”Grok 4.20 · Paraphrase question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as NS1, over the 54 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 30 | View → | |
| 45 | 4 | View → | |
| 28 | 1 | View → | |
| 26 | 0 | View → | |
| 19 | 0 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 1 | View → | |
| 10 | 1 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of NS1 →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on NS1's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- small to mid-size businesses that rely on the internet to thrive; businesses needing scalable authoritative DNS, including primary and secondary DNS support
- Price stated
- Starting at $99.00 USD; Starting at $349.00 USD
- Starting price
- 99
- Free plan or trial
- 30 day Free Trial
- Integrations
- 20
- Hosting
- six continents, mainland China
- Customers named
- Netlify, Dropbox, Catchpoint, GlobalDots, IO River
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 37 of the 54 answers that named NS1 and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Ninety-nine of the 110 domain citations in answers naming NS1 came from a third party's page. Eleven 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-11 to 2026-10 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case study | 1,343 | 0 | 2025-10-29 | API management, Process mining | |
| News or press | 842 | 1 | 2026-10-02 | Object storage, GRC | |
| Conference or event | 193 | 3 | 2026-08-25 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 97 | 23 | 2026-09-08 | ||
| Blog | 50 | 2 | 2026-09-10 | RPA, Process mining | |
| Report or ebook | 35 | 1 | 2026-09-02 | ||
| Podcast or video | 33 | 0 | 2025-04-18 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 14 | 2 | 2026-09-11 | ||
| Template or tool | 14 | 9 | 2026-09-10 | ||
| Comparison | 9 | 0 | 2026-02-19 |
Most recent
- 2026-10-02Reactive maintenance costs manufacturers asset management news or press
- 2026-09-11ON24 Pilot No.1 webinar or virtual event
- 2026-09-10How to build a chatbot blog
- 2026-09-10IBM watsonx Orchestrate template or tool
- 2026-09-10IBM watsonx Orchestrate template or tool
- 2026-09-10IBM watsonx Orchestrate template or tool
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page ns1.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read October 5, 2026.