# NS1 / IBM NS1 Connect: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ns1-ibm-ns1-connect

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Managed DNS](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/managed-dns/index.md) | 0% | 32 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose NS1 for sophisticated, performance-driven traffic steering." (Perplexity Sonar, Managed DNS)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 NS1 / IBM NS1 Connect, from 1 of the 1 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- blog.noip.com: 1
- en.wikipedia.org: 1
- firstsited.com: 1
- gane.ai/index: 1
- lilachbullock.com: 1
- logicmonitor.com: 1
- peerspot.com: 1
- seo.domains: 1
- thousandeyes.com: 1
- wifitalents.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://blog.noip.com/the-top-managed-dns-providers: 1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_managed_DNS_providers: 1
- https://firstsited.com/category/dns-provider: 1
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/managed-dns: 1
- https://lilachbullock.com/best-dns-providers: 1
- https://logicmonitor.com/deep-dive/dns-monitoring/managed-dns: 1
- https://peerspot.com/categories/managed-dns: 1
- https://seo.domains/seo-resources/dns-nameservers/dns-providers-compared-seo: 1

## 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.