# OpenDNS alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 248 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where OpenDNS holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/opendns/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- DNSFilter: 76
- Cisco Umbrella: 54
- Cloudflare Gateway: 36
- Cloudflare One: 23
- Control D: 13
- NextDNS: 8

## DNS filtering

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name OpenDNS.

- DNSFilter: first choice in 32 of those 83
- Cloudflare Gateway: first choice in 21 of those 83
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 12 of those 83
- Cisco Umbrella: first choice in 6 of those 83
- Control D: first choice in 6 of those 83
- NextDNS: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Cloudflare DNS Security: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Cloudflare for Business: first choice in 1 of those 83

**Mid-market**: 82 of 84 answers did not name OpenDNS (OpenDNS is #11 of 11 at 0%).

- DNSFilter: first choice in 33 of those 82
- Cisco Umbrella: first choice in 12 of those 82
- Cloudflare Gateway: first choice in 9 of those 82
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 7 of those 82
- NextDNS: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Quad9: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Control D: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Cloudflare: first choice in 2 of those 82

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name OpenDNS.

- Cisco Umbrella: first choice in 36 of those 83
- DNSFilter: first choice in 11 of those 83
- Cloudflare Gateway: first choice in 6 of those 83
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 4 of those 83
- Control D: first choice in 4 of those 83

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.