# Palo Alto Networks DNS Security: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/palo-alto-networks-dns-security

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [DNS filtering](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/dns-filtering/index.md) | 0% | 19 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Palo Alto firewall environment | Palo Alto DNS Security" (Perplexity Sonar, DNS filtering)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 Palo Alto Networks DNS Security, from 14 of the 17 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- powerdmarc.com: 11
- dnsfilter.com: 8
- insight.tmcnet.com: 7
- cybersecuritynews.com: 5
- dope.security: 5
- g2.com: 5
- guideflow.com: 4
- infoblox.com: 4
- media.defense.gov: 4
- motocms.com: 4

### Pages cited

- https://powerdmarc.com/best-dns-security-solutions: 10
- https://insight.tmcnet.com/insight/buyers-guide/categories/dns-filtering-and-protective-dns-services: 7
- https://dnsfilter.com/: 5
- https://cybersecuritynews.com/best-dns-security-solutions: 4
- https://guideflow.com/blog/dns-security: 4
- https://motocms.com/blog/en/best-enterprise-dns-security-tools: 4
- https://cloudflare.com/static/3537df342902ff0c0b065c5bf91b4e61/Cloudflare_Gateway_-_Promo_for_Cisco_Umbrella_DNS_customers.pdf: 3
- https://community.spiceworks.com/t/recommendations-for-dns-filtering-products/1158654: 3

## In its own words

What Palo Alto Networks DNS Security's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Automatically secure your DNS traffic by using Palo Alto Networks Advanced DNS Security Powered by Precision AI®, a cloud-based analytics platform providing your firewall with access to DNS signatures generated using advanced predictive analysis and machine learning, with malicious domain data from a growing threat intelligence sharing community as well as domain detectors that inspect changes in DNS responses to detect various types of DNS hijacking in real-time. (https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/dns-security)
- For: your firewall (https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/dns-security)
- Free plan or trial: Start your 90-day free trial of DNS Security (https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/network-security/advanced-dns-security)
- Hosting: Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Bahrain, Qatar, Tel Aviv, Israel, Seoul, South Korea, China
- Customers named: muvi Cinemas

## 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.