# Pi-hole: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 7 judge labels across 1 category by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/pi-hole

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [DNS filtering](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/dns-filtering/index.md) | 0% | 12 | 14% | 7 |

## What the models said for it

- "running Pi-hole or AdGuard Home on a local device ... gives you complete visibility over what gets filtered" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, DNS filtering)
- "Choose Pi-hole for: Complete control over your network, self-hosted solution, maximum customization" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, DNS filtering)
- "Self-hosted (e.g., Pi-hole + Unbound or AdGuard Home): Full control, no third-party logging." (Grok 4.20, DNS filtering)
- "consider running your own Pi-hole or similar self-hosted solution" (Kimi K2, DNS filtering)

## And against it

- "a popular DNS filtering solution for home users, but not recommended for enterprise environments" (Llama 4 Maverick, 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Pi-hole, from 7 of the 12 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- github.com: 4
- routersecurity.org: 4
- developers.cloudflare.com: 3
- gane.ai/index: 3
- privacyguides.org: 3
- reddit.com: 3
- cleanbrowsing.org: 2
- community.spiceworks.com: 2
- controld.com: 2
- dnsfilter.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://routersecurity.org/DNS.providers.php: 4
- https://privacyguides.org/en/dns: 3
- https://community.spiceworks.com/t/recommendations-for-dns-filtering-products/1158654: 2
- https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/privacy/public-dns-resolver: 2
- https://dnsfilter.com/: 2
- https://dope.security/post/dns-based-filtering-explained-2026: 2
- https://enisa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/publications/ENISA%20Report%20-%20Security%20and%20Privacy%20for%20public%20DNS%20Resolvers.pdf: 2
- https://g2.com/products/dnsfilter/reviews: 2

## 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.