# Project Shield: 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/project-shield

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [DDoS protection](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/ddos-protection/index.md) | 0% | 28 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Project Shield (Best for News/Small Organizations) - Price: FREE" (Kimi K2, DDoS)

## 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 Project Shield, from 2 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- github.com: 2
- aws.amazon.com: 1
- cipherssecurity.com: 1
- cloudflare.com: 1
- comparitech.com: 1
- developers.cloudflare.com: 1
- esecurityplanet.com: 1
- ftc.gov: 1
- g2.com: 1
- gane.ai/index: 1

### Pages cited

- https://aws.amazon.com/shield/faqs: 1
- https://aws.amazon.com/shield/features: 1
- https://aws.amazon.com/shield/pricing: 1
- https://cipherssecurity.com/best-ddos-protection-services-2026: 1
- https://cloudflare.com/application-services/products/ddos-for-web: 1
- https://cloudflare.com/plans: 1
- https://comparitech.com/identity-theft-protection/scams: 1
- https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection: 1

## In its own words

What Project Shield's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Protecting free expression from digital attacks (https://projectshield.google/)
- For: News and Independent Journalists; Human Rights Organizations; Elections Information and Monitoring; Political Organizations; Rights Organizations for Marginalized Groups; Non-Profit Organizations for Arts; Non-Profit Organizations for Sciences; Government Entities (Under Exigent Circumstances) (https://projectshield.google/)
- Price stated: free service (https://projectshield.google/)
- Free plan or trial: free unlimited protection (https://projectshield.google/)
- Customers named: Qurium Media Foundation, The Local, Luminum Solutions, Pravda, Acrofan, BehindMLM, Facilisimo, krebsonsecurity.com

## What it publishes

Every page projectshield.google exposes, read 2026-09-29: 12 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:


## 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.