# Quad9 alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 218 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Quad9 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/quad9/alternatives

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

- DNSFilter: 67
- Cisco Umbrella: 49
- Cloudflare Gateway: 31
- Cloudflare One: 19
- Control D: 12
- NextDNS: 2

## DNS filtering

**Small business**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Quad9 (Quad9 is #7 of 9 at 2%).

- DNSFilter: first choice in 29 of those 74
- Cloudflare Gateway: first choice in 18 of those 74
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 9 of those 74
- Control D: first choice in 6 of those 74
- Cisco Umbrella: first choice in 5 of those 74
- NextDNS: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Cloudflare DNS Security: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Cloudflare for Business: first choice in 1 of those 74

**Mid-market**: 61 of 84 answers did not name Quad9 (Quad9 is #6 of 11 at 0%).

- DNSFilter: first choice in 27 of those 61
- Cisco Umbrella: first choice in 7 of those 61
- Cloudflare Gateway: first choice in 7 of those 61
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 5 of those 61
- Control D: first choice in 2 of those 61
- ScoutDNS: first choice in 1 of those 61

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Quad9 (Quad9 is #10 of 10 at 0%).

- Cisco Umbrella: first choice in 37 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 5 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.