# Turnstile: 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/turnstile

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Bot management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/bot-management/index.md) | 2% | 11 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "The cheapest enterprise-grade option that is actually published is Cloudflare." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Bot management)
- "Add Turnstile on signup, login, or contact forms when you need to deter automated submissions; it's free, but it's a CAPTCHA alternative—not a complete bot-management system." (GPT-6 Luna, Bot management)

## 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Turnstile, from 5 of the 5 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cloudflare.com: 4
- capterra.com: 3
- developers.cloudflare.com: 3
- g2.com: 3
- spotsaas.com: 3
- aws.amazon.com: 1
- axis-intelligence.com: 1
- boei.help: 1
- botnation.ai: 1
- capterra.ca: 1

### Pages cited

- https://capterra.com/compare/149769-155191/DataDome-bot-mitigation-vs-Cloudflare: 3
- https://spotsaas.com/list/bot-platforms-software/for-small-business: 3
- https://capterra.com/p/149769/DataDome-bot-mitigation: 2
- https://cloudflare.com/en-gb/application-services/products/bot-management: 2
- https://cloudflare.com/products/bot-management: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/bot-platforms: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/bot-platforms/small-business: 2
- https://aws.amazon.com/waf/features/bot-control: 1

## 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.