# Verizon DNS Safeguard: 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/verizon-dns-safeguard

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [DNS filtering](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/dns-filtering/index.md) | 0% | 62 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "also receive mixed reviews, with similar concerns about support and occasional reliability issues" (Mistral Small, 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 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 Verizon DNS Safeguard, from 1 of the 1 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- av-comparatives.org: 1
- community.spiceworks.com: 1
- gane.ai/index: 1
- ispreview.co.uk: 1
- techradar.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/avc_dns_eval_2025.pdf: 1
- https://community.spiceworks.com/t/recommendations-for-dns-filtering-products/1158654: 1
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/dns-filtering/smb: 1
- https://ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/09/new-study-benchmarks-malware-blocking-by-free-third-party-dns-providers.html: 1
- https://techradar.com/news/best-dns-server: 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.