Cisco Umbrella vs Control D
Zero of fourteen models named Cisco Umbrella first on the direct prompt; zero named Control D. Cisco Umbrella was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Control D by twelve and Cisco Umbrella carries 40 labels and Control D 24, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in five categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the DNS filtering page.
By framing
Cisco UmbrellaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsControl D
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Cisco Umbrella and Control D were named in the same answer forty times, of the 165 answers naming Cisco Umbrella and the 68 naming Control D. In those answers Control D took the first choice six times and Cisco Umbrella four.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | ||||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | |||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | ||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Cisco Umbrella Control D first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cisco Umbrella on the left and Control D on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Cisco Umbrella5%#4 of 8Control D2%#5 of 8Cisco Umbrella6%#3 of 9Control D2%#4 of 9Cisco Umbrella43%#1 of 7Control D0%#– of 7What the models said about Cisco Umbrella
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“its pricing and complexity can be prohibitive for small businesses, and setup can be steep... can be overkill or frustrating for smaller deployments” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“But watch out for: Quote-based pricing that can escalate quickly ... Often feels like overkill for mid-market needs” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Services like Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare Gateway, and DNSFilter are powerful but come with cautionary notes” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Best for: Large enterprises, organizations with complex security needs ... Industry-leading threat intelligence, extensive integration ecosystem, mature platform” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“Popular options for 500 users include DNSFilter (AI-focused, easy deploy) and Cisco Umbrella (enterprise-grade integrations).” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Cisco Umbrella as the top DNS security solution.” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Control D
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“For Privacy-Focused Filtering: Control D (offers customizable tiers, strong privacy stance, modern protocols)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“or Control D if you want predictable low-cost pricing at around $2/endpoint/month” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Consider Control D or SafeDNS if your priority is highly customizable filtering... but the results here put them behind DNSFilter and Cloudflare” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.