Managed DNS
Asked as “managed DNS provider”, and as “authoritative DNS hosting”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 44 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories: how the two compare.
Standing · first-choice share
84%
Clear leader
84Cloudflare DNS07DNS Made Easy02Akamai Edge DNS07others
84% of first choices, clear leader.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
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. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
Show the seven products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
05Google Cloud DNS Lab in the set0%10%39accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.
The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Google Cloud DNS is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other thirteen models zero times of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
Head to head
All six head-to-head pages: the top four products, each against each
One product takes 84% of first choices here, so the chart would put ten markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. One product carries a negative rate above 25% in this category.
What they warned about
Nine of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, DeepSeek V4 Flash and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
GoDaddy DNS89%
8 of 9 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 7 hard negative
“Suffered a significant security breach in December 2022 affecting many customers. Their support is often criticized as outsourced and inconsistent.” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
Network Solutions100%
5 of 5 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“**Be cautious with Network Solutions for managed DNS.** ... highlight frequent outages” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
Amazon Route 53
9%
5 of 56 labels negative · 5 of 14 models
“AWS Route 53, Azure DNS, and Google Cloud DNS all locking you into their platform with no standard mechanism to replicate zones to external nameservers” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
Cloudflare DNS7%
5 of 70 labels negative · 5 of 14 models
“Cloudflare, Fastly, Google Cloud, and AWS have all had significant DNS-related outages in recent years. This isn't to say avoid them” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
75 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1055 links across 255 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. None of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category.
vendor site · LogicMonitor31 answers · 33 citations · 12 models
vendor site · G228 answers · 44 citations · 11 models
vendor site · ZipDo.co24 answers · 37 citations · 11 models
24 answers · 33 citations · 10 models
24 answers · 31 citations · 11 models
24 answers · 24 citations · 11 models
vendor site · ClouDNS22 answers · 38 citations · 9 models
22 answers · 26 citations · 9 models
21 answers · 23 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Cloudflare20 answers · 35 citations · 10 models
vendor site · FitGap19 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
18 answers · 30 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
30 answers · 11 models
22 answers · 10 models
17 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 10 models
16 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 7 models
15 answers · 11 models
14 answers · 11 models
14 answers · 7 models
14 answers · 8 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best managed dns provider”, “managed dns provider”, “managed dns providers”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Google ads, last 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare parent site Cloudflare DNS 84% | 84% | 187 | 550,000 | 10,897 | ||
| DNS Made Easy dnsmadeeasy.com | 7% | 36 | 2,900 | 18 | 6,242 | |
| Amazon parent site Amazon Route 53 2% | 2% | 153 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | ||
| Akamai parent site Akamai Edge DNS 2% | 2% | 58 | 27,100 | 1,614 | ||
| Vercara | 2% | |||||
| Cloudflare Enterprise Foundation DNS | 2% | |||||
| Google Cloud parent site Google Cloud DNS 0% | 0% | 103 | 165,000 | 7,596 | ||
| NS1 ns1.com | 0% | 57 | 1,000 | 260 | ||
| Azure DNS | 0% | 301,000 | 47,904 | |||
| ClouDNS cloudns.net | 0% | 63 | 1,000 | 7 | 82,467 | 4 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cloudflare.com, g2.com). The first result for “best managed dns provider” is networkworld.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best managed DNS provider for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which authoritative DNS hosting would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top managed DNS providers and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best managed DNS provider for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a managed DNS provider. What should we look at?”Negative“Which managed DNS providers should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Akamai Edge DNS, Cloudflare DNSno first choiceChangedCloudflare DNSCloudflare DNSno first choiceagainst: Amazon Route 53, Azure DNS, Google Cloud DNS
One alternative
Amazon Route 53Two alternatives
Google Cloud DNS, easyDNSOne alternative
ClouDNSGPT-5.4 miniCloudflare DNSCloudflare Enterprise Foundation DNSChangedno first choiceCloudflare DNSno first choiceagainst: Google Cloud
Two alternatives
Amazon Route 53, IBM NS1 ConnectTwo alternatives
Akamai DNS / ADHS, Amazon Route 53Gemini 3.5 FlashCloudflare DNSCloudflare DNSHeldCloudflare DNSCloudflare DNSAmazon Route 53, Cloudflare DNSagainst: GoDaddy DNS, Namecheapagainst: Amazon Route 53, Azure DNS, Bluehost, Cloudflare DNS, GoDaddy DNS, Google Cloud DNS, HostGator, Namecheap, Network Solutions, cPanel
Three alternatives
Amazon Route 53, DigiCert Constellix, IBM NS1 ConnectThree alternatives
Amazon Route 53, Constellix, DNSimpleSeven alternatives
Amazon Route 53, Azure DNS, Constellix, DNS Made Easy, Google Cloud DNS, IBM NS1 Connect, Vercara UltraDNSFour alternatives
Amazon Route 53, Bunny DNS, ClouDNS, Hurricane ElectricFour alternatives
Akamai Edge DNS, Constellix, DigiCert/DNS Made Easy, NS1Perplexity SonarDNS Made EasyCloudflare DNSChangedCloudflare DNSCloudflare DNSagainst: Amazon Route 53, DNSimpleno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Amazon Route 53, Cloudflare DNS, UltraDNSThree alternatives
Amazon Route 53, DNSimple, OSDomainsSix alternatives
Amazon Route 53, BlueCat Integrity, ClouDNS, Infoblox, Microsoft Azure DNS, NS1One alternative
ClouDNSGrok 4.1 FastCloudflare DNSagainst: DynCloudflare DNSHeldagainst: ClouDNS, Dyn, NS1Cloudflare DNSCloudflare DNSagainst: Amazon Route 53, ClouDNS, Google Cloud DNSno first choiceagainst: Cloudflare DNS, Dyn, EuroDNS, Gcore Managed DNS, GoDaddy DNS, Network Solutions
Three alternatives
Amazon Route 53, Google Cloud DNS, NS1Two alternatives
Amazon Route 53, Google Cloud DNSFour alternatives
Amazon Route 53, Dyn, Google Cloud DNS, InfobloxOne alternative
Namecheap FreeDNSThree alternatives
Amazon Route 53, Cloudflare DNS, Google Cloud DNSMistral SmallCloudflare DNSCloudflare DNSHeldCloudflare DNSCloudflare DNSno first choiceagainst: Cloudflare DNS, DNSExit, Gcore Managed DNS, IBM NS1 Connect
Three alternatives
Akamai Edge DNS, Amazon Route 53, NS1Two alternatives
Hurricane Electric, easyDNSFour alternatives
Akamai Edge DNS, Amazon Route 53, Azure DNS, NS1Two alternatives
ClouDNS, NamecheapDeepSeek V4 FlashDNS Made Easyagainst: IBM NS1 ConnectCloudflare DNSChangedCloudflare DNSCloudflare DNSCloudflare DNSagainst: Bluehost, Cisco Umbrella, DreamHost, GoDaddy DNS, HostGator, Namecheap, Network Solutions
Two alternatives
Amazon Route 53, Cloudflare DNSThree alternatives
Amazon Route 53, DNS Made Easy, NS1Seven alternatives
Akamai Edge DNS, Amazon Route 53, DNSMadeEasy, Dyn, Google Cloud DNS, IBM NS1 Connect, Verisign Managed DNSThree alternatives
Amazon Route 53, ClouDNS, Namecheap PremiumDNSFour alternatives
Akamai Edge DNS, Azure DNS, NS1, Route 53Llama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Qwen 3.7 FlashCloudflare DNSagainst: Oracle DynCloudflare DNSHeldCloudflare DNSagainst: Rackspace DNS / DNS Made EasyCloudflare DNSagainst: AWS Route53, Google Cloud DNSno first choiceagainst: Bluehost, ClouDNS, Gcore, GoDaddy DNS, Namecheap
Two alternatives
Amazon Route 53, Azure DNSFour alternatives
Amazon Route 53, Google Cloud DNS, NS1, UltraDNSFour alternatives
Amazon Route 53, Azure DNS, Google Cloud DNS, NS1Two alternatives
DigitalOcean, HetznerTen alternatives
Azure DNS, Cloud DNS, Cloudflare DNS, DNS Made Easy, Dyn, IBM NS1 Connect, Infoblox, Neustar UltraDNS, Route 53, UltraDNSKimi K2Cloudflare DNSCloudflare DNSHeldCloudflare DNSCloudflare DNSno first choiceagainst: F5 DNS, GoDaddy DNS, Oracle Dyn, UltraDNS
Three alternatives
Amazon Route 53, Google Cloud DNS, NS1Four alternatives
Amazon Route 53, Dyn, Google Cloud DNS, NS1Seven alternatives
Akamai Edge DNS, Amazon Route 53, DNS Made Easy, Dyn, Google Cloud DNS, NS1, UltraDNSThree alternatives
Amazon Route 53, ClouDNS, Namecheap DNSGLM 4.7 FlashXCloudflare DNSCloudflare DNSHeldAmazon Route 53, Cloudflare DNS, Google Cloud DNSCloudflare DNSno first choiceagainst: AWS, Cloudflare DNS, DNS0.EU, Dyn
Three alternatives
Amazon Route 53, Azure DNS, Google Cloud DNSOne alternative
Route53Six alternatives
Akamai Edge DNS, ClouDNS, Dyn, Infoblox, NS1, UltraDNSTwo alternatives
Amazon Route 53, ClouDNSMiniMax M2.5Cloudflare DNSCloudflare DNSHeldCloudflare DNSCloudflare DNSno first choiceagainst: AWS, Cloudflare DNS, DNSExit, EasyHosting, Fastly, GoDaddy DNS, Google Cloud
Two alternatives
Amazon Route 53, IBM NS1 ConnectTwo alternatives
Amazon Route 53, Google Cloud DNSThree alternatives
Akamai Edge DNS, Amazon Route 53, DynTwo alternatives
ClouDNS, ZonomiGPT-6 LunaCloudflare DNSCloudflare DNSHeldCloudflare DNSCloudflare DNSno first choiceagainst: DNSimple, Network Solutions
Three alternatives
Akamai Edge DNS, Amazon Route 53, IBM NS1 ConnectTwo alternatives
Amazon Route 53, Google Cloud DNSFive alternatives
Akamai Edge DNS, Amazon Route 53, Azure DNS, Google Cloud DNS, IBM NS1 ConnectOne alternative
Route 53Muse Glimmer 30BCloudflare DNS, DNS Made Easy, VercaraCloudflare DNSChangedCloudflare DNSCloudflare DNSno first choiceagainst: Amazon Route 53, Dyn / Oracle Dyn, GoDaddy DNS, Network Solutions, No-IP
One alternative
LevelBlueThree alternatives
Amazon Route 53, ClouDNS, Google Cloud DNSThree alternatives
Amazon Route 53, Google Cloud DNS, Microsoft Azure DNSTwo alternatives
ClouDNS, Gcore Managed DNSBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:14 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:44 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:47 | yes | 20 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:23 | yes | 16 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:41 | yes | 23 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:04 | yes | 14 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:33 | yes | 22 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 22:21 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:51 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:47 | yes | 16 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 13 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:10 | yes | 4 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:28 | yes | 13 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:17 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:12 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:43 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:12 | yes | 39 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:15 | yes | 18 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:52 | yes | 15 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:13 | yes | 22 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:10 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:16 | yes | 5 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:15 | yes | 10 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:46 | no | 0 | 231 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:53 | yes | 9 | 45 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:56 | yes | 3 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:40 | yes | 15 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:41 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:53 | yes | 8 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:18 | yes | 25 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:12 | yes | 15 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:11 | yes | 23 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:35 | yes | 15 | 14 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:30 | yes | 23 | 64 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:27 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 14 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:00 | yes | 20 | 39 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:56 | yes | 15 | 95 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:40 | yes | 9 | 21 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 8 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:57 | yes | 25 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:23 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:48 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 22:53 | yes | 11 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:37 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:42 | yes | 22 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:45 | yes | 8 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:17 | yes | 23 | 45 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:56 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:28 | no | 0 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:40 | yes | 9 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:54 | yes | 18 | 67 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:15 | yes | 10 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:22 | yes | 2 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 24 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:59 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:17 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 22:11 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:13 | yes | 16 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:55 | yes | 11 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:33 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:45 | yes | 24 | 35 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:55 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:16 | yes | 14 | 38 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:35 | yes | 10 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:15 | yes | 25 | 61 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:37 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 22:13 | yes | 1 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:52 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:28 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:42 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:56 | yes | 26 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:13 | yes | 16 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:00 | yes | 24 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:29 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:42 | yes | 25 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:10 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:20 | yes | 9 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:35 | yes | 25 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:39 | yes | 24 | 82 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:13 | yes | 24 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:03 | yes | 3 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:57 | yes | 20 | 23 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
AWS Route 53 read as Amazon Route 53
Akamai read as Akamai Edge DNS
Akamai (formerly Dyn) read as Akamai Edge DNS
Akamai (formerly Nominum) read as Akamai Edge DNS
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare DNS
Cloudflare (Business/Enterprise) read as Cloudflare DNS
GoDaddy read as GoDaddy DNS
IBM NS1 read as IBM NS1 Connect
Unresolved, counted raw
Akamai DNS / ADHS
Cloudflare Enterprise Foundation DNS
DNS0.EU
DigiCert Constellix
EasyHosting
F5 DNS
Hosting provider's DNS
Namecheap PremiumDNS
OS Domains
OSDomains
Oracle Cloud DNS
Oracle Dyn DNS
Rackspace DNS / DNS Made Easy
Rackspace Technology Managed Security Services
Route53 (AWS)
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.