# DNS Made Easy vs Akamai Edge DNS: which do AI models recommend for Managed DNS, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, Managed DNS. Three of fourteen models named DNS Made Easy first on the direct prompt; one named Akamai Edge DNS. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/network/managed-dns/dns-made-easy-vs-akamai-edge-dns/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNS Made Easy | 7% | #2 of 11 | 0% | 14 | 10 of 14 |
| Akamai Edge DNS | 2% | #4 of 11 | 0% | 21 | 11 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Perplexity Sonar: dns made easy first (first choices: DNS Made Easy) (alternatives: Amazon Route 53, Cloudflare DNS, UltraDNS)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: dns made easy first (first choices: DNS Made Easy) (alternatives: Amazon Route 53, Cloudflare DNS)
- Muse Glimmer 30B: dns made easy first (first choices: Cloudflare DNS, DNS Made Easy, Vercara) (alternatives: LevelBlue)
- Claude Haiku 4.5: akamai edge dns first (first choices: Akamai Edge DNS, Cloudflare DNS) (alternatives: Amazon Route 53)
- Mistral Small: neither first, one named (first choices: Cloudflare DNS) (alternatives: Akamai Edge DNS, Amazon Route 53, NS1)
- GPT-6 Luna: neither first, one named (first choices: Cloudflare DNS) (alternatives: Akamai Edge DNS, Amazon Route 53, IBM NS1 Connect)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither named (first choices: Cloudflare DNS) (alternatives: Amazon Route 53, IBM NS1 Connect)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither named (first choices: Cloudflare DNS) (alternatives: Amazon Route 53, DigiCert Constellix, IBM NS1 Connect)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: neither named (first choices: Cloudflare DNS) (alternatives: Amazon Route 53, Google Cloud DNS, NS1)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: neither named (first choices: Cloudflare DNS) (alternatives: Amazon Route 53, Azure DNS)
- Kimi K2: neither named (first choices: Cloudflare DNS) (alternatives: Amazon Route 53, Google Cloud DNS, NS1)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: neither named (first choices: Cloudflare DNS) (alternatives: Amazon Route 53, Azure DNS, Google Cloud DNS)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither named (first choices: Cloudflare DNS) (alternatives: Amazon Route 53, IBM NS1 Connect)

## What the models said about DNS Made Easy

- "DNS Made Easy and Vercara/Neustar are the most frequently cited mid-market picks" (Muse Glimmer 30B, direct prompt, first choice)
- "the best all-around managed DNS choice is usually DNS Made Easy" (Perplexity Sonar, direct prompt, first choice)
- "DNS Made Easy is the strongest choice" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, direct prompt, first choice)

## What the models said about Akamai Edge DNS

- "Cloudflare or Akamai are excellent choices because they offer enterprise-grade reliability" (Claude Haiku 4.5, direct prompt, first choice)
- "Enterprise providers (Infoblox, UltraDNS, Akamai, Dyn) excel in large‑scale, security‑heavy, and highly regulated environments" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, comparative prompt, alternative)
- "Another strong option, especially for companies needing a large global footprint and high availability." (Mistral Small, direct prompt, alternative)

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. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.