# Cloudflare DNS alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 86 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Cloudflare DNS holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/cloudflare-dns/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Cloudflare Foundation DNS: 2
- IBM NS1 Connect: 2
- easyDNS: 2
- Amazon Route 53: 1
- ClouDNS: 1
- Cloudflare Enterprise Authoritative DNS: 1

## Managed DNS

**Small business**: 24 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare DNS (Cloudflare DNS is #1 of 11 at 78%).

- easyDNS: first choice in 2 of those 24
- Cloudflare Free DNS: first choice in 1 of those 24
- DNS Made Easy: first choice in 1 of those 24
- DNSimple: first choice in 1 of those 24

**Mid-market**: 29 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare DNS (Cloudflare DNS is #1 of 11 at 84%).

- Cloudflare Enterprise Foundation DNS: first choice in 1 of those 29

**Enterprise**: 33 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare DNS (Cloudflare DNS is #1 of 10 at 60%).

- Cloudflare Foundation DNS: first choice in 2 of those 33
- IBM NS1 Connect: first choice in 2 of those 33
- Amazon Route 53: first choice in 1 of those 33
- ClouDNS: first choice in 1 of those 33
- Cloudflare Enterprise Authoritative DNS: first choice in 1 of those 33
- Cloudflare Enterprise with Foundation DNS: first choice in 1 of those 33
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 1 of those 33
- Infoblox BloxOne DDI: first choice in 1 of those 33

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.