Two categories · what the models named insteadAlternatives to Cloudflare, as AI models named them
In the October 2026 Edition, 147 of the 504 answers collected in the two categories where Cloudflare holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.
DDoS protection
Thirteen of the eighty-four answers did not name Cloudflare; it was the first choice in seventy-one. No first choice was made in those answers.
The full small business standing →Twenty-eight of the eighty-four answers did not name Cloudflare; it was the first choice in fifty-five. The first choices in those twenty-eight answers, two products in all:
The full mid-market standing →
Twenty-eight of the eighty-four answers did not name Cloudflare; it was the first choice in forty-four. The first choices in those twenty-eight answers, five products in all:
Content delivery networks
Seventeen of the eighty-four answers did not name Cloudflare; it was the first choice in sixty-five. The first choices in those seventeen answers, three products in all:
The full small business standing →
Twenty-eight of the eighty-four answers did not name Cloudflare; it was the first choice in forty-eight. The first choices in those twenty-eight answers, three products in all:
The full mid-market standing →
Thirty-three of the eighty-four answers did not name Cloudflare; it was the first choice in twenty-nine. The first choices in those thirty-three answers, four products in all:
How to read this
A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Cloudflare neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Cloudflare only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Cloudflare's side.
Every answer and every label behind these figures is in the record, sent on request. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Cloudflare was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.