# ClouDNS alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 209 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where ClouDNS 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/cloudns/alternatives/

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

- Cloudflare DNS: 111
- Amazon Route 53: 7
- DNSimple: 5
- Akamai Edge DNS: 4
- IBM NS1 Connect: 4
- DNS Made Easy: 3

## Managed DNS

**Small business**: 58 of 84 answers did not name ClouDNS (ClouDNS is #7 of 11 at 0%).

- Cloudflare DNS: first choice in 36 of those 58
- DNSimple: first choice in 5 of those 58
- Amazon Route 53: first choice in 1 of those 58
- Namecheap: first choice in 1 of those 58
- Porkbun: first choice in 1 of those 58
- easyDNS: first choice in 1 of those 58

**Mid-market**: 72 of 84 answers did not name ClouDNS (ClouDNS is #8 of 11 at 0%).

- Cloudflare DNS: first choice in 38 of those 72
- DNS Made Easy: first choice in 3 of those 72
- Akamai Edge DNS: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Amazon Route 53: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Cloudflare Enterprise Foundation DNS: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Vercara: first choice in 1 of those 72

**Enterprise**: 79 of 84 answers did not name ClouDNS (ClouDNS is #5 of 10 at 2%).

- Cloudflare DNS: first choice in 37 of those 79
- Amazon Route 53: first choice in 5 of those 79
- IBM NS1 Connect: first choice in 4 of those 79
- Akamai Edge DNS: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Cloudflare Foundation DNS: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Akamai UltraDNS: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Azure DNS: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Cloudflare Enterprise Authoritative DNS: first choice in 1 of those 79

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