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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 240 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where UltraDNS 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/ultradns/alternatives/

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

- Cloudflare DNS: 138
- Amazon Route 53: 8
- DNSimple: 8
- Akamai Edge DNS: 4
- DNS Made Easy: 3
- IBM NS1 Connect: 3

## Managed DNS

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name UltraDNS.

- Cloudflare DNS: first choice in 57 of those 84
- DNSimple: first choice in 8 of those 84
- Namecheap: first choice in 2 of those 84
- easyDNS: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Amazon Route 53: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Cloudflare Free DNS: first choice in 1 of those 84
- DNS Made Easy: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Porkbun: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 79 of 84 answers did not name UltraDNS (UltraDNS is #10 of 11 at 0%).

- Cloudflare DNS: first choice in 47 of those 79
- DNS Made Easy: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Akamai Edge DNS: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Amazon Route 53: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Cloudflare Enterprise Foundation DNS: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Vercara: first choice in 1 of those 79

**Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name UltraDNS (UltraDNS is #9 of 10 at 0%).

- Cloudflare DNS: first choice in 34 of those 77
- Amazon Route 53: first choice in 6 of those 77
- Akamai Edge DNS: first choice in 3 of those 77
- IBM NS1 Connect: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Cloudflare Foundation DNS: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Akamai UltraDNS: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Azure DNS: first choice in 1 of those 77
- ClouDNS: first choice in 1 of those 77

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