| AliDNS | Users whose problem is closer to a Chinese-internet public resolver adjacent to the Alibaba ecosystem | Chinese-internet and Alibaba-adjacent context are more visible | If the real problem is closer to a public resolver with stronger enterprise and security-policy context, this side becomes a weak fit | Low-medium | Best as the AliDNS path |
| OpenDNS | Users whose problem is closer to a public resolver with stronger enterprise and security-policy context | Cisco, enterprise, and policy-control context are more visible | If the real problem is closer to a Chinese-internet public resolver adjacent to the Alibaba ecosystem, this side becomes less convincing | Low-medium | Best as the OpenDNS path |
| Separate roles before ranking | Users who do not want both sides rewritten as the same kind of DNS | Service goals, deployment context, boundaries, and false-positive cost together | The workflow is longer, but it sharply reduces shallow comparison | Medium | Best as the final decision path |