This is a list of notable managed DNS providers in a comparison table. A managed DNS provider offers either a web-based control panel or downloadable software that allows users to manage their DNS traffic via specified protocols such as: DNS failover, dynamic IP addresses, SMTP authentication, and GeoDNS.
| Provider | Domicile | # of PoPs | IP Anycast | IPv6 | DNSSEC | Platform | GeoDNS | SLA | APIs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akamai Edge DNS | US | +200[1] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Yes | 100% | REST[2] |
| Amazon Route 53 | US | 63[3] | Yes | Yes | Yes | non-BIND | Yes | 100% | REST |
| Azure DNS | US | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No[4] | Microsoft DNS | Yes | 100% | REST |
| CDNetworks | US | 48[5] | Yes | No | ? | BIND Compatible | Yes | 100% | REST |
| Cloudflare | US | 200 [6] | Yes | Yes | Yes[7] | Proprietary | Yes | 100% | REST |
| deSEC | Germany | 15 [8] | Yes | Yes | Yes (default) | PowerDNS | No | ? | REST |
| DigitalOcean | US | Unknown | ? | Yes | No | non-BIND | No | 99.99% | REST[9] |
| Dyn | US | 18 | Yes | Yes | ? | BIND Compatible | Yes | 100% | REST/SOAP[10] |
| easyDNS | Canada | 25[11] | Yes | Yes | ? | Unknown | Yes | 100% | REST |
| Google Cloud DNS | US | 12 | Yes | Yes | Yes | non-BIND | No | 100% | REST |
| No-IP | US | 102 | Yes | Yes | ? | non-BIND | No | 100% | REST |
| Telindus | Belgium | Unknown | Yes | Yes | ? | non-BIND | Yes | 100% | REST/SOAP |
| UltraDNS | US | 30 | Yes | Yes | Yes | non-BIND | Yes | 100% | REST/SOAP |
| Alibaba Cloud DNS | Cayman Islands | 20 | Yes | Yes | Yes | BIND compatible | Yes | 100% | REST |
| Oracle Cloud DNS[12] | US | 18 | Yes | Yes | No | BIND compatible | Yes | 100% | REST |
See also
References
- ^ "Designing DNS for Availability and Resilience Against DDoS Attacks" (PDF).
- ^ "Akamai Developer and DevOps".
- ^ "AWS - Products and Services by Region".
- ^ "Azure DNS FAQ". Microsoft Docs.
- ^ "cdnetworks DNS server implantation". Archived from the original on 2013-04-25. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
- ^ "Cloudflare Network".
- ^ "Cloudflare DNSSEC Protection".
- ^ "deSEC Network and Feature Overview".
- ^ "DigitalOcean API reference".
- ^ "Dyn API Knowledge Base". Archived from the original on 2014-08-12.
- ^ "easyDNS Anycast DNS Nameservers". Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
- ^ "Oracle cloud revenue misses as competition intensifies". Reuters. 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2021-03-11.