List of managed DNS providers
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 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Yes | 100% | REST |
| Amazon Route 53 | US | 63 | Yes | Yes | Yes | non-BIND | Yes | 100% | REST |
| Azure DNS | US | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | Microsoft DNS | Yes | 100% | REST |
| CDNetworks | US | 48 | Yes | No | ? | BIND Compatible | Yes | 100% | REST |
| Cloudflare | US | 200 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Yes | 100% | REST |
| deSEC | Germany | 15 | Yes | Yes | Yes (default) | PowerDNS | No | ? | REST |
| DigitalOcean | US | Unknown | ? | Yes | No | non-BIND | No | 99.99% | REST |
| Dyn | US | 18 | Yes | Yes | ? | BIND Compatible | Yes | 100% | REST/SOAP |
| easyDNS | Canada | 25 | 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 | US | 18 | Yes | Yes | No | BIND Compatible | Yes | 100% | REST |