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Anyone uses Namecheap PremiumDNS?
I have been using it for a couple of months for my current main domain, and thought to upgrade my rest of new domains to it too, but I am not sure it's really fast enough as I don't have many experiences with other DNS servers like Cloudflare, DigitalOcean's Nameservers etc.. so I am wondering what are your thoughts about Namecheap PremiumDNS.
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Tried it. Far slower than other DNS platforms and I had to wait on their support to switch from basic to premium, which resulted in more downtime than I ever would have got with basic.
I highly recommend DNS Made Easy as a very fast, feature rich and cost-effective platform.
Cloudflare's free dns destroys Namecheap Premium (at least in regards to speed).
Here's the list of dns providers along with speed:
http://www.solvedns.com/dns-comparison/
last months (last week?) post on the same topic https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/101241/disparites-in-dns-namecheap-premium-dns-versus-cloudflare
As I have tested there is no big different
**nucuta.com** (with Namecheap PremiumDNS) Average response time 0.126 secs 0.230 secs 0.230 secs https://performance.sucuri.net/domain/nucuta.com http://leafdns.com/index.cgi?testid=6E6D1D61
**nucuta.net** (with DnsMadeEasy) Average response time 0.127 secs 0.231 secs 0.231 secs https://performance.sucuri.net/domain/nucuta.net http://leafdns.com/index.cgi?testid=BABF1DF8
Times will vary according to the test as well as the DNS provider. I tried it when it was first launched, a few months ago, and my tests suggested it's a poor choice.
For most sites, any well known DNS service will suffice. The speed differences are a tiny fraction of what you can get my optimising your site and server.
I use cloudflare and can say it works great. It has everything that you need and includes free ddos protection by hiding your IP address with their's. Any record you create propagates almost instantly, I have no complaints.
seems like the DNS servers are IPv4 only (I am not saying doesn't support AAAA record)
dig pdns1.registrar-servers.com +short any
216.87.153.33
dig pdns2.registrar-servers.com +short any
216.87.154.33
I use their FreeDNS. Works fine for me. No idea if the premium one is worth paying for.