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DNS hosting recommendations?
Hello,
I recently encountered an issue where my domain registrar, which also managed my DNS records, unexpectedly deleted all my DNS entries. Fortunately, I had backups, but this caused service disruptions and was quite concerning.
I am now looking for a reliable DNS hosting provider that is secure, stable, and ideally offers record history or automatic backups.
Could anyone share their experiences or recommend trustworthy DNS hosting services (excluding Cloudflare)?
Thank you in advance for your insights.
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Desec.io is what i like the most. But don't think they offered edit history. In fact so few free hosted dns offered edit history.
I’m not looking for a free service specifically
Then dme offered that
https://support.dnsmadeeasy.com/hc/en-us/articles/34326926245531-DNS-Activity-Log
ClouDNS offers backups as an addon. Also reliable and with global anycast nameservers. Recommended.
Bunny.net DNS
These days dns.he.net mostly.
Before that I used Zilore, they were great, but for some reason decided to close the business.
https://dns.he.net/
https://www.cloudns.net/
HE.net
dnspod is good
AWS Route 53
Google Cloud DNS
When considering Cloudflare, is there any concern about their use of a single domain name for everything, including all nameservers? Seems lacking in redundancy.
You don't have the right info about CloudFlare: they are very redundant (last time I checked they had nodes in 330 cities across more than 120–125 countries), probably more than Google (because they aren't serving content so it is less controversial regardless of the country)... However they regularly patch their nodes (which are running their own proprietary software) and sometimes they push bugs that break everything (maybe 3x/year)... which is probably why the OP didn't want CloudFlare...
No one has mentioned AlexHost. Not recommending it, just curious about any opinions.
I am highlighting one kind of redundancy. I have yet to find a single Cloudflare nameserver that isn't a subdomain of "cloudflare.com". This is the lack of redundancy I was wondering about. By contrast, for example, easyDNS provides nameservers with at least three separate top-level domains. IncogNET stretches the TLD concept yet further. This why I'm wondering why Cloudflare puts all eggs in one basket. They must have a reason.
Cloudflare paid DNS https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/dns/foundation-dns/
Uses different tld for each nameservers
foundationdns.com
foundationdns.net
foundationdns.org
If 1$ per month isn't a problem for you, I'll go with Bunny DNS (aff/non-aff). Otherwise, HE.net.
Is Bunny better than HE?
Until next human error / misconfiguration bringing 1.1.1.1 down worldwide
Less often than your mom & pop hosting provider.
Cloudflare blog doesnt agree
Technically, I don't know about this. But I prefer this option so to speak. OP said he doesn't want Cloudflare so.. that's about all I can recommend.
Also, it feels different when you pay for a product and you're not using one that's already free, right?
I had experience with DNS from HE.net, and I would not recommend it for production environment. Worth a shot for something not mission critical though.
What exactly was your experience with HE?
Usually it works decent, but if something happens (probably someone's zone attacked, genuinely no idea), they could have multi-hour resolution issues impacting some queries. But as for completely free service it is not a big deal.
Thanks for the suggestions and recommendations on DNS hosting providers! I really appreciate the tips — I’m currently deciding between Bunny.net and ClouDNS
+1 for ClouDNS
Has anyone here used Bunny?
I'm thinking of migrating from Cloudflare (DNS, proxy, and WAF) to Bunny.
Gcore DNS, maybe. They have additional options that 99% people didn't need it, like they can route traffic based on visitor geolocation, etc. Feel like it is for enterprise level.
https://gcore.com/dns
It is because they trust the .COM infrastructure enough not to consider any other (cc)TLDs... they know that if the .COM is down, then pretty much everybody is down...
Do you trust the chair (or bed) you are sitting on at the moment?
CloudFlare.com has (currently) 5x NS servers listed on their domain. Nobody has more geographical nodes than them.
EasyDNS has 4x NS servers.
IncogNET has only 2x NS servers.
Mentally strong people do not sit.
We are standing up in the meetings.