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Editorial score4.710.07.0
Plans with tracked prices113
DNS details
Anycast PoPs1434816
GeoDNSNoYesYes
Latency routingNoYesNo
ALIAS / CNAME flatteningNoYesYes
API / TerraformNoYesYes
Free tier limitsFree; domain count per account set by support (new accounts reportedly 1); API rate-limitedUnlimited zones (add rate limited) and unmetered queries on Free; 200 records per zone for zones created since 2024-09-01No free tier. Solo has a $0 base fee but bills $0.50 per zone per month, and every plan requires a card for the 30-day trial.
DDoS postureAnycast frontends on NetActuate's network, split across two networks/ASNs. deSEC publishes no specific DDoS-mitigation capacity or service, and the Terms give no availability guarantee ('best-effort').Every plan includes 'Unmetered DDoS Protection'. Authoritative DNS is served over anycast from Cloudflare's whole network. Enterprise can add DNS Firewall, a paid add-on that shields customers' own nameservers.'Multi-layered DDoS defense' on all plans, running on DNSimple-owned edge infrastructure. Signature detection runs at the cache layer. No mitigation capacity figures are published. Cloudflare DNS Firewall was removed in 2026.
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Payment methods—Card, PayPal, Crypto (stablecoins)Card
Support channelsTicketDocs only, Ticket, Chat 24/7Ticket
Money-back period (days)—0 days0 days
Uptime SLA (%)0 %100 %99 %
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