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Editorial score9.54.710.0
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Plans with tracked prices1011
DNS details
Anycast PoPs6514348
GeoDNSYesNoYes
Latency routingNoNoYes
DNSSECYesYesYes
ALIAS / CNAME flatteningYesNoYes
API / TerraformYesNoYes
Free tier limitsFree DNS: 1 zone, 50 records, 500K queries/month, 4 unicast (non-anycast) nameservers, no DNSSEC/API/secondary; zones idle 30+ days may be deletedFree; 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 2024-09-01
DDoS postureDedicated 'DDoS Protected DNS' and GeoDNS plans run on 'Anycast Protected' servers. Premium is anycast with no DDoS protection listed, and Free is unicast. No mitigation capacity is published.Anycast 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.
Provider
Payment methodsCard, PayPal, Crypto (BTC, ETH), SEPA, Bank wire, Alipay—Card, PayPal, Crypto (stablecoins)
Support channelsChat 24/7, TicketTicketDocs only, Ticket, Chat 24/7
Money-back period (days)7 days—0 days
Uptime SLA (%)100 %0 %100 %
KYC requiredEmail onlyEmail onlyEmail only
AnonymityFullFullFull

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