ClouDNS vs DNSimple
DNS — side-by-side specs, real prices, and how each scores on our methodology.
ClouDNS 9.5 /10 editorial Free DNS hosting, Cloud DNS hosting and Domain names
from $0 /mo ✓ renews at the same price
DNSimple 7.0 /10 editorial Reliable DNS hosting and domain management
from $0 /mo ✓ renews at the same price
ClouDNS scores higher on our methodology (9.5 vs 7.0).
Spec by spec
| ClouDNS | DNSimple | |
|---|---|---|
| Anycast PoPs | 65 | 16 |
| GeoDNS | Yes | Yes |
| Payment methods | Card, PayPal, Crypto (BTC, ETH), SEPA, Bank wire, Alipay | Card |
| Latency routing | No | No |
| Support channels | Chat 24/7, Ticket | Ticket |
| DNSSEC | Yes | Yes |
| Money-back period | 7 days | 0 days |
| ALIAS / CNAME flattening | Yes | Yes |
| Uptime SLA | 100 % | 99 % |
| API / Terraform | Yes | Yes |
| KYC required | Email only | Email only |
| Free tier limits | Free DNS: 1 zone, 50 records, 500K queries/month, 4 unicast (non-anycast) nameservers, no DNSSEC/API/secondary; zones idle 30+ days may be deleted | No 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. |
| Anonymity | Full | Partial |
| DDoS posture | Dedicated '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. | '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. |
Scores come from our published methodology; renewal prices always shown beside intro prices. Full profiles: ClouDNS · DNSimple