Best DNS Hosting · alternatives
Best DNSimple alternatives (2026)
9 alternatives to DNSimple in dns hosting, ranked by entry price. DNSimple starts at $0/mo. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Free alternatives: Amazon Route 53, Cloudflare DNS, ClouDNS, Google Cloud DNS.
- Closest by price: Amazon Route 53 ($0/mo), Cloudflare DNS ($0/mo), ClouDNS ($0/mo).
DNSimple alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon Route 53 STALE · 2026-09-02 | $0/mo | No | Yes | AWS-native architectures | aws.amazon.com |
| 2 | Cloudflare DNS | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | any scale needing free DNS | cloudflare.com |
| 3 | ClouDNS STALE · 2026-09-02 | $0/mo | Yes | — | budget-conscious operators | cloudns.net |
| 4 | Google Cloud DNS STALE · 2026-06-15 | $0/mo | No | — | GCP-native architectures | cloud.google.com |
| 5 | Bunny DNS STALE · 2026-09-02 | $1/mo | No | — | developers needing scriptable DNS | bunny.net |
| 6 | DNSFilter STALE · 2026-06-15 | $1.15/user/mo | No | — | SMB security filtering | dnsfilter.com |
| 7 | Constellix STALE · 2026-06-15 | $5/mo | No | — | high query volume operators | constellix.com |
| 8 | DigiCert DNS (formerly DNS Made Easy) STALE · 2026-09-02 | $25/mo | No | — | enterprises needing SLA-backed DNS | digicert.com |
| 9 | NS1 Connect (IBM) STALE · 2026-09-27 | $99/mo | — | — | enterprises needing advanced traffic steering | ibm.com |
Data current through 2026-11-01. STALE marks a row whose price we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days; a vendor with no published price is marked when any of its plans is. 8 of 9 rows above are marked. Compare any two directly on the DNS Hosting index.