# Cloudflare DNS pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (Free). Among the 10 dns hosting we track it is the cheapest; median entry $0/mo.
**Domain:** cloudflare.com
**Free tier:** Yes
**Compliance:** HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** Terraform, Pulumi, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Datadog
**Best for:** any scale needing free DNS; CDN + DNS combined; HIPAA-covered entities at Enterprise tier (with executed BAA)
**Price tracked since:** June 2026

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | — | flat | Authoritative DNS included free forever. Unlimited DNS queries, unmetered DDoS protection, DNSSEC, API access. No query volume limits or overage charges on DNS. | cloudflare.com |
| Pro | $25 | −20% | flat | $20/month billed annually, $25/month billed monthly. DNS features same as Free; plan adds WAF, image optimization, and enhanced analytics. Annual discount is 20%. | cloudflare.com |
| Business | $250 | −20% | flat | $200/month billed annually, $250/month billed monthly. Adds custom SSL, 100% uptime SLA, advanced WAF. DNS features same as Free. | cloudflare.com |
| Enterprise | Quote-only | — | custom | Custom contract pricing billed annually. HIPAA BAA available to Enterprise customers (covered services per executed BAA only; DNS alone may be out of scope). Dedicated support, advanced DNS features (load balancing, secondary DNS). Contact sales. | cloudflare.com |

**Key features:** Free authoritative DNS with no query limits; Largest anycast network globally; SOC 2 Type II + ISO 27001 + ISO 27701 certified; Unmetered DDoS protection on all plans.

**Plan limits:** No query volume limits on DNS across all plans; Load balancing and secondary DNS on Enterprise only; HIPAA BAA requires Enterprise contract; DNS alone may be out of BAA scope.

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-15
Provenance: Fetched cloudflare.com/plans/ on 2026-06-15; all plan prices confirmed exactly (Free $0, Pro $25/mo or $20/mo annual, Business $250/mo or $200/mo annual, Enterprise custom). DNS is included at no extra charge on all plans. Cloudflare signs a HIPAA BAA only with Enterprise customers; note that DNS purchased alone may fall outside BAA scope — HIPAA applies only to covered services in an executed Enterprise BAA. SOC 2 Type II confirmed.
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/dns-hosting/cloudflare-dns/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Cloudflare DNS's entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-15 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/dns-hosting/cloudflare-dns/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl