# ClouDNS pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (Free DNS). Among the 10 dns hosting we track it is the cheapest; median entry $0/mo.
**Domain:** cloudns.net
**Free tier:** Yes
**Compliance:** HIPAA Not published · SOC 2 Not published · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** DNSSEC, DNS Failover, Let's Encrypt SSL, Dynamic DNS
**Best for:** budget-conscious operators; multi-zone hosting; geolocation DNS routing
**Price tracked since:** June 2026

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free DNS | $0 | — | flat | Forever free. 1 zone, 50 DNS records, 500K queries/month, 4 unicast servers, 1 mail forward, 1 Dynamic DNS hostname. | cloudns.net |
| Premium S | $2.95 | — | flat | 5 zones, 200 DNS records, 5M queries/month, 4 Anycast Premium servers, DNS Failover, DNSSEC, published '1000%' Uptime SLA (10x downtime credit). | cloudns.net |
| Premium M | $4.95 | — | flat | 50 zones, 2,000 DNS records, 150M queries/month, 4 Anycast Premium servers, DNS Failover, DNSSEC, free SSL, '1000%' Uptime SLA. Most popular Premium tier. | cloudns.net |
| Premium L | $14.95 | — | flat | 400 zones, 20,000 DNS records, 500M queries/month, 4 Anycast Premium servers, DNS Failover, DNSSEC, free SSL, '1000%' Uptime SLA. | cloudns.net |
| DDoS Protected S | $5.95 | — | flat | 5 zones, 200 DNS records, 5M queries/month, 4 Anycast Protected servers, DDoS protection, DNS Failover, DNSSEC, '10000%' Uptime SLA. | cloudns.net |
| DDoS Protected M | $11.95 | — | flat | 50 zones, 2,000 DNS records, 150M queries/month, 4 Anycast Protected servers, DDoS protection, DNS Failover, DNSSEC, '10000%' Uptime SLA. Most popular DDoS tier. | cloudns.net |
| DDoS Protected L | $39.95 | — | flat | 400 zones, 20,000 DNS records, 1B queries/month, 4 Anycast Protected servers, DDoS protection, DNS Failover, DNSSEC, '10000%' Uptime SLA. | cloudns.net |
| GeoDNS Start | $9.95 | — | flat | 1 zone, 1,000 DNS records, 100M queries/month, geolocation routing, EDNS-client-subnet, DDoS protection, DNS Failover, DNSSEC, free SSL, '10000%' Uptime SLA. | cloudns.net |
| GeoDNS Professional | $44.95 | — | flat | 5 zones, 5,000 DNS records, 500M queries/month, full GeoDNS feature set. | cloudns.net |
| GeoDNS Business | $79.95 | — | flat | 10 zones, 10,000 DNS records, 1B queries/month, full GeoDNS feature set. | cloudns.net |

**Key features:** ISO 27001 certified; Multiple product lines: Premium, DDoS-Protected, GeoDNS; High downtime-credit SLA on DDoS-Protected plans; Permanent free tier with unicast servers.

**Plan limits:** Free tier: 1 zone, 50 records, 500K queries/month; Premium S: 5 zones, 5M queries/month; SLA values published as 1000%/10000% are downtime-credit multipliers, not literal uptime %; No published overage rates — plan upgrade required.

Sources: 4 · Last verified 2026-06-15
Provenance: Fetched cloudns.net/premium/, cloudns.net/ddos-protected-plans/, and cloudns.net/geodns/ on 2026-06-15. All plan prices confirmed exactly. SLA values are published literally as '1000%' (Premium) and '10000%' (DDoS/GeoDNS) — i.e. 10x/100x downtime credit, not a literal uptime percentage. GDPR/ISO 27001 confirmed via cloudns.net about-us page.
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/dns-hosting/cloudns/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, ClouDNS's entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-15 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/dns-hosting/cloudns/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl