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ClouDNS pricing (2026)
ClouDNS starts at $0/mo (Free DNS) as checked on 2026-09-02, read from ClouDNS's own pricing page; 10 plans. Best for budget-conscious operators. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $0/mo (Free DNS)
- Free tier: Yes
- Compliance: HIPAA — · SOC 2 — · GDPR Yes
- Best for: budget-conscious operators; multi-zone hosting; geolocation DNS routing
As of · every figure below links to its source
ClouDNS plans & pricing
| 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 |
Last verified 2026-09-02. 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. Re-verified 2026-09-02 against the live pricing page; published figures unchanged. The page this record cites as its source (https://www.cloudns.net/premium-dns/) is gone: on 2026-09-11 it answered 200 and redirected to https://www.cloudns.net/, both from a residential connection and from a datacenter on another continent — so the page is gone rather than withheld from one asker. Nothing else in this record can stand in for it, so re-sourcing needs a live page read; the figure stands as last read.
Price changes
Price on record
$2.95/moFirst on record 2026-06-27
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Capabilities
Integrations: DNSSEC, DNS Failover, Let's Encrypt SSL, Dynamic DNS.
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.
Frequently asked questions
How much does ClouDNS cost?
ClouDNS starts at $0/mo (Free DNS); it has 10 published plans. Verified 2026-09-02.
What are cheaper alternatives to ClouDNS?
Cheaper DNS hosting than ClouDNS (entry $0/mo) include Bunny DNS at $1/mo, DNSFilter at $1.15/mo. Verified 2026-09-02.
Does ClouDNS support HIPAA?
ClouDNS HIPAA support: —. SOC 2: —. GDPR: Yes.
Does ClouDNS have a free plan?
ClouDNS free tier: Yes.
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