Every free dns & domain management tier that clears our bar in 2026: 11 offers meet the criteria and 17 offers are demoted with a named reason. Recorded changes and a published ranking method. We could not confirm today's terms for 20 of them: on 14 the page we cite did not answer, and on 6 our own read did not confirm them. Each row says why.
Unlimited requests and unlimited zones on the Managed DNS Free plan, with Anycast across 210+ PoPs, IPv4/IPv6, 1 dynamic RRset per zone (3 records each), a 120-second minimum TTL and 1 health-check record checked every 300 seconds.
1 DNS zone, 50 records, 500K queries/month, 4 Unicast DNS servers. Includes mail forwarding, dynamic DNS, web redirects
a dynamic DNS service that allows up to 3 hostnames free with confirmation every 30 days. When we read the page we cite for this offer on 2026-10-12, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish, and we have read it again since, on 2026-11-06, without confirming them, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free DNS. No limit on the number of domains. We could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-10-30, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free secondary DNS: up to 10 zones and 300,000 queries/month with DNSCurve encryption. Commercial use allowed. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-10-24, we found the same terms as an earlier read we had declined to record, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free DNS hosting. Also, provide free subdomains based on numerous public user [contributed domains](https://freedns.afraid.org/domain/registry/). Get free subdomains from the "Subdomains" menu after signing up.
Completely free DNS hosting with free Hetzner account. Up to 25 zones (extendable), all standard record types, 60s minimum TTL. No server required.
Free *.isroot.in subdomains for developers with instant DNS and GitHub sign-in
The free plan is permanently free, with unlimited records, 5 level subdomains, 600s TTL minimum, 2 URL forwards, 10 load balancing, API support, domain sharing, and batch operations. We could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-11-11, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Withheld: As of 2026-09-01, docs.glauca.digital/hexdns reads: For the first X zones Price per zone per month 3 0.00 GBP Above 3 1.00 GBP Plus EU VAT where applicable. We are not publishing our stored Glauca terms beside it — our own correction record says they did not match Glauca's page. Read what we recorded ↓
Free DNS service with API and lots of other free DNS features included. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-12, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free DNS hosting, three domains, all features with reasonable limits. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-12, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free DNS management for all DigitalOcean accounts. Up to ~50 domains (extendable via support). No active Droplet required. Account with billing info needed. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-14, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free authoritative DNS hosting — unlimited zones and queries, DDoS protection, free SSL/TLS. Records-per-zone cap is 200 for zones created on or after 2024-09-01; zones created before that date retain the legacy 1,000-record cap. When we read the page we cite for this offer on 2026-10-18, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish, and we have read it again since, on 2026-11-08, without confirming them, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Open-source DNS with automatic DNSSEC — free forever, run by a non-profit. REST API, dynamic DNS, rate-limited to 300 changes/domain/day. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-25, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free DNS service that, queried with a hostname containing an embedded IP address, returns that IP address. sslip.io and nip.io are run together and the domains are interchangeable; sslip.io redirects to the shared nip.io site. Dot, dash, IPv6 and hexadecimal notations are supported. In operation for over ten years. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-28, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free subdomains under .qzz.io, .dpdns.org, .us.kg, .xx.kg, and .qd.je. All five namespaces were listed as available on 2026-10-08. A registered name can use external nameservers. DigitalPlat Domains is operated by EdgeAlphix LLC. The DigitalPlat Foundation does not operate or bill for the service. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-11-13, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free DNS hosting: 1 DNS zone (domain name). Up to 20 DNS records. Up to 1 million DNS queries per month.
NS1 Connect is a managed DNS and traffic steering service. Sign-up starts a 30-day free trial. An account that does not subscribe then moves to the Free Edition with 5 million DNS queries a month, 500 DNS records, 1 filter chain, 2 monitors and 1 HTTPS redirect.
Free DDNS service with [API support](https://dynv6.com/docs/apis) and management of a lot of dns record types (like CNAME, MX, SPF, SRV, TXT and others). The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-12, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
The free plan costs $0/month or $0/year and includes 5 domains, 1000 resource records per domain, and 10,000,000 DNS queries.
Free .pp.ua personal-page subdomains via NIC.UA, up to 3 per 30 days. The page we cite for this offer does not name it when we last looked, on 2026-11-10, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free DNS hosting — up to 50 domains, primary and secondary DNS, dynamic DNS, IPv6 support, geographically distributed nameservers. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-09, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free DDNS with up to 5 domains on the free tier. With configuration guides for various setups. We could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-11-11, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free `.localcert.net` subdomains compatible with public CAs for use with-in private networks. We could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-11-11, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
Free high-performant DDNS with no subscriptions or advertisements. Its pricing page has not resolved for us since 2026-07-12, so we cannot confirm these terms today.
| Vendor | Free Tier | Key Limits | Durability | Read / catalogue date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gcore DNS | Free | Unlimited requests and unlimited zones on the Managed DNS Free plan, with Anycast across 210+ PoPs, IPv4/IPv6, 1 dynamic... read found the page different · 2026-11-06 |
stable | 2026-11-09 / 2026-08-17 |
| ClouDNS | Free | 1 DNS zone, 50 records, 500K queries/month, 4 Unicast DNS servers. Includes mail forwarding, dynamic DNS, web redirects | stable | 2026-11-08 |
| noip | Free | a dynamic DNS service that allows up to 3 hostnames free with confirmation every 30 days | not published read not reconciled · 2026-10-12 |
2026-11-06 / 2026-09-21 |
| nextdns.io | Free | DNS-based firewall, 300K free queries monthly | stable | 2026-11-07 |
| namecheap.com | Free | Free DNS. No limit on the number of domains | not published page unreadable · 2026-10-30 |
2026-10-05 · tried 2026-10-30, no read |
| BuddyNS | Free | Free secondary DNS: up to 10 zones and 300,000 queries/month with DNSCurve encryption. Commercial use allowed. | not published change not established · 2026-10-24 |
2026-10-24 / 2026-09-30 |
| zoneedit.com | Free | Free DNS hosting with Dynamic DNS Support. | stable | 2026-11-13 |
| freedns.afraid.org | Free | Free DNS hosting. Also, provide free subdomains based on numerous public user [contributed domains](https://freedns.afra... | stable | 2026-11-13 |
| Hetzner DNS | Free | Completely free DNS hosting with free Hetzner account. Up to 25 zones (extendable), all standard record types, 60s minim... | stable | 2026-11-13 |
| isroot.in | Free | Free *.isroot.in subdomains for developers with instant DNS and GitHub sign-in | stable | 2026-11-03 |
| dnspod.com | Free | The free plan is permanently free, with unlimited records, 5 level subdomains, 600s TTL minimum, 2 URL forwards, 10 load... | not published page unreadable · 2026-11-11 |
2026-09-28 · tried 2026-11-11, no read |
We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 11 free dns & domain management offers that clear our bar, each listed with the terms we publish and the date we last read them. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
11 offers meet our criteria for this category. Of those, 7 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, and we publish no durability signal for 4. The Durability column below says which offer is in which group, and links the dated record behind every change. We withhold the class where the pricing page does not resolve or states no amount, tier or rate we can read, where we refused the last read, where the listing is gated, or where a narrowing in our records cites no source or no archived copy of the vendor's page has confirmed it. We do not rank these by how much you get, because the limits are not comparable without reading each vendor's page.