# DNSimple

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/dns-hosting/dnsimple/

DNS hosting and domain registration priced per zone with a query allowance, aimed at teams that want an API and access control rather than a free tier.

## Who it suits

Teams that want DNS as a product rather than a loss leader: $0.50 per zone, 50,000 queries each, an API, domain registration and access control — priced openly at every tier including the overage rate.

Consider something else if The zones are yours and the budget is nothing. Cloudflare and bunny.net charge neither per zone nor per query, and DNSimple's entry plan publishes 'No SLA' in those words — so you are paying for the product and the tooling rather than for a commitment.

## iScore

68 / 100 (80% interval 59–77), rank 3 of 5 in dns-hosting — interval overlaps the next rank, so this is an ordering, not a finding.

inetGeek's own reading, computed from sourced facts against category peers by disclosed rules. Not a provider claim. Intervals are 80%; a provider with few documented facts is pulled toward the category middle rather than scored on what little is known.
Method: https://inetgeek.com/iscore/. Full output with every criterion's basis: https://inetgeek.com/scores.json. Every dns-hosting peer ranked: https://inetgeek.com/dns-hosting/dnsimple/alternatives/

- Price: 22 (0–50), weight 36%, 2 of 3 criteria scored; scored for peers, not here — undocumented or stated without a number or a yes/limited/no: free_offer_type
- Capabilities: 100 (94–100), weight 29%, 1 of 1 criteria scored
- Trust and compliance: 85 (79–91), weight 21%, 1 of 2 criteria scored; scored for peers, not here — undocumented or stated without a number or a yes/limited/no: uptime_sla
- Evidence: 94 (94–94), weight 14%, 4 of 4 criteria scored

## What the documentation says

### Pricing

- Free tier: No ([source](https://dnsimple.com/pricing), read 2026-09-15)
- Entry paid plan: $0.50 per hosted zone per month on Solo, which is free for one user; 50,000 queries per zone per month are included, then $0.80 per million. Teams is $29/month including one seat, with 500,000 queries per zone and $0.60 per million after. ([source](https://dnsimple.com/pricing), read 2026-09-15)
- Pricing model: Per zone and per query, with the seat free on Solo. Both meters loosen as the plan rises: Teams doubles nothing but raises the included queries tenfold and lowers the overage rate. ([source](https://dnsimple.com/pricing), read 2026-09-15)

### Infrastructure

- Edge network: Supported ([source](https://dnsimple.com/pricing), read 2026-09-15)
- Uptime SLA: None on Solo, stated in those words on the pricing page. Higher plans are where an SLA appears. ([source](https://dnsimple.com/pricing), read 2026-09-15)

### Compliance

- DNSSEC: Supported — Listed under DNS Security beside DDoS protection ([source](https://dnsimple.com/pricing), read 2026-09-15)

## Compared with

- [DNSimple vs Cloudflare DNS](https://inetgeek.com/compare/cloudflare-dns-vs-dnsimple/)
- [DNSimple vs Amazon Route 53](https://inetgeek.com/compare/dnsimple-vs-amazon-route53/)
- [DNSimple vs bunny.net DNS](https://inetgeek.com/compare/bunny-dns-vs-dnsimple/)
- [DNSimple vs Google Cloud DNS](https://inetgeek.com/compare/dnsimple-vs-google-cloud-dns/)