ClouDNS vs easyDNS Failover DNS

ClouDNS9.4Visit easyDNS Failover DNS8.8Visit

Higher score ClouDNS #1 in DNS Failover Services 9.4/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 2 features Visit ClouDNS

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easyDNS Failover DNS #5 in DNS Failover Services 8.8/10 Paid ✓ 1 of 2 features Visit easyDNS

• ClouDNS fits best

  Affordable multi-zone DNS failover

• easyDNS Failover DNS fits best

  Very inexpensive single-host failover

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Side by side

Feature	ClouDNS 9.4/10 Visit ↗	easyDNS Failover DNS 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	8.8
Ranking	#1 in DNS Failover Services	#5 in DNS Failover Services
Best for	Affordable multi-zone DNS failover	Very inexpensive single-host failover
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$2.95/mo	$15.30/device/yr
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations	4 integrations	4 integrations
Features ClouDNS 1/2 · easyDNS Failover DNS 1/2
API access	✓	✓
Terraform provider	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Monitored endpoints	Not checked yet	1 endpoints
Check interval	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Failover methods	Not checked yet	Dns record
Check regions	Not checked yet	7 regions
Our review
Pros	Free plan plus paid tiers from $2.95 per month GeoDNS, DNS failover, DNSSEC, and secondary DNS Terraform, OctoDNS, WHMCS, and SAML SSO integrations	Monitors HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, ping, and SSH/SFTP Supports response matching, thresholds, rollback, and URL redirection Connects with AWS Route 53, Linode, DigitalOcean, and CIRA D-Zone
Cons	Free DNS supports only 1 DNS zone Failover checks are capped by paid plan Enterprise pricing uses custom configuration	No free plan is available Failover depends on DNS record updates Pricing scales with the number of monitored hosts
Our verdict	ClouDNS is a managed DNS service for businesses and organizations that host and route domain traffic. It combines web-based zone and record management with Anycast DNS, GeoDNS, failover checks, DNSSEC, secondary DNS, monitoring, backups,… Read the review →	easyDNS Failover DNS is a cloud service for monitoring web, mail, FTP, ping, and SSH/SFTP services, then directing traffic to a backup IP address or redirect destination when a failure occurs. It is suited to small teams, mid-market… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• ClouDNS — where it wins

  • Free plan plus paid tiers from $2.95 per month
  • GeoDNS, DNS failover, DNSSEC, and secondary DNS
  • Terraform, OctoDNS, WHMCS, and SAML SSO integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Free DNS supports only 1 DNS zone
  • Failover checks are capped by paid plan
  • Enterprise pricing uses custom configuration

• easyDNS Failover DNS — where it wins

  • Monitors HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, ping, and SSH/SFTP
  • Supports response matching, thresholds, rollback, and URL redirection
  • Connects with AWS Route 53, Linode, DigitalOcean, and CIRA D-Zone

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • Failover depends on DNS record updates
  • Pricing scales with the number of monitored hosts

• ClouDNS9.4/10 · Free plan

  Affordable managed DNS for multi-zone routing, failover, and traffic control.

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• easyDNS Failover DNS8.8/10 · Paid

  A low-cost failover service for monitoring one or more hosts.

  Visit easyDNSFull verdict →