ClouDNS vs easyDNS Secondary DNS

ClouDNS9.4Visit easyDNS Secondary DNS8.8Visit

Higher score ClouDNS #1 in Secondary DNS Services 9.4/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 2 of 4 features Visit ClouDNS

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easyDNS Secondary DNS #5 in Secondary DNS Services 8.8/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit easyDNS

• ClouDNS fits best

  Broad secondary DNS with automation

• easyDNS Secondary DNS fits best

  Mature paid secondary DNS

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Side by side

Feature	ClouDNS 9.4/10 Visit ↗	easyDNS Secondary DNS 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	8.8
Ranking	#1 in Secondary DNS Services	#5 in Secondary DNS Services
Best for	Broad secondary DNS with automation	Mature paid secondary DNS
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$2.95/mo	$20/yr
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations	4 integrations	4 integrations
Features ClouDNS 2/4 · easyDNS Secondary DNS 4/4
Health checks	✓	✓
DNSSEC support	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
API access	✓	✓
IPv6 support	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Transfer protocols	Not checked yet	Axfr_and_ixfr
Zone limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Secondary nameservers	Not checked yet	15 nameservers
Our review
Pros	Secondary DNS with Anycast, DNSSEC, monitoring, and backups GeoDNS, failover checks, and advanced traffic routing API access with WHMCS, Terraform, OctoDNS, and SAML SSO	AXFR and IXFR support for third-party zone transfers DNSSEC, failover monitoring, and SOA and TTL controls 24 global DNS nodes plus Route 53 and Linode integrations
Cons	The Free DNS plan supports only 1 DNS zone and 50 DNS records Paid plans begin at Premium S, with 5 DNS zones and 1 failover check Plan capacity jumps from 400 zones on Premium L to unlimited on Enterprise	No free plan; the service is paid after the 30-day trial DNS Pro lists the same core highlights as DNS Standard Enterprise costs $149.50/year, above the other annual plans
Our verdict	ClouDNS is a managed DNS platform for businesses and organizations that host and route domain traffic. It combines web-based DNS zone and record management with Anycast DNS, GeoDNS, DNS failover checks, DNSSEC, secondary DNS, monitoring,… Read the review →	easyDNS Secondary DNS provides authoritative secondary DNS while an organization keeps an external primary nameserver. It relays and serves zone data through easyDNS infrastructure, making it suited to IT professionals, small businesses,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• ClouDNS — where it wins

  • Secondary DNS with Anycast, DNSSEC, monitoring, and backups
  • GeoDNS, failover checks, and advanced traffic routing
  • API access with WHMCS, Terraform, OctoDNS, and SAML SSO

  Where it doesn't

  • The Free DNS plan supports only 1 DNS zone and 50 DNS records
  • Paid plans begin at Premium S, with 5 DNS zones and 1 failover check
  • Plan capacity jumps from 400 zones on Premium L to unlimited on Enterprise

• easyDNS Secondary DNS — where it wins

  • AXFR and IXFR support for third-party zone transfers
  • DNSSEC, failover monitoring, and SOA and TTL controls
  • 24 global DNS nodes plus Route 53 and Linode integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan; the service is paid after the 30-day trial
  • DNS Pro lists the same core highlights as DNS Standard
  • Enterprise costs $149.50/year, above the other annual plans

• ClouDNS9.4/10 · Free plan

  A broad secondary DNS service with automation, routing, monitoring, and API access.

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• easyDNS Secondary DNS8.8/10 · 30-day trial

  A paid secondary DNS service with transfers, failover monitoring, DNSSEC, and API access.

  Visit easyDNSFull verdict →