easyDNS Secondary DNS vs DNS Unlimited Secondary DNS

easyDNS Secondary DNS8.8Visit DUDNS Unlimited Secondary DNS8.7Visit

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

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DU DNS Unlimited Secondary DNS #6 in Secondary DNS Services 8.7/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 4 features Visit DNS Unlimited

• easyDNS Secondary DNS fits best

  Mature paid secondary DNS

• DNS Unlimited Secondary DNS fits best

  Low-cost multi-server secondary DNS

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Side by side

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At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.7
Ranking	#5 in Secondary DNS Services	#6 in Secondary DNS Services
Best for	Mature paid secondary DNS	Low-cost multi-server secondary DNS
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$20/yr	$5/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	30 days	30 days
Free trial length	30 days	30 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Phone, Docs	Email, Tickets, Docs · 24/7
Integrations	4 integrations	5 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features easyDNS Secondary DNS 4/4 · DNS Unlimited Secondary DNS 3/4
Health checks	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
DNSSEC support	✓	✓
API access	✓	✓
IPv6 support	✓	✓
Specs
Transfer protocols	Axfr_and_ixfr	Axfr
Zone limit	Not checked yet	10 zones
Secondary nameservers	15 nameservers (best)	5 nameservers
Our review
Pros	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	Five geographically distributed authoritative nameservers Multiple masters, AXFR transfers, and DNSSEC support API access, logs, statistics, IPv4, and IPv6 support
Cons	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	No free plan; fixed pricing starts at $5 per month Cloud-only deployment Unlimited uses query-based pricing with a monthly minimum charge
Our verdict	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 →	DNS Unlimited Secondary DNS is a cloud service for organizations that operate their own primary DNS servers and need secondary authoritative hosting. It transfers zones from primary servers, serves them through five geographically… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• 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

• DNS Unlimited Secondary DNS — where it wins

  • Five geographically distributed authoritative nameservers
  • Multiple masters, AXFR transfers, and DNSSEC support
  • API access, logs, statistics, IPv4, and IPv6 support

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan; fixed pricing starts at $5 per month
  • Cloud-only deployment
  • Unlimited uses query-based pricing with a monthly minimum charge

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

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

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• DUDNS Unlimited Secondary DNS8.7/10 · 30-day trial

  A low-cost secondary DNS service for multi-server deployments and primary DNS redundancy.

  Visit DNS UnlimitedFull verdict →