easyDNS Secondary DNS vs SecondDNS

easyDNS Secondary DNS8.8Visit SecondDNS8.6Visit

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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SecondDNS #7 in Secondary DNS Services 8.6/10 90-day trial Free trial✓ 2 of 4 features Visit SecondDNS

• easyDNS Secondary DNS fits best

  Mature paid secondary DNS

• SecondDNS fits best

  Managed synchronization and monitoring

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Side by side

Feature	easyDNS Secondary DNS 8.8/10 Visit ↗	SecondDNS 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.6
Ranking	#5 in Secondary DNS Services	#7 in Secondary DNS Services
Best for	Mature paid secondary DNS	Managed synchronization and monitoring
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$20/yr	€3/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	30 days	90 days
Free trial length	30 days	90 days · no card needed
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Phone, Docs	Email, Community, Docs
Integrations	4 integrations	6 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features easyDNS Secondary DNS 4/4 · SecondDNS 2/4
Health checks	✓	✓
DNSSEC support	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
API access	✓	✓
IPv6 support	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Transfer protocols	Axfr_and_ixfr	Axfr_and_ixfr
Zone limit	Not checked yet	20 zones
Secondary nameservers	15 nameservers	Not checked yet
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	AXFR and IXFR synchronization across paid tiers REST API, dashboard, health checks, and alerts Integrations for cPanel, Plesk, and monitoring tools
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 ongoing free plan after the three-month trial IXFR starts only on Pro and higher plans Premium support and custom SLA require the top tier
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 →	SecondDNS is a hosted secondary DNS service for developers, small businesses, agencies, hosting providers, and infrastructure teams. It keeps read-only copies of DNS zones synchronized from a primary server through AXFR, with IXFR… 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

• SecondDNS — where it wins

  • AXFR and IXFR synchronization across paid tiers
  • REST API, dashboard, health checks, and alerts
  • Integrations for cPanel, Plesk, and monitoring tools

  Where it doesn't

  • No ongoing free plan after the three-month trial
  • IXFR starts only on Pro and higher plans
  • Premium support and custom SLA require the top tier

• 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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• SecondDNS8.6/10 · 90-day trial

  A focused secondary DNS service with monitoring, automation, and hosting-panel integrations.

  Visit SecondDNSFull verdict →