Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS vs DNScale

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS8.8Visit DNScale8.1Visit

Higher score Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS #6 in Managed DNS Services 8.8/10 From $1.11 ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Oracle DNS

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DNScale #13 in Managed DNS Services 8.1/10 Free plan · 7-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit DNScale

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS fits best

  Teams routing public and private DNS across regions

• DNScale fits best

  Teams synchronizing DNS across providers

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Side by side

Feature	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS 8.8/10 Visit ↗	DNScale 8.1/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.1
Ranking	#6 in Managed DNS Services	#13 in Managed DNS Services
Best for	Teams routing public and private DNS across regions	Teams synchronizing DNS across providers
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	From $1.11	€4.95/mo
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	7 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Features Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS 4/4 · DNScale 4/4
DNSSEC support	✓	✓
DNS health checks	✓	✓
API access	✓	✓
Secondary DNS	✓	✓
Specs
Included zones	Not checked yet	5
Traffic steering	Advanced	Basic
Our review
Pros	Steers traffic by geography, IP prefix, ASN, weights, and priority Supports DNSSEC, health-check failover, and load balancing Offers primary and secondary configurations with zone transfers	Syncs DNS across providers through API and infrastructure-as-code Offers DNSSEC, analytics, DDoS mitigation, and REST API access Choose EU-only, global, or combined anycast networks
Cons	Requires a paid OCI account; there is no product free plan Traffic management queries are priced separately Focused on DNS management rather than a broader application platform	Free plan covers just 1 zone and 25 records per zone Self-serve AXFR/IXFR secondary DNS is not offered Traffic steering is basic, not configurable per-record GeoDNS
Our verdict	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS is a managed service for public, internet-facing DNS and private DNS for internal name resolution. It is suited to organizations operating applications across regions that need DNS-based traffic distribution… Read the review →	DNScale is a managed authoritative DNS service for teams operating production domains and infrastructure. It provides zone and record management through a web dashboard, REST API, Terraform, and DNSControl, with EU-only, global, or… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS — where it wins

  • Steers traffic by geography, IP prefix, ASN, weights, and priority
  • Supports DNSSEC, health-check failover, and load balancing
  • Offers primary and secondary configurations with zone transfers

  Where it doesn't

  • Requires a paid OCI account; there is no product free plan
  • Traffic management queries are priced separately
  • Focused on DNS management rather than a broader application platform

• DNScale — where it wins

  • Syncs DNS across providers through API and infrastructure-as-code
  • Offers DNSSEC, analytics, DDoS mitigation, and REST API access
  • Choose EU-only, global, or combined anycast networks

  Where it doesn't

  • Free plan covers just 1 zone and 25 records per zone
  • Self-serve AXFR/IXFR secondary DNS is not offered
  • Traffic steering is basic, not configurable per-record GeoDNS

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS8.8/10 · From $1.11

  Usage-priced DNS with advanced traffic steering, failover, and zone-transfer support.

  Visit Oracle DNSFull verdict →
• DNScale8.1/10 · Free plan · 7-day trial

  A flexible managed DNS service with API/IaC-based multi-provider synchronization.

  Visit DNScaleFull verdict →