# DNSimple

5 Hacker News commenters recommended DNSimple and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend DNSimple for a competent, developer-friendly DNS and domain service with good support and features as you grow. The most common caveat is that it is expensive for simple DNS and domain management.

## Why people recommend it

- Competent, developer-friendly, good support (4 comments): "they seem reasonably competent and don't have a bottom of the barrel monetization scheme" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919584)) "Cheap to start and lots of nice features/support if you grow" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47675745)) "been trying to find something equally developer friendly" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46836229))

## What people warn about

- Lacks per-record API key scoping (2 comments): "Annoying for dynamic DNS and DNS ACME challenges where you want a server to manage its own records and nothing else" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47685034)) "because they only had per zone keys and I didn't want each VM to have access to the entire zone" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48853055))

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://dnsimple.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "DNSimple", https://hackerapproved.com/p/dnsimple/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).