DNSimple
Ranked 3 of 3 dynamic DNS services by recommenders
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.
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.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 56%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Competent, developer-friendly, good support
“they seem reasonably competent and don't have a bottom of the barrel monetization scheme”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “GoDaddy Gave a Domain to a Stranger Without Any Documentation” “Cheap to start and lots of nice features/support if you grow”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Dropping Cloudflare for Bunny.net” “been trying to find something equally developer friendly”
Comment from 31 Jan 2026 in “Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native” - Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Dropping Cloudflare for Bunny.net”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Lacks per-record API key scoping
“Annoying for dynamic DNS and DNS ACME challenges where you want a server to manage its own records and nothing else”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “Dropping Cloudflare for Bunny.net” “because they only had per zone keys and I didn't want each VM to have access to the entire zone”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “TLS certificates for internal services done right”
Other dynamic DNS services people recommend
The two most recommended other dynamic DNS services, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FreeDNS by afraid.org | 19 | 3 | 86% | 1 | 20 yrs5 owners | — |
| DynIP dynamic DNS | 14 | 4 | 78% | 1 | — | — |
| DNSimpleThis page | 5 | 4 | 56% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I've been using DNSimple for 15 years without issue.”
“because they only had per zone keys and I didn't want each VM to have access to the entire zone”
“I have been fed up with DNSimple for a long time”
“they seem reasonably competent and don't have a bottom of the barrel monetization scheme”
“Annoying for dynamic DNS and DNS ACME challenges where you want a server to manage its own records and nothing else”
“they relied on the cf network for DoS protection against their resolvers”
“Cheap to start and lots of nice features/support if you grow”
“I’ve previously found their service to be excellent.”
“they're just damn expensive for the simple dns and domain management stuff I use them for”
“been trying to find something equally developer friendly”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.