NS-1
1.00 usd/ yr.
Order- Domains included
- 1
- Zone control panel
- Included
- Record types
- Almost all
- IPv6 records
- Included
DNS hosting for your domain
Your domain's zone lives on our name servers, not at the registrar and not on your hosting. So moving the site is one record edited, not the whole zone dragged along behind it.
- Plans for 1, 10 and 100 domains
- Edit the records yourself, any time
- Almost every PowerDNS record type
from 1.00 usd / year
- Name servers on different networks and cities
- Two name servers, as the standard requires
- Domain at any registrar
- Site on any hosting
- We'll help move your current records
- Support in 4 languages
DNS hosting plans
Priced by the year; there is no term to pick. The only difference is the number of domains: from the third domain on, NS-10 costs less than several NS-1, and between NS-10 and NS-100 the price per domain is already the same: the larger one simply saves you from running ten separate services.
NS-10
2.00 usd/ yr.
Order- Domains included
- 10
- Zone control panel
- Included
- Record types
- Almost all
- IPv6 records
- Included
NS-100
20.00 usd/ yr.
Order- Domains included
- 100
- Zone control panel
- Included
- Record types
- Almost all
- IPv6 records
- Included
Prices exclude tax and payment-system fees. The exact amount due is shown in the client area when you place the order. How tax is calculated
Why a domain needs DNS hosting of its own
A DNS zone is the table a browser and a mail server read to find your domain. Keeping it separately is worth it when that table must not depend on your hosting or on your registrar.
The zone does not leave with the site
Change hosting or move the site to another server, and the zone stays where it was, with one record edited. You neither carry it over whole nor wait for the new host to pick the domain up.
Domain and zone can live in different places
Our name servers can be entered at any registrar, so the domain itself does not have to be transferred to us. Domains bought in different places still gather into one panel.
There have to be two name servers
And they have to sit on physically different machines, in different geographic locations, with addresses from different networks and on independent uplinks. Then the failure of one does not take the domain down with it.
When free DNS stops being enough
A domain almost always has free name servers already, the registrar's or the hosting's. For a single site that is plenty, and paying for a separate service makes no sense.
Free DNS from the registrar or the host
- Price
- Included in the service
- Where the panel is
- With whoever provides it
- Moving
- Records copied by hand
A reasonable choice for one site on one hosting: the zone is already there, the record already points at the server, nothing needs touching.
The inconvenience shows up when domains and sites spread across different places: you end up with as many panels, and every move means writing the records out again.
DNS hosting of its own
- Price
- from 1.00 usd / year
- Where the panel is
- One for all your domains
- Moving
- One record changes
Worth it when you have several domains, when the site and the mail live in different places, or when this is not the last time you change hosting.
One more case is a registrar whose zone panel is awkward or absent altogether. The domain stays with them and you edit the records with us.
How to point a domain at our name servers
The order is the same at any registrar. The site does not go down meanwhile: until the records refresh, the domain keeps opening the old way.
STEP 1
Order a plan
Pick it by the number of domains whose zones you will keep with us. Domains can be added to the plan later too.
STEP 2
Create the zone in the panel
Add the domain and copy the records over from the current zone: the site address, the mail, the verification strings. The addresses of our name servers come with the service.
STEP 3
Enter them at the registrar
In the registrar's panel the field is called nameservers or name servers. The old addresses are all replaced with ours at once.
STEP 4
Wait for it to propagate
A name server change usually spreads across the internet within a few hours, sometimes up to a day. All that while either the old zone or the new one answers, so the records in them have to match.
If you would rather not retype the records, send us the current zone in a request from the client area. We will move it and show you the result before you switch.
Who needs DNS hosting
A single site on a single host usually does not. Below are the cases where a separate zone pays for itself with the first move.
Several domains at different registrars
Names bought in different places in different years. The zones gather into one panel, and you stop walking through other people's accounts.
Site and mail in different places
The site on one server, the mail with another service. One zone holds both the site address and the MX, SPF and DKIM records for the mail.
A site on your own server
The site runs on your machine, and the zone has to live somewhere. Running a name server on it for one zone is an extra service to patch and to keep closed to strangers.
A domain bought ahead of time
The name is taken, the site does not exist yet, and the zone is already needed, for mail and for proving ownership. You will not have to create it at a host you have not chosen.
Studios and agencies
You look after clients' domains. A hundred of them fit into one plan and one panel, and the client does not have to dig out the registrar password every time.
A domain with IPv6 addresses
AAAA records are created in the zone alongside the ordinary ones, so the domain answers over both IPv4 and IPv6.
Ratings and awards
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Questions about DNS hosting
What people ask before their first order.
Do I have to transfer the domain itself to you?
No. Name servers can be entered in any registrar's panel, so the domain stays where it was bought while the zone moves to us. Domains from different places still gather into one panel of ours.
How many domains fit into a plan?
As many as the name says: NS-1 is one domain, NS-10 is ten, NS-100 is a hundred.
What counts is domain names, not records: subdomains like shop.example.com and mail.example.com live inside their domain's zone and take no separate slot in the plan.
Where do I get the addresses of your name servers?
They come with the service and are always visible in the client area afterwards. Those are the addresses to enter in the registrar's nameservers field, where the old ones are replaced entirely rather than added to.
Will the site go down while the name servers change?
It should not, provided the new zone is filled in before you switch. While a name server change spreads across the network, some visitors arrive through the old zone and some through the new one, so the records in both have to match.
Do not delete the old zone straight away: let it keep working until the switch has reached everyone.
Which record types can I create in the zone?
The zones run on PowerDNS, and the panel offers almost everything it supports. An ordinary site needs only the first few: A and AAAA for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, CNAME for aliases, MX, TXT and SRV for mail and services, NS for delegating subdomains, CAA for restricting which authority may issue certificates.
If you need a type that is not on this list, write a request from the client area. It is most likely there.
How is DNS hosting different from registering a domain?
They are two separate services. Registration secures the name for you; DNS hosting answers the question of what address that name points to. Neither works without the other, but you do not have to buy them from the same company.
Can I move up to a larger plan?
Yes: almost everybody ends up with more domains over time. Write to support from the client area and we will move you to the plan you need. The zones stay where they are and you will not have to switch the domains at the registrar again.
What people order alongside DNS hosting
A zone belongs to a domain, and a domain usually needs a site, which is why these three services travel together.
Domain
A zone is created for a domain name, so that is where it all starts. More than 50 zones; we register .pl and .eu directly.
Check a name →Web hosting
The place the record in the zone will point at. NVMe, mail and a free certificate come with the plan.
See hosting plans →SSL certificate
One of the ways to prove a domain for a certificate is a record in its zone, and the zone is already at your fingertips.
Choose a certificate →Zone ready, nothing to point it at?
A virtual server in Warsaw with root access: site, mail and internal services on one machine, and the records in the zone pointing at it.
Ready to take the zone into your own hands?
Pick a plan by the number of domains. The name server addresses come with the service, and we will help you move the records.
Choose a plan