DNSimple
Managed DNS and domain registration with per-zone billing and plan-based query allowances.
DNSimple combines domain registration and DNS management. Every hosted zone costs $0.50/month, even on the Solo plan with no base fee. Teams adds $29/month for one seat and raises the query allowance from 50,000 to 500,000 per zone. Query overage is $0.80 per million on Solo or $0.60 on Teams.
- Headquarters
- 馃嚭馃嚫 United States
- Parent jurisdiction
- 馃嚭馃嚫 United States
- EU self-serve plan
- No / not documented
- GDPR DPA
- Yes
- Billing
- subscription
- Free tier
- Solo plan has no fee (zones still $0.50/month each, 50k queries/zone included).
- Open source
- No
- Website
- dnsimple.com
- Source last checked
- 2026-10-06
- Pricing evidence
- Published rates
Pricing
Calculated from the listed vendor rates; exclusions still apply. How to read these estimates.
| Base fee / month | Zone / month | 1M DNS queries |
|---|---|---|
| $29 | $0.5 | $0.6 |
Allowances, plan limits & calculation details
Rates are shown at their recorded precision. A zero means no charge in this calculation; the vendor may charge for things we leave out. See the notes for usage assumptions and currency conversions.
- Base fee / month
- $29
- Included zones
- 0
- Zone / month
- $0.5
- Included queries / month (millions)
- 0.5
- 1M DNS queries
- $0.6
Modelled on Teams at $29/month (1 seat included, extra seats $29 each, 1,000 records/zone). Every zone is $0.50/month on all plans. The query allowance is per zone (Teams 500k/zone/month), so included_queries_m here is for a single zone. Solo: free plan, 50k queries/zone, then $0.80/M. Solo Pro: $19/month, 250k/zone, then $0.70/M. Enterprise: custom. DNSimple Corporation, Melbourne, Florida; offers a DPA.
Managed alternatives
At 50 hosted zones, 1B queries / month. Adjust usage and requirements.
DNSimple: $7,844/yr estimated.
- Bunny DNS: $0/yr estimated 路 $7,844/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Cloudflare DNS: $0/yr estimated 路 $7,844/yr bill differencePublished rates
- deSEC: $0/yr estimated 路 $7,844/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Hetzner DNS: $0/yr estimated 路 $7,844/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Gcore Managed DNS: $2,647/yr estimated 路 $5,197/yr bill differencePublished rates
No cheaper managed estimate matches your filters. Adjust your usage or compare with your actual contract bill.
The price difference leaves out migration costs, operating costs and any features you鈥檇 need to replace.
Self-hosted options
Operating cost is not estimated. These options are not counted as savings against managed services.
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