FreeDNS
Free DNS, Dynamic DNS, Static DNS services; 5 free shared hostnames, use anywhere; Unlimited number of domains per account (yes really);
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Features
- Ad-free
- Dynamic DNS
- Domain Forwarding
- URL Forwarding
Tags
- dynamic-ip
- DNS Service
FreeDNS News & Activities
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- dinesh-58 reviewed FreeDNS
Before deciding to use this, know that on the free tier, others will be able to create sub-domains on your domain and point them to whatever without needing your approval. The site doesn't even email you about this, and will only notify you when you log in. More info here: https://freedns.afraid.org/queue/explanation.php
Thought it was a good enough free service till I found that there were three shady subdomains on one of my domains. One of them was a slightly modified clone of an existing...
What is FreeDNS?
Free DNS, Dynamic DNS, Static DNS services; 5 free shared hostnames, use anywhere; Unlimited number of domains per account (yes really); Free subdomain hosting, free domain hosting, free backup dns, reverse IPv6 DNS hosting (forward/reverse); Free URL redirection [web forwarding]; 20 free subdomains per domain, use on your own domains only INSTANTLY point yourname.afraid.org or yourname.com to any IP or URL; Dynamic DNS supported, several clients for Win32 and UNIX available Currently 86,232 other domains besides afraid.org in our shared domain pool; Round robin DNS supported (Multiple IP addresses for 1 hostname); IPv6 forward AND reverse (both .int and .arpa) supported.
Clients see http://freedns.afraid.org/scripts/freedns.clients.php Free client for windows: FreeDNS Update from http://www.techknowpro.com/freedns/index.php
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Subscription ranging between $5 and $50 per month + free version with limited functionality.Alternatives
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Comments and Reviews
Name of the Dyn DNS Service ......... Number of free Host addresses
My experience:
FreeDNS has most free Host Addresses, DynDNS, a technically also very good DNS-Service, deletes the older free hostnames after 30 days of inactivity since July 2012. This is of course very disturbing, so that you can only look for a free DNS service in the future, such as FreeDNS, No-IP, MyBind or BuddyNS.
Before deciding to use this, know that on the free tier, others will be able to create sub-domains on your domain and point them to whatever without needing your approval. The site doesn't even email you about this, and will only notify you when you log in. More info here: https://freedns.afraid.org/queue/explanation.php
Thought it was a good enough free service till I found that there were three shady subdomains on one of my domains. One of them was a slightly modified clone of an existing business' website.
Would highly recommend you use Cloudflare instead. They provide SSL/TLS, DDoS protection, caching, blocking AI crawlers & more on the free tier.
For what ones pays it is great and stable (used for several years). Plus the API is real simple and works with a curl request.
User Interface from the 90s. Time to live (TTL) for free domains is 60 minutes while it's 60 seconds if you pay for it.