NextDNS Alternatives

NextDNS is described as 'Protects you from all kinds of security threats, blocks ads and trackers on websites and in apps and provides a safe and supervised Internet for kids — on all devices and on all networks' and is a very popular Ad Blocker in the security & privacy category. There are more than 100 alternatives to NextDNS for a variety of platforms, including Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows and Web-based apps. The best NextDNS alternative is Pi-hole, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like NextDNS are AdGuard, Portmaster, Adblock Plus and SponsorBlock.

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NextDNS alternatives are mainly Ad Blockers, but if you're looking for DNS Resolvers or Privacy Tools you can filter on that. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to NextDNS.
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  1. hBlock icon
     10 likes

    hBlock is a POSIX-compliant shell script, designed for Unix-like systems, that gets a list of domains that serve ads, tracking scripts and malware from multiple sources and creates a hosts file (alternative formats are also supported) that prevents your system from connecting to...

    34 hBlock alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Homebrew
     
  2. Wipr icon
     17 likes

    Effectively blocks ads, trackers, cryptocurrency miners, and popups across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, ensuring cleaner, faster web pages. It improves battery life, reduces data use, updates its blocklist twice weekly, and is fully accessible, focusing on user privacy.

    94 Wipr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Safari
     
  3. dnsmasq icon
     13 likes

    Dnsmasq is a lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server. It is designed to provide DNS and, optionally, DHCP, to a small network. It can serve the names of local machines which are not in the global DNS.

    21 dnsmasq alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. All we know the availability of popular AdBlockers lying around... but frankly, these are too bloated with several features and options which most of us don't use beyond the defaults. So, this extension was made for those of us who don't care about all that stuff but...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  5. CacheGuard Gateway is a free, open-source network security appliance for startups, growing businesses, and SMEs/SMBs that need enterprise-grade protection without the complexity or cost.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • VirtualBox
    • Self-Hosted
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
     
  6. Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  7. DNS.Watch icon
     4 likes

    An alternate free recursive DNS provider that does not log, filter, or hijack (redirect NXDOMAIN responses).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Encrypted - No logging DNS. A carefully selected collection of no-logging DNS providers that implement DNS over HTTPS or TLS or both.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  9. Block ads, malware, adult and other unwanted content with our premium DNS servers. Bypass censorship and access DNS based restricted websites.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. Proxomitron icon
     32 likes

    For those who have not yet been introduced, meet the Proxomitron: a free, highly flexible, user-configurable, small but very powerful, local HTTP web-filtering proxy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. ScoutDNS icon
     3 likes

    ScoutDNS Protects Networks Through DNS Content Filtering, Malware/Phishing Protection, and Eliminating Most Web Based Advertisements.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. uAdBlock icon
     Like

    uAdBlock is a system-wide adblocker that works with hostlists. Several sources are available to download and integrate these hostlists.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Ubuntu Touch
     
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