nextdns.io
NextDNS
Who runs NextDNS, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest DNS filtering service alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- AdGuard DNS
Measured from NextDNS’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit NextDNS01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs NextDNS
NextDNS nextdns.io
NextDNS 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.
Wikidata: American cloud-based DNS resolver
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What NextDNS tracks
What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.
trackers that follow visitors
None of the 18 alternatives below has fewer; 14 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on NextDNS’s homepage.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to NextDNS
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to NextDNS, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
AdGuard DNS — ad-blocking DNS server
Create your ad-blocking DNS server that will protect your personal data, prevent tracking and allow you to control access to specific content on the Internet.
Very close - 02
Control D | DNS Filtering for Every OS
Encrypted DNS filtering trusted by 100M+ users. Blocks malware and trackers on every OS. Flat fee per endpoint. Start free.
Very close - 03
Quad9 | A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy
A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy
Very close - 04
CleanBrowsing | DNS Content Filtering Service
Affordable DNS filtering that blocks malware, adult content, and unwanted sites. Protect schools, families, and businesses at the network level.
Very close - 05
Best-Rated DNS Filtering Service | DNS Security | DNSFilter
The DNS filtering service trusted by 57,000+ organizations. DNSFilter's DNS security software blocks malware, phishing, and unwanted sites in minutes.
Very close - 06
Pi-hole – Network-wide Ad Blocking
ad- and tracker-blocking application
Very close - 07
AdGuard Ad Blocker — block ads, popups, and trackers
AdGuard is the best way to get rid of annoying ads and online tracking and protect your computer from malware. Make your web surfing fast, safe and ad-free
Very close - 08
Cloudflare: Build for the agent era
Welcome to Cloudflare - Powering the next generation of applications
Very close - 09
Home
Boost subscriber performance by up to 25% for less than 1% of your overall 5G network investment.
Very close - 10
DDoS-Guard | Reliable DDoS Protection & Mitigation
DDoS protection for companies and businesses of any level. ✔️ 4 Tbps scrubbing capacity. ✔️882 000+ projects under protection. ✔️ No hidden charges
Very close - 11
Free DNS hosting, Cloud DNS hosting and Domain names | ClouDNS
ClouDNS provides Free DNS, Cloud DNS, Managed DNS, GeoDNS and DDoS Protected DNS hosting with included web redirects, mail forwards and Round-Robin load balancing. Instant updates in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia.
Very close - 12
Sucuri - Complete Website Security, Protection & Monitoring
Website security made simple—Sucuri offers fast malware cleanup, reliable monitoring, and powerful protection for any CMS.
Very close - 13
The browser that puts you first | Brave
The Brave browser is a fast, private and secure web browser for PC, Mac and mobile. Download now to enjoy a faster ad-free browsing experience that saves data and battery life by blocking tracking software.
Very close - 14
Cyber Security Leader | Imperva, Inc.
Imperva provides complete cyber security by protecting what really matters most—your data and applications—whether on-premises or in the cloud.
Very close - 15
Strengthening trust and safety across the internet | Spamhaus
Strengthening trust and safety online through IP and domain reputation intelligence, expertise, education, and community collaboration.
Very close - 16
Parental control and digital wellbeing software | Qustodio
Over 9 million parents trust Qustodio’s parental control tools to keep their kids’ screen time safe and balanced on every device.
Very close - 17
MX Lookup Tool - Check your DNS MX Records online - MxToolbox
Very close - 18
DNSExit | Dynamic DNS, Remote Access, SMTP Relay, DNS Failover and Hosting
DNSExit provides Dynamic DNS, Remote Access, SMTP relay, DNS failover, business email hosting, backup MX, SSL, domains, and web hosting for businesses, IT teams, and self-hosted users.
Very close - 19
DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind.
The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.
Very close - 20
Dynamic DNS, VPS Hosting and More
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles NextDNS’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones NextDNS uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what NextDNS adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 8 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,196
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 85 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to NextDNS’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- JavaScript frameworks
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mail.zendesk.com ~all
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a563104f7dc0b4c8-HAM
- Hosting
- Vercel header x-vercel-id: fra1::sfo1::v87ht-1793957260733-0eac93b0f0ff
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS lee.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=ZPlTqQ0CCGnda50YKmPiOTO2ofzz4J8d0ftYzwkSJJQ
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Google Workspace 12/20
- Zendesk 10/20
- jQuery · not on nextdns.io 8/20
- Apple Business · not on nextdns.io 7/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on nextdns.io 7/20
- Google Fonts · not on nextdns.io 7/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on nextdns.io 7/20
- Amazon SES · not on nextdns.io 6/20
- Cloudflare 6/20
- Cloudflare DNS 5/20
- Atlassian · not on nextdns.io 5/20
- Vue.js · not on nextdns.io 4/20
- DocuSign · not on nextdns.io 4/20
- cdnjs · not on nextdns.io 4/20
- Font Awesome · not on nextdns.io 4/20