Infrastructure and developer tools
European managed DNS providers
Authoritative DNS operated from within Europe
Replaces: Amazon Route 53 · Google Cloud DNS
A managed DNS provider runs the authoritative name servers for your domains and gives you an interface to edit records. When someone resolves your domain, their resolver ends up asking these servers for the answer. Beyond plain records, this category focuses on providers that work with domains registered anywhere and add features such as DNS failover, GeoDNS, anycast networks and API driven updates.
DNS is the single point where your whole online presence can be redirected, so the operator and its resilience matter more than the monthly price. ClouDNS, RcodeZero and Bunny DNS are European providers here. Because zone files are portable text, moving to a European managed DNS provider is mostly a matter of importing records and waiting out the TTLs.
European options
| service | Country | Hosting | Open source | Free plan | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 deSEC |
 Germany |
✓ | ✓ | EU controlled | |
 Scaleway DNS |
 France |
EU hosted | — | — | EU controlled |
 Scaleway |
France |
— | — | EU controlled |
deSEC
Free nonprofit managed DNS from Germany
deSEC is a managed DNS provider run as a nonprofit in Germany. Its focus is security: DNSSEC and DANE are central to the service, and it supports a wide range of modern record types. The software behind it is open source.
GermanyOpen sourceFree planEU controlled
Scaleway DNS
Managed DNS from French provider Scaleway
FranceEU hosted♻EU controlled
Scaleway
Cloud computing platform from France
France♻EU controlledServices without verified European control
Kept here for transparency, but excluded from the European options and totals. How we classify services →
ClouDNS
Managed DNS from Bulgaria
BulgariaFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
Bunny DNS
Managed DNS on Bunny's global network
Slovenia Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
Bunny CDN
Global content delivery from a Slovenian operator
Slovenia Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
RcodeZero
Managed DNS from Austria
AustriaEU hosted Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
DNScale
Managed anycast DNS from Estonia
EstoniaEU hostedFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
Nanelo
Managed DNS provider from Germany
GermanyEU hosted♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
EuroDNS DNS
Managed DNS from Luxembourg
Luxembourg Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
