ClouDNS

Product overview

Cloud DNS Ltd. is a Bulgarian DNS hosting provider operating its own anycast network (AS203391) across 65 points of presence on six continents. The company processes over 16 billion DNS queries per day and manages more than one million DNS zones, making it one of the largest independent DNS platforms in Europe. ClouDNS ranks first for raw DNS performance on DNSPerf benchmarks. Founded by Boyan Peychev, ClouDNS is privately held, bootstrapped, and has taken no external funding. The company employs an estimated 12 to 50 people from offices in Sofia and Stara Zagora. In April 2025, ClouDNS became an ICANN-accredited registrar. Customers span 11,200+ cities in 210 countries. The product line centers on Premium DNS, DDoS-Protected DNS (with dedicated mitigation for DNS-layer attacks), GeoDNS for latency-based and geographic routing, and Enterprise DNS with unlimited zones and queries. Additional services include DNSSEC, Dynamic DNS, Secondary DNS, Reverse DNS, DNS Failover, and comprehensive monitoring (DNS, web, SSL, ICMP, TCP, SMTP, IMAP, streaming). ClouDNS also offers email forwarding, domain registration across 1,000+ TLDs, and private DNS servers for white-label deployments. The platform integrates with Terraform, OctoDNS, and provides a full REST API. KEY FEATURES: - 65 anycast PoPs on 6 continents, processing 16+ billion DNS queries daily, #1 on DNSPerf - Premium DNS, DDoS-Protected DNS, GeoDNS, and Enterprise DNS with DNSSEC - ICANN-accredited registrar (2025) with domain registration across 1,000+ TLDs - Free tier (1 zone, 500K queries/month), Premium from $2.95/month, DDoS-Protected from $5.95/month - Bulgarian-owned, bootstrapped, no external investors, serving customers in 210 countries

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