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Speed and Features Comparison

Compare the top free DNS providers

Provider Speed Privacy
G Google DNS
Excellent Basic
Cloudflare DNS
Excellent Excellent
9 Quad9 DNS
Good Excellent
OpenDNS
Good Good
AdGuard DNS
Good Excellent
NextDNS
Good Excellent
Y Yandex DNS
Medium Basic
CleanBrowsing
Good Good

Best Free DNS Servers

Discover the world's most popular and reliable free public DNS services

G

Google DNS

Very Fast
Primary 8.8.8.8
Secondary 8.8.4.4
IPv6 2001:4860:4860::8888

The world's most popular free DNS service, developed by Google. Offers high speed, reliability and is globally available.

  • Exceptional speed
  • 99.9% uptime
  • Full IPv6 support
  • No censorship or filtering

Cloudflare DNS

Very Fast
Primary 1.1.1.1
Secondary 1.0.0.1
IPv6 2606:4700:4700::1111

The world's fastest DNS according to multiple benchmarks. Cloudflare focuses on privacy and doesn't log your personal IP address.

  • Fastest globally
  • Privacy focused
  • No personal IP logging
  • Anti-malware protection
9

Quad9 DNS

Secure
Primary 9.9.9.9
Secondary 149.112.112.112
IPv6 2620:fe::fe

IBM's free DNS service focused on security that automatically blocks malicious domains, phishing and botnets.

  • Automatic malware blocking
  • Phishing protection
  • No user logs
  • IBM backed

OpenDNS

Parental Control
Primary 208.67.222.222
Secondary 208.67.220.220
IPv6 2620:119:35::35

Cisco's DNS service with excellent parental control options and customizable content filtering.

  • Advanced parental controls
  • Content filtering
  • Usage statistics
  • Phishing blocking

AdGuard DNS

Ad-Free
Primary 94.140.14.14
Secondary 94.140.15.15
IPv6 2a10:50c0::ad1:ff

DNS that blocks ads, trackers and malicious domains. Perfect for browsing without annoying advertisements.

  • Ad blocking
  • Anti-tracking
  • Malware protection
  • No browsing logs

NextDNS

Customizable
Primary 45.90.28.0
Secondary 45.90.30.0
IPv6 2a07:a8c0::

Modern DNS with advanced configuration, detailed analytics and granular control over content filtering.

  • Custom configuration
  • Detailed analytics
  • Multiple blocklists
  • Developer API
Y

Yandex DNS

Parental Control
Basic: 77.88.8.8 77.88.8.1
Safe: 77.88.8.88 77.88.8.2
Family: 77.88.8.7 77.88.8.3

DNS from popular Russian search engine Yandex with three modes: basic, safe and family with additional filters.

  • Three operation modes
  • Family mode with filters
  • Good speed in Europe
  • Basic malware protection

CleanBrowsing

Parental Control
Family: 185.228.168.168 185.228.168.169
Adult: 185.228.169.168 185.228.169.169
Security: 185.228.168.9 185.228.168.10

DNS specialized in content filtering with different protection levels for families and businesses.

  • Three filtering levels
  • Family protection
  • Malware blocking
  • No activity logs

DNS.WATCH

Fast
Primary 84.200.69.80
Secondary 84.200.70.40
IPv6 2001:1608:10:25::1c04:b12f

German DNS focused on neutrality and privacy. No logging, no filtering, no censorship.

  • No logging
  • No filtering
  • Total privacy
  • Servers in Germany
D

Control D

Customizable
Primary 76.76.2.0
Secondary 76.76.10.0
IPv6 2606:1a40::

Modern and customizable DNS with advanced filtering, analytics and multi-protocol support.

  • Highly customizable
  • Multiple protocols
  • Detailed analytics
  • Advanced filtering

Comodo Secure DNS

Secure
Primary 8.26.56.26
Secondary 8.20.247.20

Comodo's security-focused DNS with integrated malware and phishing protection.

  • Malware protection
  • Phishing blocking
  • Global infrastructure
  • No extra cost

DNS4EU

Secure
Primary 193.17.47.1
Secondary 185.66.14.18
IPv6 2001:678:e68:f000::

European sovereign public DNS, backed by the European Union to ensure privacy and GDPR compliance.

  • European digital sovereignty
  • GDPR compliance
  • Malware filtering
  • EU infrastructure

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