PowerDNS Authoritative Server

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How it plugs in

YesPublic API

NoOpen source

YesFree tier

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The Authoritative Server hosts domain names and answers DNS queries for records it serves.

Pricing

Basic (PowerDNS Authoritative Essentials)$9,800 /year; limited launch offer: $8,330 for the 1st year with code ESSENTIALS2026 · up to 8 cores · includes business-hours email support, ZoneControl, one-click DNSSEC, version/history and permission management$9,800/yr
Advanced (PowerDNS Authoritative Essentials)$13,600 /year; limited launch offer: $11,560 for the 1st year with code ESSENTIALS2026 · up to 16 cores · includes business-hours email support, ZoneControl, one-click DNSSEC, version/history and permission management$13,600/yr
Pro (PowerDNS Authoritative Essentials)$17,400 /year; limited launch offer: $14,790 for the 1st year with code ESSENTIALS2026 · up to 24 cores · includes business-hours email support, ZoneControl, one-click DNSSEC, version/history and permission management$17,400/yr

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Facts

Website: powerdns.com
Price: Free tier · from $9,800/yr
Free trial: Not stated
Backends: Supported backends include MySQL or MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite3, LDAP, LMDB, BIND zone files, and others.
Database backends: Listed backends include LMDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite3, LDAP, and plain text files.
Distribution: The software is available as source, Linux packages, and Docker images, and is shipped by Linux and UNIX distributions including Debian, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, SUSE, and Ubuntu.
DNSSEC: It supports DNSSEC, including one-click signing capabilities.
Founded: 1999
HTTP API: The built-in webserver exposes a JSON/REST API for functions including statistics and zone content, metadata, and DNSSEC key management.
Intended users: The product is presented for providers hosting domain names, including large-scale hosting deployments.
Management interface: ZoneControl is a web-based interface with bulk changes, role-based access, version history, and one-click DNSSEC.
Monitoring and traffic: The product page describes automated reporting, real-time statistics, and geographical load balancing across regions.
Product limits: Authoritative Essentials plans cover up to 8, 16, or 24 operating-system cores; deployments requiring more than 24 cores should contact PowerDNS about customized options.
Replication: Lightning Stream synchronizes local LMDB databases between Authoritative Servers and supports one-way or two-way replication.
Replication integration: Lightning Stream synchronizes local LMDB databases between Authoritative Server instances and supports one-way or two-way replication.

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