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PowerDNS Recursor
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| PowerDNS Recursor (open-source) | Commercial support and services are available separately | Free |
As powerdns.com lists them, read 30 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Facts from PowerDNS Recursor's own pages
- API
- The product annex lists REST-based APIs, SQL-based APIs, and password-protected TCP/IP text-based control among PowerDNS platform interfaces. · powerdns.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Company history
- PowerDNS says its development started in 1999 and PowerDNS.com B.V. was registered on October 31, 2000. · powerdns.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Deployment
- Recursor can be installed on bare metal, virtual machines, or as a virtualized or cloud-native network function. · powerdns.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Downloads
- PowerDNS provides the Recursor as source code, installable Linux packages, and Docker images. · powerdns.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- PowerDNS.com B.V. lists its address in The Hague, the Netherlands. · powerdns.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Intended users
- PowerDNS describes Recursor as a DNS service for internet service providers and their subscribers, and says it is used in large-scale DNS deployments. · powerdns.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Monitoring and integration
- Recursor exposes metrics for integration with existing monitoring and alerting solutions and can provide automated periodic DNS status reports. · powerdns.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Open source
- PowerDNS identifies Recursor as open-source software and says it released its code under the GPL license in 2002. · powerdns.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Performance
- Its threaded architecture is designed to use system resources efficiently and minimize contention between CPU cores. · powerdns.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Purpose
- PowerDNS Recursor is a recursive DNS resolver and caching server that resolves client queries through the global DNS system. · powerdns.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Scripting
- Lua scripts can modify resolving behavior, including load balancing, blocking dangerous domains, and overriding problematic responses. · doc.powerdns.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Security
- The Recursor supports DNSSEC processing and validation, with configurable validation modes. · doc.powerdns.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Support
- Commercial support offers multiple SLA-defined service levels, including office-hours and 24/7 availability; community users have separate support resources. · powerdns.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Threat intelligence
- The product annex says Recursor supports major threat intelligence and content categorization providers, with feeds offering blocklists and allowlists. · powerdns.com, 30 Sept 2026
- Traffic protection
- PowerDNS says the platform analyzes incoming DNS traffic for suspicious patterns and can selectively block traffic that exceeds configured thresholds. · powerdns.com, 30 Sept 2026
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