hosting.de
Aachen hosting company selling DNS plans for 10, 100 or 1,000 zones with Anycast
At a glance
| Company | hosting.de GmbH |
|---|---|
| Category | Managed DNS Providers |
| Headquarters | Aachen, Germany |
| Founded | 2006 |
| EU Presence | Yes - Germany (EU) |
| Data Location | DNS servers in several data centres across Europe (per hosting.de) |
| Open Source | No |
| GDPR Compliant | Yes |
| Self-Hosting | No |
| Main Features | DNS plans for 10, 100 and 1000 zones, Anycast, API, DNSSEC with managed signing, templates, automatic record updates, geo-redundant servers |
| Pricing | Plan prices (DNS 10, DNS 100, DNS 1000) are not rendered on the page we read; hosting.de states its prices include German VAT of 19% |
| Best For | German-speaking agencies and site owners who want a zone-sized DNS plan from a German provider |
| Replaces | Amazon Route 53 |
Our review
hosting.de GmbH lists Franzstr. 51, 52064 Aachen, Germany, as its address and says its products are developed and run in Germany. The company traces its history to the founding of TwooIT GmbH in 2006.
hosting.de sells DNS as its own product next to web hosting, domains and servers. The DNS product page is in German and offers three plans sized by the number of zones.
Which DNS plans does hosting.de sell?
hosting.de lists DNS 10 for 10 zones, DNS 100 for 100 zones and DNS 1000 for 1000 zones. Each plan is marked with Anycast included and API access.
The price boxes on the page we read show a euro sign without a figure, so we cannot quote a monthly price.
How does hosting.de handle DNSSEC and redundancy?
hosting.de says its DNS servers stand in several data centres across Europe, and that another site takes over automatically if one is unreachable. hosting.de also states that it keeps DNSSEC keys on a protected signing server and deploys them when needed.
hosting.de says its interface detects a changed server IP in a domain's DNS zone and adjusts the records.
hosting.de as a European alternative to Amazon Route 53
hosting.de prices DNS by zone plan, where Amazon Route 53 bills per zone and per query. hosting.de lists no health checks, GeoDNS or latency routing on the page we read.
hosting.de fits fixed zone counts at agencies, while Route 53 suits dynamic routing in AWS.
Known limits
The hosting.de DNS page is in German and its plan prices did not render in the text we read. The page lists no health checks, GeoDNS or routing policies. The ownership of hosting.de GmbH is not stated on the pages we read. Compare Gcore for routing and Hetzner for a free DNS console.
Best suited to users of hosting.de
Agencies and site owners who prefer a German provider and want DNS in zone-sized plans with Anycast, DNSSEC and an API.
What works, what does not
Pros
- Plans sized for 10, 100 and 1000 zones
- Anycast included in each plan
- API access listed
- DNSSEC keys managed on a signing server
- Servers spread over several European data centres
Cons
- Plan prices not visible in the text we read
- No health checks or GeoDNS listed
- Page is in German
- Ownership not stated on the pages we read
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Plans sized for 10, 100 and 1000 zones
- Anycast included in each plan
- API access listed
- DNSSEC keys managed on a signing server
- Servers spread over several European data centres
Cons
- Plan prices not visible in the text we read
- No health checks or GeoDNS listed
- Page is in German
- Ownership not stated on the pages we read
Alternatives to hosting.de
Alternatives from Europe in the managed dns providers group:
See all European managed dns providers or compare them directly against Amazon Route 53 on our alternatives page.
Questions buyers ask
For zone hosting, yes. hosting.de GmbH is based in Aachen, Germany, and sells DNS plans with Anycast and DNSSEC. It lists no health checks or latency routing.
hosting.de lists DNS 10, DNS 100 and DNS 1000, for 10, 100 and 1000 zones. All three include Anycast and API access.
The plan prices did not render on the page we read. hosting.de states its prices include German VAT of 19%, so check the live page for the figure.