Yes, Hurricane Electric Free DNS is free to use with no time limit and no usage cap that forces a paid upgrade. The free plan includes Multiple reverse zone formats: Standard, RFC 4183, RFC 2317, and DeGroot and Dynamic TXT record support for DNS-01 validation.
About
Hurricane Electric Free DNS is a hosted DNS management portal for forward and reverse DNS zones. It supports dual-stack access over IPv4 and native IPv6, and provides record management for A, AAAA, ALIAS, CNAME, CAA, MX, NS, TXT, SRV, SSHFP, SPF, RP, NAPTR, HINFO, LOC, and PTR records.
The service includes slave zone support, multiple reverse zone formats, geographically diverse servers, delegation sanity checks, basic syntax validation, and multiple domains per account. It also adds dynamic DNS support, including dynamic A/AAAA updates, dynamic TXT records, and a checkip endpoint for clients that need to detect the current public IP address.
- Dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6 access
- Forward and reverse DNS management
- Multiple reverse zone formats
- Dynamic A, AAAA, and TXT updates
- Slave zone support
- Multiple domains per account
- Checkip endpoint for DDNS clients
Free Tier Value
This free tier is perpetual and has no stated usage cap, so there isn’t a defensible monthly dollar equivalent to price it against. It appears to offer nearly the full DNS management feature set for free, with only the usual practical friction of account access rather than a paid upgrade path.
What's included in the free tier
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- Access to forward and reverse DNS management for free accounts.
- Dual-stack DNS queries over IPv4 and native IPv6.
- Support for A, AAAA, ALIAS, CNAME, CAA, MX, NS, TXT, SRV, SSHFP, SPF, RP, NAPTR, HINFO, LOC, and PTR records.
- Smart-mode IPv4 and IPv6 reverse zones.
- Slave DNS support.
- Multiple reverse zone formats: Standard, RFC 4183, RFC 2317, and DeGroot.
- Geographically diverse DNS servers.
- Delegation sanity checking for forward and reverse zones.
- Basic syntax checking for DNS fields.
- Multiple domains per account.
- Dynamic DNS support for A and AAAA records.
- Dynamic TXT record support for DNS-01 validation.
- Dynamic DNS checkip service.
See Hurricane Electric Free DNS pricing for current limits.
Common questions
Is Hurricane Electric Free DNS free forever?
Yes. Hurricane Electric Free DNS is free forever, with no time limit and no usage threshold that forces a paid plan.
What is Hurricane Electric Free DNS's free tier worth?
Hurricane Electric Free DNS's free tier has no dollar cap - it's unlimited, with no usage threshold that forces a paid plan. That maps to an FTV score of 90/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
