Yes — No-IP has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $2.00/mo, and a credit card is required at signup.
About
No-IP is a DNS and remote access service that provides Dynamic DNS, managed DNS, domain registration, email, SSL certificates, and server monitoring. Its Dynamic DNS service updates hostnames to match changing IP addresses, which is used for remote access to home networks, cameras, game servers, and business devices.
The free offering is a personal Dynamic DNS account with a free hostname and no credit card required. The paid plans add more hostnames, zones, query limits, SSL certificates, team login, priority support, and business-oriented DNS and mail features.
- Free dynamic hostname
- Dynamic DNS IP updates
- Remote access for home devices
- Managed DNS hosting
- Domain registration and transfers
- Email forwarding and hosted mail
- SSL certificate add-ons
- Server monitoring and failover
Free Tier Value
This free tier is a small but real monthly allowance: one dynamic hostname for remote access, with no stated expiration. Compared with the cheapest paid remote-access plan at $14.99/month, it delivers roughly 13% of that plan’s value, so about $2/month is a fair estimate. A credit card requirement is not stated, but the offer is clearly capped, which keeps the value well below the paid tiers.
What's included in the free tier
- Free Dynamic DNS with a free dynamic hostname.
- Free dynamic hostname for remote access to devices.
See No-IP pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Pro Dynamic DNS
- hostnames
- 50-200
- update clients
- 50-200
- dns zones
- 1-5
- ssl certificates
- 5-50
- dns queries per month
- 1M-?
- 50–200 hostnames
- Hostnames never expire
- Custom domain use
- Dynamic Update Client
- Supports email & SSL upgrade
- Anycast DNS network
- Rapid propagation
- Uptime guarantee
White Label
- Full managed DNS functionality
- Branded transactional emails
- Anycast network with 120+ POPs
- Rapid propagation
- Uptime guarantee with SLA
- Unique credentials for each update client
- End customer phone & web support
- Account management
Plus Managed DNS
- zones
- 1-25
- dns queries per month
- 500k-12.5M
- dynamic dns update clients
- 5
- ssl certificates
- 1
- 1–25 zones
- Unlimited DNS records
- Anycast DNS network
- Includes 1 Vital Encrypt DV SSL certificate
- Phone support (M–F)
- Primary authoritative DNS
- Use your own domain
- 5 dynamic DNS update clients
Premium Managed DNS
- zones
- 1-25
- dns queries per month
- 1M-25M
- dynamic dns update clients
- 25-625
- ssl certificates
- 5-125
- team login members
- 1
- 1–25 zones
- Unlimited DNS records
- Dynamic DNS
- RESTful API
- Team Login
- Priority web support
- Phone support (M–F + weekends)
- Uptime guarantee with SLA
Squared Backup DNS
- zones
- 1
- Secondary DNS provider
- Redundant DNS layer
- Anycast DNS network
- 150+ global points of presence
- Rapid propagation
- Uptime guarantee
- Run your own hidden master
- Protects against primary DNS outages
Domain Registration
- domains
- per TLD
- Register and manage domains
- Easy renewals
- Private registration
- Domain transfers
- Popular extensions supported
Pricing extracted from No-IP's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is No-IP free forever?
Yes. No-IP has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does No-IP require a credit card?
Yes. No-IP asks for a card at signup, even for the free tier.
What happens when you exceed No-IP's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. No-IP's cheapest paid plan is Plus Managed DNS at $3.49 / month.
What is No-IP's free tier worth?
We estimate No-IP's free tier is worth about $2.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 35/100. See freetier.co/ftv for how we calculate it.
