Cloudflare DNS

CloudflareNetworkingFree tier available

Authoritative DNS hosting plus the 1.1.1.1 public recursive resolver — anycast across 300+ POPs with DNSSEC, secondary DNS, multi-CDN steering, and analytics. The namesake product that bootstrapped Cloudflare; underpins every other service's edge resolution.

Jurisdictional exposure

Provider HQ
USSan Francisco, USA

Subject to CLOUD Act, FISA-702, DPF

Region locations
APACCNEEAEUUKUSOther29 regions across 7 jurisdictions
Sovereign option
No sovereign-flagged regions in the catalogue for this service.

Attributes

Ga Year
2014

Sub-services (3)

Authoritative DNS

Anycast nameservers for customer zones with sub-10ms median resolution

1.1.1.1 Resolver

Public recursive resolver with DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS endpoints

Secondary DNS

Slave-mode zones backed by another provider's primary nameservers

Compliance & Certifications

This service is attested for the following frameworks. Always verify with the provider before relying on a specific compliance posture.

Where this runs

29 regions
26 countries
Commercial regions (29)

Europe (10)

  • Paris
  • Frankfurt
  • Dublin
  • Milan
  • Amsterdam
  • Warsaw
  • Madrid
  • Stockholm
  • Zurich
  • London

North America (4)

  • Toronto
  • Ashburn
  • Chicago
  • San Jose

South America (2)

  • Buenos Aires
  • São Paulo

Asia (6)

  • Hong Kong
  • Mumbai
  • Tokyo
  • Singapore
  • Seoul
  • Taipei

Oceania (2)

  • Sydney
  • Auckland

Middle East (2)

  • Tel Aviv
  • Dubai

Africa (3)

  • Lagos
  • Cape Town
  • Johannesburg

Tags

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Pricing

Pricing model:free-or-per-zone