Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Duck DNS
The 20 closest dynamic DNS alternatives to Duck DNS, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 9 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Duck DNS? The closest matches are Dynu, afraid.org and changeip.com. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About Duck DNS
Duck DNS duckdns.org
Duck DNS
Duck DNS free dynamic DNS hosted on Amazon VPC
Summary by Claude
Free dynamic DNS service that gives users a subdomain under duckdns.org and keeps it pointed at a changing home IP address via simple update requests.
- Who it’s for
- Home users, self-hosters and hobbyists
- Business model
- Donations (Patreon)
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Duck DNS’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Duck DNS
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Duck DNS, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Free dynamic DNS service | Dynu Systems, Inc.
Dynu Systems, Inc. provides free dynamic DNS service as well as other services such as domain registration, email and SSL services.
Very close cos 0.941 - 02
FreeDNS - Free DNS - Dynamic DNS - Static DNS subdomain and domain hosting
Free DNS hosting, lets you fully manage your own domain. Dynamic DNS and Static DNS services available. You may also create hosts off other domains that we host upon the domain owners consent, we have several domains to choose from!
Very close cos 0.939 - 03
Dynamic DNS, VPS Hosting and More
Very close cos 0.934 - 04
DDNS - Service • Kostenloser DynDNS Service • Deutscher DynDNS Dienst Anbieter
DynDNS Service (Dynamic Domain Name Service) ist ein Service, über den ein Computer trotz wechselnder IP-Adresse immer unter demselben Domänennamen erreichbar ist.
Very close cos 0.928 - 05
Free Dynamic DNS | No-IP Free DDNS Service
Get free Dynamic DNS from No-IP. Point an easy-to-remember hostname to your dynamic IP — no credit card, no hassle.
- Google Search Console
- nginx
- Bing Webmaster Tools
- Google Ads conversion tracking
- Google Fonts
- Google Tag Manager
Very close cos 0.929 - 06
No-IP | Smarter DNS Starts Here
No-IP is a Free Dynamic DNS and Managed DNS provider with 100% uptime. Get free DDNS, plus domain registration and SSL certificates, for home and business
- Google Search Console
- nginx
- Bing Webmaster Tools
- Google Ads conversion tracking
- Google Fonts
- Google Tag Manager
Very close cos 0.919 - 07
Free DNS hosting, Cloud DNS hosting and Domain names | ClouDNS
ClouDNS provides Free DNS, Cloud DNS, Managed DNS, GeoDNS and DDoS Protected DNS hosting with included web redirects, mail forwards and Round-Robin load balancing. Instant updates in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia.
Very close cos 0.903 - 08 dnspod.com Top 10K
DNSPod-免费智能DNS解析服务商-电信_网通_教育网,智能DNS
DNSPod是国内提供智能DNS产品的网站,致力于为各类网站提供高质量的电信、网通、教育网双线或者三线智能DNS免费解析。目前DNSPod已经是国内最大的免费DNS解析产品提供商
- Google Analytics
- Google Search Console
- Baidu Analytics
- Google Ads conversion tracking
- Google Tag Manager
Very close cos 0.899 - 09
DNSZi - 무료 네임서버(dns) 관리 서비스! 무료파킹서비스! 무료포워딩서비스!
Very close cos 0.899 - 10
EU.org: free domain names since 1996
Free domain names
Very close cos 0.898 - 11
Managed DNS Business Services & Solutions Provider | a DigiCert Company
DNS Made Easy powered by DigiCert provides high-performance managed DNS services with 100% uptime, low-latency resolution, enhanced security, and simplified DNS management.
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- reCAPTCHA
- Adobe Experience Manager
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags
- Imperva
Very close cos 0.896 - 12
JS.ORG - the JavaScript organization
Dedicated to JavaScript and its awesome community since 2015
Close cos 0.892 - 13
easyDNS - DNS, Domains, Web and Email Hosting Since 1998
The DNS Professionals: Anycast, Dynamic DNS, Enterprise DNS, Secondary DNS with TSIG, DNSSEC. We also offer web hosting, email and VPS. Amazing Support.
Close cos 0.893 - 14
NextDNS - The new firewall for the modern Internet
NextDNS protects you from all kinds of security threats, blocks ads and trackers on websites and in apps and provides a safe and supervised Internet for kids — on all devices and on all networks.
Close cos 0.889 - 15
AdGuard DNS — ad-blocking DNS server
Create your ad-blocking DNS server that will protect your personal data, prevent tracking and allow you to control access to specific content on the Internet.
Close cos 0.888 - 16
Directnic.com-Get a FREE Domain with any annual Hosting Plan
Directnic makes registering Domain Names fast, simple, and affordable. Find out why so many business owners chose Directnic to be their Domain Name Registrar.
Close cos 0.887 - 17
NLnet Labs - Home
Research & Development, Internet architecture, DNS, Routing, Stability and Security.
Close cos 0.883 - 18
ZoneEdit – Managed DNS & Domain Services
Close cos 0.882 - 19
EuroDNS: Domains, Hosting & Web Essentials All In One Place
Find a domain, launch your website, and make it happen with us! From hosting, to SSL, to branded email: EuroDNS has everything you need in one place.
Close cos 0.884 - 20
Reliable DNS and Domain Management with DNSimple
Reliable DNS hosting and domain management with DNSimple's CLI, API, and automation tools. Register and transfer domains, set up SSL, and start free for 30 days.
Close cos 0.882
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to duckdns.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Duck DNS uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Duck DNS is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Payments
- PayPal page source: paypalobjects.com
- Security
- reCAPTCHA page source: google.com/recaptcha/api.js
- Hosting
- Amazon Web Services cookie AWSALB
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx/1.30.3
- Languages & backends
- Java cookie JSESSIONID
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX smtp.google.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=D-6gaVUztvrU5uB_hbdBs3hAL9zswN_qHCJoOLIbU54
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Duck DNS adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 15/20
- Google Analytics 8/20
- nginx 8/20
- Google Workspace 7/20
- jQuery 7/20
- Google Fonts · not on duckdns.org 6/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on duckdns.org 6/20
- Google Ads conversion tracking · not on duckdns.org 5/20
- PHP · not on duckdns.org 5/20
- Apache HTTP Server · not on duckdns.org 4/20
- Bootstrap · not on duckdns.org 4/20
- Font Awesome · not on duckdns.org 4/20
- Zendesk · not on duckdns.org 4/20
- Bing Webmaster Tools · not on duckdns.org 3/20
- YouTube embeds · not on duckdns.org 3/20
- SendGrid · not on duckdns.org 3/20