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RedundantDNS vs octoDNS
octoDNS, started at GitHub, is the reference for multi-provider DNS as code: the zone lives in YAML and octodns-sync applies it to Route 53, Cloudflare, Google Cloud DNS, Azure, NS1 and many more. It is free, well built and has about 3.7k GitHub stars and 30+ providers. RedundantDNS does the same core job (list, diff, apply per provider) as a product.
Side by side
| Aspect | octoDNS | RedundantDNS |
|---|---|---|
| Where the zone lives | YAML files in your repository | Canonical zone in RedundantDNS; edit it in the dashboard, API, Terraform or MCP |
| Who runs it | Your CI pipeline, your team | The RedundantDNS data plane (or yours, self-hosted) |
| Providers | 30+ via plugins | Route 53, OCI DNS, Google Cloud DNS, Azure DNS, Cloudflare |
| Drift | Visible on the next plan run | Verify after every change, plus alerts; adopt a provider-side change into the zone |
| Nameserver monitoring | Not included | Probes query every nameserver from each probe region |
| Alerts | Whatever your CI sends | Email, signed webhooks, Slack |
| Access for non-engineers | Pull requests | Dashboard with roles (owner, admin, editor, viewer) |
| Price | Free (open source); you pay in pipeline and team time | 30-day trial on one zone; plans from $9/month (plans open soon) |
Facts about other products as of 2026-09-23. Tell us if something changed: we will fix it.
Which one to choose
Choose octoDNS when
Your team already reviews DNS changes as code, owns a CI pipeline for it and needs a provider RedundantDNS does not support yet.
Choose RedundantDNS when
You want two providers in sync without owning a pipeline, and you want probes, alerts and a dashboard people outside the platform team can use.
Importing an octoDNS or DNSControl configuration is on the roadmap, not available today.
Put your zone on two providers
Start with a 30-day trial: one zone on two providers you already have, no card. Plans from $9 a month after that.