PowerDNS Authoritative Server Self-Hosted

Explore this developer service’s free allowance, critical restrictions and official documentation before deploying.

INCLUDED FREE ALLOWANCE

Free GPL-2.0 licensed authoritative DNS server with DNSSEC, zone management, API automation and zone-file or database backends; no vendor-imposed software query or zone quota.

Plan details

Plan: Ongoing free allowance
Credit card: Not required
Commercial use: Allowed
Last checked: 2026-10-26

Important restrictions

Self-hosted authoritative DNS requires your own public servers, DNS delegation, networking, updates and monitoring; infrastructure and optional vendor support are not included. PowerDNS Recursor and dnsdist are separate products.

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