What is Dyn?

An all-in-one Managed DNS service for your registered domain names. Dyn DNS is the perfect solution for your domain name’s DNS needs, whether it is for personal or business use. It gives you complete control over your DNS zone and its associated DNS records, complete with a simple DNS management web interface.
Dyn is a tool in the DNS Management category of a tech stack.

Who uses Dyn?

Companies
1633 companies reportedly use Dyn in their tech stacks, including Twitter, LinkedIn, and Yelp.

Developers
86 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Dyn.
Pros of Dyn
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API
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Managed DNS
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Web interface
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Security
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Customer Service Access
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Fast

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Dyn's Features

  • Resource Records- 75 records
  • Domains/Zones- 1 Zone (yourdomain.com)
  • DNS Queries per Month- 600,000
  • Record Types- A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, SRV, NS, LOC, PTR
  • Access, Security, and Reporting- Single username and password for entire account. No reports for usage or status available.
  • API- Dynamic DNS Update API
  • Customer Service Access- Email & Phone Support Monday-Friday 9am-5pm U.S. Eastern

Dyn Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Dyn?
GoDaddy
Go Daddy makes registering Domain Names fast, simple, and affordable. It is a trusted domain registrar that empowers people with creative ideas to succeed online.
NS1
NS1’s intelligent DNS & traffic management platform, with its data driven architecture and unique Filter Chain routing engine, is purpose-built for the most demanding, mission-critical applications on the Internet.
CloudFlare
Cloudflare speeds up and protects millions of websites, APIs, SaaS services, and other properties connected to the Internet.
Amazon Route 53
Amazon Route 53 is designed to give developers and businesses an extremely reliable and cost effective way to route end users to Internet applications by translating human readable names like www.example.com into the numeric IP addresses like 192.0.2.1 that computers use to connect to each other. Route 53 effectively connects user requests to infrastructure running in Amazon Web Services (AWS) – such as an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance, an Amazon Elastic Load Balancer, or an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket – and can also be used to route users to infrastructure outside of AWS.
DNS Made Easy
DNS Made Easy is a subsidiary of Tiggee LLC, and is a world leader in providing global IP Anycast enterprise DNS services. DNS Made Easy is currently ranked the fastest provider for 8 consecutive months and the most reliable provider.
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Dyn's Followers
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