Cloudflare DNS
Enterprise-grade authoritative DNS with the fastest response time
Cloudflare DNS delivers secure and resilient DNS service with the fastest response time (11ms on average), unparalleled redundancy (locations in over 330 cities), and advanced security.
Join millions of customers on Cloudflare DNS - included in all plans.
Unlimited and Unmetered DDoS Mitigation
Relieve your organization from the costs and stress of DDoS attacks against your DNS. With Cloudflare Managed DNS, you get unlimited and unmetered mitigation against DNS-based DDoS attacks. Our network capacity is 23x bigger than the largest DDoS attack ever recorded.
One-Click DNSSEC
Cloudflare Managed DNS comes with built-in DNSSEC to protect your users from on-path attacks that can spoof or hijack your DNS records. DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security at every level in the DNS lookup process. The best part — you can easily deploy DNSSEC at the click of a single button.
We make DNS easy
All your domains can be managed through our user-friendly interface or via an API, regardless of where your Internet properties are hosted. Terraform integration further automates DNS management and configuration.
You get 24/7 phone and email support, and dedicated solutions and success engineers — helping onboard and configure DNS records with zero downtime.
Global and Local Load Balancing
With Cloudflare Load Balancing, you can reduce latency and improve application availability by steering traffic away from unhealthy origins and dynamically distributing it to the most available and responsive server pools. Our load balancing solution leverages Cloudflare’s global Anycast network and supports all protocols from HTTP(S) to TCP and UDP.
Advanced Analytics
Get in-depth, real-time analytics into the health of your DNS traffic — all easily accessible from the Cloudflare Dashboard. Generate detailed raw and visual reports for your DNS queries - filtered by response codes, record types, geography, domains, etc. Raw log files are also available via API and can be integrated with SIEM/parsing tools.
Quickly Configure Email Security DNS Records
Ensure peace of mind with our easy-to-use Email Security DNS Wizard to prevent malicious actors from sending fraudulent emails on behalf of your domain — configure the required email DNS records with just a few clicks. We will warn you if we detect missing or insecure email configuration on your domain.
Learn more about SPF, DKIM, and DMARC in our Learning Center.
Not Ready to Change Your Authoritative DNS?
Cloudflare DNS can easily integrate into a multi-vendor environment.
Maintain your existing DNS infrastructure while using Cloudflare DNS as a secondary DNS or in a hidden primary setup. We support TSIG authentication for zone transfers.
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