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What is PowerDNS?

PowerDNS offers open source DNS software, services, and support.

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PowerDNS offers open source DNS software, services, and support.


Seller Details
Seller
PowerDNS
Year Founded
1999
HQ Location
Nootdorp, nl
Twitter
@powerdns
2,554 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
2 employees on LinkedIn®

Recent PowerDNS Reviews

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LW
Learn About W.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great Platform"
I like how you can adjust the needs according to your business needs. I appreciate the reviews provided.
Yiorgos [George] A.
YA
Yiorgos [George] A.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"A DNS server for hosting your domains"
The fact that it can get input from different sources. I've used it extensively with sqlite but have tested it with other inputs too. MySQL and hi...
Franco T.
FT
Franco T.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Years of reliability"
The flexibility and easy of management of MySQL backend. And the reliability: we have used PowerDNS for a number of years to manage our DNS infrast...
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Nabarun C.
NC
Site Reliability Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about PowerDNS?

Feature right. REST Apis are easy to use. Opensource Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PowerDNS?

REST Api documents are very hard to understand and not properly organized. Looks like it is written for people who are already experts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PowerDNS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Internal DNS. Easy to setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about PowerDNS?

Extremely performant and easily configured Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PowerDNS?

Needs some SQL knowledge to get the best Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PowerDNS:

Make sure the backend database is appropriately configured Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PowerDNS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Huge amount of domains with often changing records. PowerDNS made automated record modifications and creation a simple task and far out performed the previous solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rutik S.
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Inside Sales cum Client Engagement
Professional Training & Coaching
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What do you like best about PowerDNS?

The ease with which you are allowed to create a server login and manage the downloads is pretty good. I’ve loved it from the very first go. It’s pretty neat, and I recommend it to be used by everyone who’s into technology and website management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PowerDNS?

Honestly, there’s nothing that I dislike about this. It’s smooth and the flawless use makes it more awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PowerDNS solving and how is that benefiting you?

PowerDNS has allowed me to get into the websites’ DNA very easily and quickly. I’ve managed to write in C++ effortlessly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.