A tech startup - ClouDNS, based in Bulgaria, Eastern Europe, manages to compete with names like Google, Microsoft, Oracle, and GoDaddy in the DNS hosting market. The Bulgarian company provides DNS services to numerous organizations and businesses with an online presence. It stands out with a reliable global network of servers positioned in many different geographical locations all around the world. That guarantees fast performance, increased uptime, and overall better user experience. Besides, all of these goodies are delivered at a reasonable price.
ClouDNS background
ClouDNS was founded by Boyan Peychev back in 2010, and over these years, it has massively and pretty quickly developed and grown. At present days, the company manages hundreds of thousands of customer domains, receiving more than 7 billion queries per day. Additionally, the company is happy to work with customers from every continent (except Antarctica). The founder is certain that "Many choose ClouDNS precisely because they pay close attention to the price-performance ratio".
Mr. Peychev also shares, "Thanks to 34 Anycast locations all over the world, there is no other enterprise DNS provider that can compete with ClouDNS in price, performance, and overall return on investment". Therefore, he is confident that the company has the potential and ambition to continue competing with the tech giants in the DNS market and become one of the largest DNS hosting providers in the world.
Saving the day from a DDoS attack
Distributed Denial-of-Service, or simply short DDoS attacks, are malicious cyber-criminal attempts that aim to bring a website, server, or network down. They are massive and could really harm an organization's online presence and lead to reputational and financial losses. Such a threatful attack was initiated in February 2022 toward the system managing the gov.ua domains used by the Ukrainian government. The attack continued for hours! The solution was urgently launching backup servers via a Secondary DNS service from ClouDNS. That way, the affected sites were still available for visitors.
The place of ClouDNS in the global DNS hosting market
Despite the fact that it is not a large-scale company, ClouDNS is a Managed DNS hosting provider on a global level. That is considered an achievement based on the fact that the DNS hosting market is extremely competitive. There are hundreds of familiar and entirely new players who are trying to attract large companies and different organizations as their customers.
ClouDNS enjoys the trust of a great number of major clients. For instance, it serves the German media group Der Spiegel, international hosting company Hostway, antivirus software Avira, automotive giant KIA, and others.
Boyan Peychev is confident that "Thanks to the affordable price and great performance, ClouDNS managed to impress so many successful businesses, making it one of the leading DNS hosting providers in Europe".
Little bit more details about DNS hosting
DNS hosting service provides you with authoritative name servers which are responsible for answering DNS queries for your website. So, when you start implementing a DNS service, you are authorizing a third party responsible for the management and maintenance of your company's domain name and DNS records. In addition, DNS hosting providers ensure the availability of your domain name and the proper configuration.
DNS hosting is extremely beneficial for businesses that manage a significant number of websites with constant high-traffic demands and require high redundancy. By implementing it, these large businesses will be able to handle any drastic increases in traffic, which is commonly the reason for business interruption and loss of potential clients. It is not a surprise that many online media and social networks invest a lot in DNS hosting. For them, it would be a disaster to lose their users because their websites aren't loading. That results negatively, and it is going to be a huge financial loss as well.
What does ClouDNS offer to its customers?
ClouDNS offers several different DNS services and many features that its clients can benefit from. Additionally, the provider supplies an easy-to-use Control Panel, which makes the management of your domain name a simple and effortless process. Let's take a closer look at the available DNS services the company offers.
Free DNS hosting: This first service is great for anyone just at the beginning of their journey with DNS (Domain Name System) and its management. Perhaps you maintain a personal blog or a small local business. Then Free DNS is an excellent fit for you!
Premium DNS hosting: This service is suitable for more advanced administrators and businesses that are more on the medium and large size. It includes an extensive stack of features that help manage your domain.
DDoS protected DNS: This service is a solution for improving the security of your domain name. It is suitable for any kind of online business and for everyone that wants to be prepared for potential threats to their DNS. Furthermore, it ensures that your domain name will remain available even under a DDoS attack.
GeoDNS: In case you are responsible for the management of an organization with a global presence, GeoDNS is the DNS choice for you! It can also be used if you deliver content worldwide and you wish to create your own CDN (Content Delivery Network). The foundations of this service are the name servers placed strategically in different locations (countries, continents) all across the world. That happens to be a top requirement of such giant companies.
But that is not everything.
In the majority of ClouDNS's plans include different features and additional services, such as Dynamic DNS, Secondary DNS, Reverse DNS, and Anycast DNS.
Recently the company introduced a Monitoring service that allows you to monitor your entire infrastructure and to be the first who is informed in case of any incidents.
Monitoring service
This service provides helpful information about the condition of the servers you use for different services, like web, email, DNS, and more. Once the service is activated, clients can understand the state of their networks in detail. The service relies on 80+ Monitoring locations which are spread all over the globe.
ClouDNS shares that the process of development was complex. The tech team says: "We manage such a large Аnycast network, it was hard for us to monitor it and examine its behavior at each point in the world. That is why such a powerful instrument is so valuable to be available for our customers too. Now, everyone has the ability to monitor and observe their own infrastructure."
The Monitoring service provides information in real time. If an issue appears, clients instantly receive a notification. This service assists in optimizing the client's network and helps find and fix issues quickly. You can start with a 30-day free trial and gain experience. For small business owners, there is a Forever Free Monitoring service plan.
ClouDNS shows the potential to take place on the big table of the DNS hosting market. Sitting next to one of the largest companies and very popular brands does gain respect. It would be interesting to watch what will happen with the Bulgarian startup.
