Namecheap FreeDNS
www.namecheap.com/domains/freedns/Managed authoritative DNSdomains-dns/namecheap-freednsJSONcomparereport an errorprovider JSON
- Free allowance
- Free DNS hosting for domains registered elsewhere, with dynamic DNS
- Verdict
- ★ qualifiesusable as stated; the read path was probed
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- emailno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- write-gatedthird-party domains only, and nameserver verification takes up to 16 hours
- Evidence
- reported1 source; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-06checked 2026-10-22 (live); stale on 2026-11-06
| Free tier | free DNS hosting for domains registered elsewhere, with dynamic DNS unit unlimited; metered on object-count |
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| Price | none stated |
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| Limits | - per-object-cap no published record count; comparison sites state about 150 host records, which is reported and not documented source
- write-gated (binding) third-party domains only, and nameserver verification takes up to 16 hours source
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| Identity | email email signup; the domain must be registered elsewhere |
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| Egress | no query cap published |
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| Per-object cap | no record count is published on Namecheap's own page; comparison sites state about 150 host records, which is a third-party figure |
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| Retention | the zone persists while it is configured; verification of nameserver changes takes up to 16 hours and the registrar gives 10 days to make the change |
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| Interface | rest a web panel; an API exists for registered domains and is not documented for FreeDNS |
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| Tooling | the web panel; dynamic DNS by URL |
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| Composes with | a backup DNS for a domain whose primary is elsewhere, which is the use Namecheap itself names |
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| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
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| Notes | The 150-record figure cannot be promoted to documented until a zone is created and counted, and creating one needs a domain registered elsewhere. |
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| Evidence note | reported Namecheap's page proves the service and the third-party-domain rule but not the record count, which is a comparison-page figure. A record count from a comparison page is not a quota. |
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| Parsed numbers | - has-free-tier 1
- write-gated 16 hours
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Evidence 1
| date | source | what it proved |
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| 2026-10-22 | www.namecheap.com/domains/freedns/ | 'Free 3rd-party domains support only'; nameserver verification within 16 hours; 10 days to change nameservers at the current registrar. No record count is stated |
Unknown values 1
- reliability note: nothing of this kind was observed