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I never had a good feeling with GoDaddy, their managment console is bad, they are spamming you constantly with offers and their pricing is not transparent. And

I never had a good feeling with GoDaddy, their managment console is bad, they are spamming you constantly with offers and their pricing is not transparent. And now this story. What are good alternatives for Domain registration and DNS hosting?

zaphod4prez 7y ago
I like namecheap as the like similarly-large-scale competitor. There's also https://porkbun.com/ https://porkbun.com/ and https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ which are both awesome.
- js2 7y ago
  +1 for nearlyfreespeech for privacy, registrar and DNS hosting, although for one of my domains I'm using cloudflare for DNS.
- kamyarg 7y ago
  I am also very happy with namecheap. Also https://www.gandi.net/en https://www.gandi.net/en is nice for some tlds that does not exist on namecheap.
- parliament32 7y ago
  NFS is great. Also gandi.net is pretty no-bullshit and works great.
a11yguy 7y ago
Godaddy kept messing with my fees, I dropped them once I found a suitable alternative.
i_am_proteus 7y ago
AWS. Competes on price, and you have full control of DNS rules via the management console.
Klathmon 7y ago
I've been very pleased with Google Domains. They probably won't be the cheapest (most .com's are $12 a year), but they don't try to upsell much if at all, the pricing is really consistent and there are no surprises (no bullshit like the first year is $1 and the next year is $40 unless you remember to go do something), and their management UI is really nice. I only have about 6 domains with them, so keep that in mind, but I've been extremely happy with the whole thing.
- saalweachter 7y ago
  I'm also, like, 90% sure that when you are using your custom domain on Google, as a business user, the "recover my email via phone number" option goes away, because you are your own "administrator" and if your "users" lose their password they just have to go to you. (Which closes that gaping hole in your email security.)
  - Klathmon 7y ago
    I'm not using the "Google Apps" part of their services, i'm just using their "domains" offering at domains.google.com They can be the same thing if you want, but they don't have to be. You can use an externally hosted domain with google apps, and you can use Google domains without "google apps" (like I do). Also, as of somewhat recently, I believe you can disable "recover by phone" as an option if you want for any google account.
- earenndil 7y ago
  I still use google domains, but am slightly irked by the fact that they recently redesigned their UI for no apparent reason--it's much worse now.
lightwin 7y ago
Have you considered Cloudflare? They also provide domain registration services [1] in addition to DNS hosting. [1] https://www.cloudflare.com/en-ca/products/registrar/ https://www.cloudflare.com/en-ca/products/registrar/
- thenewnewguy 7y ago
  The (current, I've been told this is being worked on) problem with cloudflare's registrar is you MUST use their DNS if you buy a domain through them. Great if you already do and never intend to switch, useless if you don't or might need/want to switch in the future.
martin_a 7y ago
Where are you from that you only have access to those few hosters? I think there are hundreds of hosters in Germany, at least somewhat like a dozen big ones which all do a pretty good job. Wonder why everybody seems to stick to GoDaddy, also in the tech scene. For Germany, just for reference, there is Webhostlist [0], which gives me over 400 different hosting packages (obviously not 400 hosters) available with at least one domain and an included SSL certificate. Starting at 0.38 € per month (.de domain included) with a one-time setup of 0.99 €. [0]: https://www.webhostlist.de https://www.webhostlist.de
codetrotter 7y ago
Domain registration: Gandi.net DNS: CloudFlare
mattbk1 7y ago
I've never had issues with iwantmyname.
snek 7y ago
I use gandi and I love it. They have 2FA, good management systems, friendly support, etc.
barneygale 7y ago
gandi. really well-designed + clear interface.
xfitm3 7y ago
I interviewed at GoDaddy - really weird place. I declined their offer.
- elboru 7y ago
  Mind to extend your comment?

zaphod4prez 7y ago

I like namecheap as the like similarly-large-scale competitor. There's also https://porkbun.com/ https://porkbun.com/ and https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ which are both awesome.

js2 7y ago
+1 for nearlyfreespeech for privacy, registrar and DNS hosting, although for one of my domains I'm using cloudflare for DNS.
kamyarg 7y ago
I am also very happy with namecheap. Also https://www.gandi.net/en https://www.gandi.net/en is nice for some tlds that does not exist on namecheap.
parliament32 7y ago
NFS is great. Also gandi.net is pretty no-bullshit and works great.

a11yguy 7y ago

Godaddy kept messing with my fees, I dropped them once I found a suitable alternative.

i_am_proteus 7y ago

AWS. Competes on price, and you have full control of DNS rules via the management console.

Klathmon 7y ago

I've been very pleased with Google Domains. They probably won't be the cheapest (most .com's are $12 a year), but they don't try to upsell much if at all, the pricing is really consistent and there are no surprises (no bullshit like the first year is $1 and the next year is $40 unless you remember to go do something), and their management UI is really nice. I only have about 6 domains with them, so keep that in mind, but I've been extremely happy with the whole thing.

saalweachter 7y ago
I'm also, like, 90% sure that when you are using your custom domain on Google, as a business user, the "recover my email via phone number" option goes away, because you are your own "administrator" and if your "users" lose their password they just have to go to you. (Which closes that gaping hole in your email security.)
- Klathmon 7y ago
  I'm not using the "Google Apps" part of their services, i'm just using their "domains" offering at domains.google.com They can be the same thing if you want, but they don't have to be. You can use an externally hosted domain with google apps, and you can use Google domains without "google apps" (like I do). Also, as of somewhat recently, I believe you can disable "recover by phone" as an option if you want for any google account.
earenndil 7y ago
I still use google domains, but am slightly irked by the fact that they recently redesigned their UI for no apparent reason--it's much worse now.

lightwin 7y ago

Have you considered Cloudflare? They also provide domain registration services [1] in addition to DNS hosting. [1] https://www.cloudflare.com/en-ca/products/registrar/ https://www.cloudflare.com/en-ca/products/registrar/

thenewnewguy 7y ago
The (current, I've been told this is being worked on) problem with cloudflare's registrar is you MUST use their DNS if you buy a domain through them. Great if you already do and never intend to switch, useless if you don't or might need/want to switch in the future.

martin_a 7y ago

Where are you from that you only have access to those few hosters? I think there are hundreds of hosters in Germany, at least somewhat like a dozen big ones which all do a pretty good job. Wonder why everybody seems to stick to GoDaddy, also in the tech scene. For Germany, just for reference, there is Webhostlist [0], which gives me over 400 different hosting packages (obviously not 400 hosters) available with at least one domain and an included SSL certificate. Starting at 0.38 € per month (.de domain included) with a one-time setup of 0.99 €. [0]: https://www.webhostlist.de https://www.webhostlist.de

codetrotter 7y ago

Domain registration: Gandi.net DNS: CloudFlare

mattbk1 7y ago

I've never had issues with iwantmyname.

snek 7y ago

I use gandi and I love it. They have 2FA, good management systems, friendly support, etc.

barneygale 7y ago

gandi. really well-designed + clear interface.

xfitm3 7y ago

I interviewed at GoDaddy - really weird place. I declined their offer.

elboru 7y ago
Mind to extend your comment?