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NextDNS is a similar solution: https://nextdns.io/ https://nextdns.io/
by chrisbolt 4y ago
NextDNS is a similar solution: https://nextdns.io/ https://nextdns.io/
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- SparkyMcUnicorn 4y agoLove NextDNS and it is my current choice, but it appears that the big difference between the two is that NextDNS does not provide a way to self-host the DNS server.
- alphabettsy 4y agoFor me that’s a benefit. It’s extremely configurable for a hosted solution and since DNS is critical I prefer it now after having a few showstoppers with self-hosted DNS. Nothing major but annoying to have to deal with everything being broken because of maintenance or whatever else.
- artdigital 4y agoI looked into nextdns and compared dns traffic on my adguard. My current usage would overshoot the free tier, and having another subscription but for dns doesn’t sound so fun
- silisili 4y agoI felt the same way when I was testing it...then realized it was only 20 a year which is a fantastic price IMO.
- alphabettsy 4y agoTrue, but the price is very reasonable. Works very well outside of my home. Never need to remember to apply updates and I cant unplug it.
- rainsford 4y agoThat's true, but functionally NextDNS also has several features AdGuardHome does not that made me switch even though I'd prefer a self-hosted solution all else being equal. AdGuardHome (and pi-hole) work almost entirely on domain blocklists they regularly download from configurable sources (AdGuardHome also incorporates Google safe browsing). This blocks a lot of stuff, but NextDNS also has options like blocking typo squatting, newly registered domains, domains that are created by domain generation algorithms, and whatever their "AI-driven threat detection" feature is doing. It's hard to tell how useful those features are and there's no reason blocklists couldn't incorporate all those kinds of things. But I have no idea if they do, and outsourcing putting all that together to a service like NextDNS seems like a better solution than a locally hosted option that relies on a user figuring out the right blocklists to use. Although NextDNS also allows you to play with blocklists if you want.
- syntaxing 4y agoWhile true, you can run nextDNS CLI locally and have the same performance as if you’re hosting your pihole/adguard home locally. I run it directly off my Ubiquti switch and redirect all DNS request to it.
- artdigital 4y agoI didn’t understand this. What does the local cli do that has similar performance? Does it create a local dns server that relays to upstream?
- happyopossum 4y agoThis was the first google result for NextDNS CLI - https://github.com/nextdns/nextdns https://github.com/nextdns/nextdns looks like it proxies standard DNS traffic to NextDNS via DOH, and does some other fancy stuff including caching, zeroconf discovery, and conditional forwarding. Dang, this looks like a nice option for my home setup - I may give it a try!!
- SparkyMcUnicorn 4y agoI'm running the same setup you are, but the primary DNS servers are still pointing to nextdns rather than being fully local. I'm extremely happy with it, and any latency/speed difference is negligible anyways.
- ksec 4y agoOne of the surprising benefits of NextDNS is how fast their DNS queries are. At least in my case they are faster than all other DNS solutions including Google and Cloudflare.
- jakebasile 4y agoAdGuard has a hosted version too. I use the free public version with no issues. https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html