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I am a huge fan of Gandi. Yes, they are slightly more expensive than other services, but I find their user interface not just good, but really quite amazing. O
by pclark 15y ago
I am a huge fan of Gandi. Yes, they are slightly more expensive than other services, but I find their user interface not just good, but really quite amazing.
One simple but obvious feature they have is the ability to create DNS presets and apply those for new domains, it's really useful. (other people probably offer this)
Gandi also has fantastic support; it is slightly sad that they do not have a telephone number, but I get the vibe that Gandi is a real technology company and they believe they can offer premium support with support email. I agree, but I'd still like a telephone number for burning issues.
My only real complaint is that they have an unbelievably stupid login system where you log in not with a username, nor with an email address, but with an entirely random username. Mine is: PC5669-GANDI. It's infuriating if you ever need to use Gandi on a different computer. Why they saw it suitable to put their company name at the end of every login is puzzling.
Honestly though, its a minor criticism, and I love their "no bullshit" policy: http://www.gandi.net/no-bullshit http://www.gandi.net/no-bullshit
In my experience it is true.
- mike-cardwell 15y agoDoes their DNS management interface support all of the major RR types? Ie, A, AAAA, MX, TXT, CNAME, NS, SRV? Most don't seem to support AAAA and SRV. Also, do they support DNSSEC? Ie, can I use their web interface to upload DS records to my domains parent zone?
- kijin 15y agoNot sure about individual record types, but Gandi allows you to upload raw zone files.
- juanre 15y agoI also use Gandi. I moved away from godaddy some years ago, and I am happy with the change. Good customer support, clean interface. If only they changed their brain-dead login system, and made their web work with something other than firefox, they'd be awesome.
- davyjones 15y agoAgreed on the "stupid login system" part. I accidentally found out that you can actually cut out everything after and including the hyphen and it will still work.
- FaceKicker 15y agoI've had a great experience with their VPS service as well. I chose it just because it was the cheapest one I found when I briefly looked around, but I've had 100% uptime for the entire 6 months I've had it. The username thing is indeed very annoying though.
- AdamGibbins 15y agoI'm not certain, but I have a feeling this is some crazy French law. The other French company I work with on a regular basis (OVH) do this also.
- madflo 15y agoThis is called a NIC handle : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIC_handle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIC_handle This is not some crazy French law; Gandi has been in the registrar business for quite a long time and OVH loves standards :-)
- AdamGibbins 15y agoGood spot, thanks :) Never even occurred to me it would be registrar related, as I don't use OVH as a registrar - they must apply the same standard to all their customers.
- dbalatero 15y agoOne trick I use if I forget my login is to whois my domain. The handle should be under one of the three domain contacts.