Zonomi - DNS hosting

Zonomi DNS hosting features

Fully redundant, fault-tolerant, reliable name servers

Many domain owners run their own DNS, on the server their DNS points to. If that server goes down, it then becomes very time consuming to change your DNS to point anywhere else. So you should always run your DNS on a different server than the one to which it points to. The Zonomi name servers are spread around the globe (London, Dallas, New York and Auckland). Making it tolerant to network or power failures in any one particular data center.
Easy-to-use interface

Used by thousands of users on over 30 thousand domains.
Instant updates

Our name servers are powered by PowerDNS, a very popular and powerful DNS product. Rather than 'flat files', it can use a database back end. Making it very efficient, capable of handling a huge number of domains and responding instantly to DNS lookup queries. We use database replication to propagate DNS record changes to all our name servers instantly.
Low TTLs, for when your details change often

Time-to-live (TTL) settings control how long a client will cache your DNS records. Lower TTL values will enable you to change your IP addresses more quickly. This is essential if you are using techniques like DNS failover. Or if you are using a dynamic IP (e.g. a IP dynamically assigned to you by your ISP) to host public service (like a website)with a domain name.
Wildcard domain names

You can add in 'wildcard' records. Like *.example.com so that any sub-domain in your domain zone can have an IP address.
No setup fees, contracts, or commitments

Sign up. Use the service. No obligation. Get free DNS hosting for a few domains. Only provide credit card details or pay any money if you need one of our higher end professional DNS hosting plans.
Any DNS record type

Enter whatever records types you need: A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, PTR, SRV, TXT (e.g. SPF). You name it.
Dynamic DNS

Use a basic HTTP GET request to update your domain's IP address.
DNS API

Running a hosting company? Or need to automate the creation of new zones or updating of DNS records? We provide an easy to use, powerful API to automate API updates.
Round robin DNS?

No problem. We support that. You can add multiple IP addresses for any domain name.
No need to transfer your domain name registrar

Keep your current domain name registrar. Just tell your registrar to set Zonomi's name servers for your domains.
Integrates with Pingability's DNS fail over

Pingability's server monitoring service integrates with Zonomi so if a server fails it can automatically change your DNS to point to a different server.
Payment options
- We accept credit card payments. A minimum 5.00 USD payment applies.
- We can accept Paypal payments for USD 50 and higher. Just send that to paypal@zonomi.com then follow up with us via email and we will add the credit to your account.
- We accept wire transfer payments for amounts over $300.
- Some credit card issuers may apply an optional issuer surcharge/fee to transactions where the merchant is located outside the country where the customer's credit card was issued. The surcharge is typically 1-2% of the billed amount. Zonomi has no control over this.
Vanity name servers

Zonomi lets you use custom (or vanity) name servers. e.g. so you can use ns1.yourdomain.com instead of, say, ns1.zonomi.com.

1 DNS zone (domain name).
Up to 10 DNS records.
Up to 1 million DNS queries per month.

… for free.