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DNSdist is a powerful tool designed for a wide range of use cases:

Load Balancing

Caching

Encryption

Advanced Protection

CPE Security

Discover how it can benefit you in our free DNSdist booklet.
NEW RELEASE

Simplifying Synchronization with Lightning Stream for Enterprise

Check out our newly released version of Lightning Stream, now with incremental synchronization – a game-changer for large-scale PowerDNS deployments. 

For frequent updates to large databases, this means:

  • Faster replication
  • Lower bandwidth consumption
  • Greater efficiency
  • Regular full-syncs when needed

Celebrating 10 Years
Without a Severity 1

A decade without a Severity 1 support case underscores the quality of our software. This milestone is a testament to the stability, security, and performance of our solutions.
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A Faster, Safer, and More Secure Internet

PowerDNS is a leading provider of secure open-source and commercial DNS software. PowerDNS solutions are focused on large-scale DNS service providers, including mobile and fixed-line broadband operators, and hosting and cloud service providers. PowerDNS also underpins scalable security solutions from market-leading vendors.

Providers trust PowerDNS to deliver an excellent user experience and protection against DDoS and malware attacks, as well as ensuring internet performance for Hosters and ISPs.

Supercharge your 5G Network with PowerDNS

  • Orchestration for many servers
  • Deployment automation
  • Remote configuration management
  • Encrypted DNS: DoT, DoH, DoQ and DoH3
  • Network-wide or per-user security filtering
  • DNS aware load balancing to optimize cache hits

Find out more about our solutions

Find out more about our solutions

Resolving

Security

Authoritative

Proven Success in DNS and DNS-based Security

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Delivering scalable DNS-based security

Delivering scalable DNS-based security by integrating PowerDNS with Allot’s DNS Secure

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Contributing to Quad9's encrypted DNS service

Supporting Quad9 with PowerDNS for a privacy-friendly public DNS resolving service for everyone

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Providing BT with 5G-ready DNS

Equipping BT with DNS to meet its current broadband, as well as future 5G and IoT, traffic and security demands

Latest from our blog

Simplifying Synchronization with Lightning Stream for Enterprise

Simplifying Synchronization with Lightning Stream for Enterprise

Neil CookJuly 10, 2025

After continuous development of Lightning Stream for the PowerDNS community and the release of a Lightning Stream-schema for the PowerDNS...

PowerDNS Recursor 5.3.0-alpha2 Released

PowerDNS Recursor 5.3.0-alpha2 Released

Otto MoerbeekJuly 9, 2025

We are proud to announce the second alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.3.0!

First release candidate of PowerDNS DNSdist 2.0.0

First release candidate of PowerDNS DNSdist 2.0.0

Remi GacogneJuly 8, 2025

Today we published the first release candidate of what will become PowerDNS DNSdist 2.0.0.

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.7

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.7

Remi GacogneJuly 7, 2025

We couldn't help but notice, over the last few decades, that whenever there is a new PowerDNS software release, this is, by far, the major and most...