PowerDNS Recursor
The facts below are what the maker publishes about PowerDNS Recursor, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From PowerDNS Recursor's own pricing page, checked 30 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| PowerDNS Recursor (open-source) | Free | Commercial support and services are available separately |
The facts
Each one read from PowerDNS Recursor's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- The product annex lists REST-based APIs, SQL-based APIs, and password-protected TCP/IP text-based control among PowerDNS platform interfaces.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- Recursor can be installed on bare metal, virtual machines, or as a virtualized or cloud-native network function.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Downloads
- PowerDNS provides the Recursor as source code, installable Linux packages, and Docker images.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Intended users
- PowerDNS describes Recursor as a DNS service for internet service providers and their subscribers, and says it is used in large-scale DNS deployments.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Monitoring and integration
- Recursor exposes metrics for integration with existing monitoring and alerting solutions and can provide automated periodic DNS status reports.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Open source
- PowerDNS identifies Recursor as open-source software and says it released its code under the GPL license in 2002.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Performance
- Its threaded architecture is designed to use system resources efficiently and minimize contention between CPU cores.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- PowerDNS Recursor is a recursive DNS resolver and caching server that resolves client queries through the global DNS system.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Scripting
- Lua scripts can modify resolving behavior, including load balancing, blocking dangerous domains, and overriding problematic responses.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Security
- The Recursor supports DNSSEC processing and validation, with configurable validation modes.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- Commercial support offers multiple SLA-defined service levels, including office-hours and 24/7 availability; community users have separate support resources.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Threat intelligence
- The product annex says Recursor supports major threat intelligence and content categorization providers, with feeds offering blocklists and allowlists.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Traffic protection
- PowerDNS says the platform analyzes incoming DNS traffic for suspicious patterns and can selectively block traffic that exceeds configured thresholds.checked 30 Sep 2026
The company
- Company history
- PowerDNS says its development started in 1999 and PowerDNS.com B.V. was registered on October 31, 2000.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- PowerDNS.com B.V. lists its address in The Hague, the Netherlands.checked 30 Sep 2026
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