Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Next DNS
Block ads, trackers, and malicious websites. Out of beta now
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Next DNS launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2019 · nextdns.io · its alternatives →
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- 4NA
We just shipped a new feature in NextDNS: Bypass Age Verification. More and more sites (especially adult ones) are now forcing users to upload IDs or selfies to continue. We think that’s a terrible idea: handing over government documents to random sites is a huge privacy risk. This new setting workarounds those verification flows via DNS tricks. It’s available today to all users, including free accounts. We’re curious how the HN community feels about this. Is it the right way to protect privacy online, or will it just provoke regulators to push harder? https://nextdns.io
2025 · its alternatives →
- 5DA
Tired of companies snooping through your DNS traffic? Don't you wish you could get advertisements with your DNS records? Today we're introducing the innovative, privacy-focused, ad-supported DNS resolver - DN$! Traditional DNS resolvers provided by your internet service provider, cloudflare, or google could be tracking your internet activity and selling it to third-party data vendors. We at DN$ want to fix that and cut out these nefarious actors (until we've amassed a critical number of users to exploit). In order to support such a radically new business model, our service needs to serve…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Threat protection & content filtering with DNSLayer security
2024 · glorydns.com · its alternatives →
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- 9SA
2021 · sirendns.com · its alternatives →
- 10SD
Most site blockers work by blacklisting distractions. That never worked for me, the internet is too big, and there’s always something new to waste time on. I wanted the opposite: allowlist‑only browsing. Block everything by default, and explicitly allow only what I need. So I built Sinkzone: a local DNS forwarder with two modes: Monitor mode: lets all traffic through, but logs every domain so you can decide what to allow. Focus mode: only allowlisted domains resolve; everything else is blocked (NXDOMAIN). It’s open source, written in Go, and runs locally on macOS, Linux, and Windows. Works a…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 11WD
2020 · which.nameserve.rs · its alternatives →
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- 13GloryDNS▲6
DNS Based Threat protection & content filtering
Oct 2025 · glorydns.com · its alternatives →
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Ultimate iOS system-wide ad blocking and privacy protection
2018 · its alternatives →
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Block ads and unwanted connections on Android without root
May 2026 · shielddns.us · its alternatives →
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DNS ads block for gamer, better ping, fewer ads
2019 · its alternatives →
- 17RT
Every privacy-focused DNS service requires an account: NextDNS, Cloudflare for Families, Apple's iCloud Private Relay (paid, iOS-only). The protocol that doesn’t require one - ODoH - had basically one well-known public relay operator (Frank Denis on Fastly Compute, default in dnscrypt-proxy). I built a second one and the client to talk to it.
May 2026 · numa.rs · its alternatives →
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DNS filtering that blocks malware, ads & trackers, no setup
Mar 2026 · saas.unveiltech.com · its alternatives →
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- 20PA
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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GateDNS▲2Self-host level DNS control: Protect privacy & block ads.
10d ago · gatedns.app · its alternatives →
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Encrypted, secure, private web connection for safe browsing
2020 · its alternatives →
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