| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · DNS Server Software | 8.1 (#4) | 7.6 (#13) |
| Spec score · DNS Filtering Services | 8.1 (#11) | 7.7 (#24) |
| Spec score · DNS Filtering Software | 8.1 (#8) | 7.7 (#17) |
| Security | It supports DNSSEC validation and says it collects no user data, telemetry, or statistics. | Pi-hole creates a self-signed certificate during installation to encrypt its web interface and API, though browsers do not trust that certificate by default. |
| Support | The maintainer welcomes issues, feature suggestions, and pull requests, and invites users to contribute financially to ongoing development. | The project is maintained by volunteer developers and accepts donations, issue reports, feature suggestions, and pull requests. |
