Blocky vs OpenBLD
Blocky
0xerr0r.github.ioOpenBLD
openbld.netSide by side
| Figure | Blocky | OpenBLD |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $15/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · Internet Filtering Software | 8.2 (#16) | 9.0 (#6) |
| Protocols | It supports DNS over UDP, TCP, HTTPS, TLS, QUIC, and HTTPS/3. | OpenBLD publishes classic DNS, DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS connectivity, with DNSSEC, GeoDNS and TLS support advertised on the home page. |
| Support | The project welcomes issues, feature suggestions, and pull requests on GitHub, and asks users who find Blocky useful to consider contributing. | OpenBLD Plus includes professional support, while technical questions and general support are directed to Telegram. |
Plans
OpenBLD
- OpenBLD FreeFree
- OpenBLD Plus$15 a month
- OpenBLD Plus enterprise deploymentsPriced on request
In their own words
OpenBLD
OpenBLD provides protective DNS to block malware, phishing, tracking and unwanted domains. It supports classic DNS, DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS. The free service can be configured on phones, browsers, computers and routers without installing an agent or additional software. Its ADA profile is adaptive for most users, while RIC applies stricter filtering that may affect some services. OpenBLD Free is presented for personal use, home networks and small offices, and is billed Free forever with about 100,000 DNS queries per day and a limit of 100 requests per second per IP. OpenBLD Plus is aimed at companies, security teams and managed service providers. It adds organization-specific policies, centralized DNS analytics, security events and corporate DNS integrations. Deployment options are Managed Cloud, Dedicated DNS and On-Premise; the On-Premise option keeps DNS traffic, events and analytics within customer infrastructure. The documentation says there is no Service Level Agreement for OpenBLD DNS, while Plus lists SLA options. The service was founded in 2019.