DNS Check vs Down Device
DNS Check
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| Figure | DNS Check | Down Device |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $8/mo | $9/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 6 | 4 |
| Spec score · DNS Monitoring Software | 8.4 (#8) | 7.9 (#17) |
| Integrations | Listed integrations include Basecamp, Jira Service Management, Nagios, OpsGenie, PagerDuty, Pingdom, Slack, and Splunk On-Call. | The Enterprise plan lists custom integrations; no named integrations are listed on the pricing page. |
| Intended users | The maker describes DNS Check as useful for monitoring DNS infrastructure and sharing DNS update requests with customers. | The SSL monitoring page names SaaS companies, e-commerce sites, MSPs and IT consultants, internal infrastructure teams, and compliance-sensitive organizations as intended users. |
| Limits | More than 3,000 monitored DNS records requires contacting the company for a quote. | The Free plan includes 5 devices, 5-minute intervals, HTTP and ping checks, and email alerts; its listed exclusions include API, SNMP, and port monitoring. |
| Monitoring | It monitors DNS records and name servers for changes and lookup failures, with notifications when something changes. | Monitors websites, web applications, REST APIs, SSL certificates, domains, ports, network devices, and DNS. |
| Support | The contact page invites feature requests and provides a contact form, phone number, email, and postal address. | The homepage says the team responds to questions within hours; the Enterprise plan includes priority support. |
Plans
DNS Check
- BasicFree
- Professional$8 a month
- Enterprise$60 a month
- Enterprise x2$90 a month
- Enterprise x3$120 a month
- CustomPriced on request
In their own words
DNS Check
DNS Check monitors DNS records and name servers for changes, lookup failures and troubleshooting issues. Automated checks run every five minutes on all plans, with one-click rechecks, record history and shareable read-only reports. The checker compares entered records with DNS responses and can flag unresponsive name servers, missing or duplicate records and invalid SPF records. Fourteen record types are supported, including A, AAAA, ALIAS, CAA, CNAME, HTTPS, MX, NS, PTR, SOA, SPF, SRV, SVCB and TXT. Notifications can use email, PagerDuty and Slack on all plans, with listed integrations including Basecamp, Jira Service Management, Nagios, OpsGenie, Pingdom and Splunk On-Call. The REST API returns JSON, uses API keys and is available to every account for individual records or groups. Basic is free for 10 records and seven days of history. Professional costs $8 a month, or $80 yearly, for 100 records and 90 days. Higher plans cover up to 3,000 records; more requires a quote.
Down Device
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