DNS Check vs DriftWatch
DNS Check
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| Figure | DNS Check | DriftWatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $8/mo | $29/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 3 |
| Spec score · DNS Monitoring Software | 8.4 (#8) | 7.9 (#18) |
| API | The REST API returns JSON, supports monitoring individual records and record groups, and uses API keys; all accounts can use it. | The REST API uses Sanctum token authentication and supports managing domains, querying changes, configuring alerts, and triggering scans. |
| Monitoring | It monitors DNS records and name servers for changes and lookup failures, with notifications when something changes. | Users can choose individual records or monitor an entire domain, with scan intervals configurable per domain. |
| Record types | The service supports 14 DNS record types, including A, AAAA, ALIAS, CAA, CNAME, HTTPS, MX, NS, PTR, SOA, SPF, SRV, SVCB, and TXT. | It automatically discovers and monitors A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, TXT, NS, SOA, SRV, and CAA records. |
| Support | The contact page invites feature requests and provides a contact form, phone number, email, and postal address. | The maker lists [email protected] for general enquiries and support and says it typically responds within one business day. |
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.
DriftWatch
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