How can I find out who hosts a domain's DNS?

Enter the domain in the DNS Provider Detector to identify its DNS hosting provider from nameserver records.

How does DNS provider detection work?

The detector reads the domain's NS records and matches the nameserver hostnames and IPs against known patterns of managed DNS providers like Cloudflare, Route 53, and Google Cloud DNS.

What if the provider shows as unknown?

The domain likely uses custom, white-labeled, or self-hosted nameservers with no recognizable provider pattern. The raw NS records are still shown so you can investigate manually.

Is the DNS provider the same as the web host?

Not necessarily — DNS hosting, web hosting, and domain registration are separate services and are often split across different providers.

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DNS Provider Detector

Find out which DNS provider a domain usesEvery website quietly reveals who runs its DNS in its nameserver records. This detector reads those live records and identifies the DNS provider behind any domain, turning a hidden detail into a one-click answer.

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Use DNS Provider Detector

Find out which DNS provider a domain uses

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How to use the DNS Provider Detector

Enter domain

Enter the domain (e.g. example.com).

Look up NS records

Click "Detect provider" to look up its NS records.

See the provider

See the identified DNS provider with evidence.

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About the DNS Provider Detector

A browser finds a website by asking the domain's name servers where to go. Those NS records are public, and their hostnames reveal the DNS provider. This detector queries them live and matches a provider database.

Knowing the provider helps with migrations, troubleshooting and competitive research. When no provider matches, the tool shows the raw records instead of guessing.

Where it helps most

Why the DNS provider matters.

Competitor research

Discovering a rival runs on Cloudflare or a managed DNS platform tells you about their performance and security posture.

Due diligence

Before buying a domain or partnering with a vendor, the DNS provider shows how seriously infrastructure is taken.

Migration planning

Confirm where DNS is actually hosted before moving a site, to avoid changing hosts while nameservers point elsewhere.

Incident response

When a site goes down, knowing the actual DNS provider tells you whose status page to check and whose support to call.

What you get

Beyond the provider name.

Raw nameserver list

See the actual NS records, which matters when a domain is split across multiple providers.

Vanity nameserver mapping

Custom vanity nameservers are traced back to the underlying platform they actually run on.

Hosting clues too

Many sites keep DNS and hosting with the same company, so the lookup often surfaces hosting clues as well.

DNS Provider Detector: built for trust

Public nameserver records, matched against known provider patterns. No signup, results in seconds.

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DNS Provider Detector FAQs

How can I tell who provides DNS for a website?

Look at the domain's NS (nameserver) records. Enter the domain here and the tool identifies the provider from those records automatically.

Can a domain use one provider for DNS and another for hosting?

Why do some domains show multiple DNS providers?

Is it possible to hide which DNS provider a domain uses?

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