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Compare Google Cloud DNS and Pantheon 
Featured Products
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (65.2% of reviews)
Small-Business (62.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$41 per month (prepaid annually)
Google Cloud DNS
Star Rating
(27)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (65.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Google Cloud DNSPantheon
Star Rating
(724)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (62.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$41 per month (prepaid annually)
Browse all 3 pricing plansGoogle Cloud DNS vs Pantheon
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Google Cloud DNS easier to use and do business with overall. However, reviewers preferred the ease of set up with Pantheon, along with administration.
- Reviewers felt that Google Cloud DNS meets the needs of their business better than Pantheon.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, Google Cloud DNS and Pantheon provide similar levels of assistance.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Google Cloud DNS over Pantheon.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Google Cloud DNS
No pricing availablePantheon
BASIC PLAN
$41
per month (prepaid annually)
Hosting for local businesses, small blogs, and static sites.
Start with our Basic Plan and scale up in plan easily as your site needs grow.
- 25k Monthly Visits
- 125k Monthly Pages Served
- 20GB SSD Storage
Free Trial
Google Cloud DNS
No trial information availablePantheon
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.5
18
8.8
498
Ease of Use
9.1
18
8.8
500
Ease of Setup
8.6
11
8.7
391
Ease of Admin
9.1
11
8.7
387
Quality of Support
8.7
17
8.7
475
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
11
8.8
372
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
18
8.2
481
Features by Category
Content
Not enough data
9.1
119
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
114
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
135
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
127
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
112
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
106
Not enough data
8.9
116
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
108
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
115
|
Verified
Design
Not enough data
8.3
83
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
83
Not enough data
8.4
81
Not enough data
8.9
93
Platform
Not enough data
8.9
121
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
108
Not enough data
8.9
109
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
133
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
137
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
96
Not enough data
8.8
140
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
124
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Web Content Management
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Functionality
Not enough data
9.5
103
Not enough data
9.2
92
Not enough data
9.8
104
Management
Not enough data
9.1
88
Not enough data
9.6
108
Not enough data
9.1
99
Support
Not enough data
8.5
90
Not enough data
8.8
90
Not enough data
9.3
89
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
61
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
60
|
Verified
Management
Not enough data
8.5
65
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
70
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
65
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Continuous Integration
Not enough data
6.0
7
Not enough data
7.1
7
Not enough data
4.5
7
Not enough data
4.0
7
Not enough data
4.5
7
Performance
Not enough data
8.5
19
Not enough data
8.3
20
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.3
20
Not enough data
7.6
18
Security
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
7.7
19
Not enough data
7.7
16
Not enough data
8.0
17
Free Resources
Not enough data
5.9
16
Not enough data
6.0
17
Not enough data
8.1
18
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Google Cloud DNS and Pantheon share no categories
Unique Categories
Google Cloud DNS is categorized as Managed DNS Solutions
Pantheon is categorized as WebOps Platforms, Continuous Integration, Web Content Management, Managed Hosting, and WordPress Hosting
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Google Cloud DNS
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Pantheon
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
17.4%
Retail
8.7%
Information Technology and Services
8.7%
Education Management
8.7%
Consumer Services
8.7%
Other
47.8%
Marketing and Advertising
15.6%
Information Technology and Services
14.9%
Internet
10.9%
Computer Software
10.6%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.6%
Other
42.4%
Alternatives
Discussions
Google Cloud DNS has no discussions with answers
Is Pantheon considering offering price tiers for nonprofit/education organizations?
3 Comments
NC
As Ian said, it doesn't hurt to ask, but nothing has been announced publicly ( https://pantheon.io/industry-solutions/nonprofit ).
One way to save some...Read more
Any chance of allowing a Backup (on any Environment) to be easily used to spin up a MultiDev instance? It would be SO AWESOME to click a button and resurrect a 3day old backup on a new Environment and log into it and look around. :-)
2 Comments
DG
Doug.
Spin up the Multidev as you normally would, and then you can import your backup database to the environment via the database connection info pantheon...Read more
Can I host multiple URLs on one plan?
1 Comment
Official Response from Pantheon
Each plan hosts one domain and any subdomains. Read more
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