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Nabarun C.

Site Reliability Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/21/2020

"Easy to use, feature rich, powered by MySQL"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PowerDNS?

Feature rich. REST APIs are easy to use. Open source Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PowerDNS?

REST API documents are very hard to understand and not properly organized. Looks like it is written for people who are already experts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AM

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/13/2020

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Supremely Powerful DNS Server"

5/5

What do you like best about PowerDNS?

Extremely performant and easily configured Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PowerDNS?

Needs some SQL knowledge to get the best Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PowerDNS:

Make sure the backend database is appropriately configured Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PowerDNS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Huge amount of domains with often changing records. PowerDNS made automated record modifications and creation a simple task and far out performed the previous solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RS

Rutik S.

Inside Sales cum Client Engagement

Professional Training & Coaching

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/7/2019

"The best DNS server thingy available today!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PowerDNS?

The ease with which you are allowed to create a server login and manage the downloads is pretty good. I’ve loved it from the very first go. It’s pretty neat, and I recommend it to be used by everyone who’s into technology and website management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PowerDNS?

Honestly, there’s nothing that I dislike about this. It’s smooth and the flawless use makes it more awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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