Cloud DNS
Reliable, resilient, low-latency DNS serving from Google's worldwide network with everything you need to register, manage, and serve your domains.
New customers get $300 in free credits to spend on Cloud DNS.
Benefits
100% availability and low latency
Use Google’s infrastructure for production quality and high-volume authoritative DNS serving. Your users will have reliable, low-latency access from anywhere in the world using our anycast name servers.
Automatic scaling
Cloud DNS can scale to large numbers of DNS zones and records. You can reliably create and update millions of DNS records. Our name servers automatically scale to handle query volume.
End-to-end domain management
Use Cloud Domains to register and manage domains in Google Cloud and automatically set up DNS zones for your domains.
Key features
Key features
Authoritative DNS lookup
Cloud DNS translates requests for domain names like www.google.com into IP addresses like 74.125.29.101.
Domain registration and management
Cloud Domains allow customers to register and manage domains on Google Cloud and provide tight integration with Cloud DNS.
Fast anycast name servers
Cloud DNS uses our global network of anycast name servers to serve your DNS zones from redundant locations around the world, providing high availability and lower latency for your users.
What's new
What's new
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Documentation
Documentation
Cloud DNS overview
Find an overview of Cloud DNS features and capabilities.
Cloud Domains overview
Find an overview of Cloud Domains features and capabilities.
Setting up a domain using Cloud DNS
Get guided through the end-to-end process for registering a domain, setting up a sample web server, and using Cloud DNS to point the domain URL to the server.
Set up a Cloud DNS managed zone
See how to set up a Cloud DNS managed zone and resource record for your domain name.
Register a domain using Cloud Domains
See how to search for an available domain, register it, and then verify the registration.
Reference architectures for Hybrid DNS
Explore reference architectures for common scenarios using Cloud DNS private zones in a hybrid environment.
All features
All features
Authoritative DNS lookup | Cloud DNS translates requests for domain names like www.google.com into IP addresses like 74.125.29.101. |
Cloud IAM | Cloud Domains’ integration with Cloud IAM provides secure domains management with full control and visibility for domain resources. |
Cloud Logging | Private DNS logs a record for every DNS query received from VMs and inbound forwarding flows within your networks. You can view DNS logs in Cloud Logging and export logs to any destination that Cloud Logging export supports. |
DNS peering | DNS peering makes available a second method of sharing DNS data. All or a portion of the DNS namespace can be configured to be sent from one network to another and, once there, will respect all DNS configuration defined in the peered network. |
DNS forwarding | If you have a hybrid-cloud architecture, DNS forwarding can help bridge your on-premises and Google Cloud DNS environments. This fully managed product lets you use your existing DNS servers as authoritative, and intelligent caching makes sure your queries are performed efficiently—all without third-party software or the need to use your own compute resources. |
DNS registration and management | Cloud Domains allow customers to register and manage domains on Google Cloud and provide tight integration with Cloud DNS. |
DNS security (DNSSEC) | DNSSEC protects your domains from spoofing and cache poisoning attacks. With Cloud Domains, you can enable or disable managed DNSSEC when you create a public zone. |
Fast anycast name servers | Cloud DNS uses our global network of anycast name servers to serve your DNS zones from redundant locations around the world, providing high availability and lower latency for your users. |
Private zones | Private DNS zones provide an easy-to-manage internal DNS solution for your private Google Cloud networks, eliminating the need to provision and manage additional software and resources. And since DNS queries for private zones are restricted to a private network, hostile agents can’t access your internal network information. |
Zone and project management | Create managed zones for your project, then add, edit, and delete DNS records. You can control permissions at a project level and monitor your changes as they propagate to DNS name servers. |
Container-native Cloud DNS | The native integration of Cloud DNS with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) provides in-cluster Service DNS resolution with Cloud DNS, enabling high-throughput, scalable DNS resolution for every GKE node. |
Pricing
Pricing
Cloud DNS is a simple, cost-effective alternative to
hosting your own DNS servers on-premises or using other
third-party DNS services. For pricing information, please
refer to our volume
pricing
tier. With Cloud Domains, domain registration pricing is simple
and transparent with registration and renewal through Cloud
Billing. .com and .net pricing starts at $12. For detailed
pricing information, please refer to the
pricing table.
If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on Google Cloud SKUs apply.