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AControl D vs NextDNS
Price, audits and jurisdiction and who each one suits, side by side.
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Choose Control D if…
- you're in its core audience: it and security teams, managed service providers
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Choose NextDNS if…
- you want a lower monthly plan ($1.99 vs $3)
- you want a lower best intro price ($1.66 vs $2.50)
- you want a lower renewal per year ($19.90 vs $30)
- you're in its core audience: privacy-conscious individuals, parents
Side by side
Feature Control D NextDNS
Cost over 2 years$60$39.82
PlatformsWeb, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, APIWeb
CompanyControl D, Inc.NextDNS Inc.
Full feature lists
C Control D
- ML-based malware and phishing domain blocking
- 20 content categories plus custom rules
- One-toggle blocking for 1,000+ services
- DoH, DoH/3, DoT, DoQ and legacy DNS support
- Traffic redirection via proxies in 69 countries
- 30-day query logs and 1-year analytics
- SIEM streaming to Splunk or MS Sentinel
- Multi-tenant dashboard with API and CLI
N NextDNS
- Blocks malware, phishing, cryptojacking and typosquatting domains
- Ad and tracker blocklists updated in real time
- Native Tracking Protection for OS-level trackers
- Parental controls with SafeSearch and YouTube Restricted Mode
- Recreation Time schedules for apps and websites
- Configurable log retention and log storage region
- DNS-over-HTTPS, DNS-over-TLS and DNSSEC support
- Custom denylist, allowlist and DNS rewrites
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | Control D | NextDNS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $2 SMB | $1.66 Pro |
| 5 people | $10 SMB | $16.58 Business |
| 20 people | $40 SMB | $16.58 Business |
Work it out for your team
All plans and prices
Control D
SMB$2/endpoint/month
School / Non-profitCustom
MSP / ChannelCustom
EnterpriseCustom
NextDNS
FreeFree
Pro$1.99/month or $19.90/year
Business$19.90/month or $199/year
Education$19.90/month or $199/year
Strengths and limitations
Control D
- Low self-serve price of $2 per endpoint per month
- 14-day free trial with no credit card
- Native clients for all major desktop and mobile OSes
- API access and 30-day query logs on every plan
- MSP, school and enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
- Live engineer sessions, Slack support and migration help are limited to higher tiers
- Custom storage regions cost extra
NextDNS
- Free plan includes all features and 300,000 queries a month
- Unlimited devices and configurations on every plan
- Logs can be turned off completely or kept from one hour up to two years
- Accepts cards, PayPal and cryptocurrency
- Pro and Free plans get community support only
- Prices are listed in EUR
- Filtering stops on the free plan once the monthly quota is used up
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 8, 2026. Editorial policy