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Control D vs Quad9
Price, audits and jurisdiction and who each one suits, side by side.
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Choose Control D if…
- you need pay with crypto
- you're in its core audience: it and security teams, managed service providers
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Choose Quad9 if…
- you're in its core audience: home users, privacy-conscious individuals
Side by side
Feature Control D Quad9
Cost over 2 years$60—
PlatformsWeb, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, APIWindows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android
CompanyControl D, Inc.Quad9 Foundation · since 2017
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
Q Quad9
- Blocks malware, phishing, spyware and botnet domains at DNS level
- Threat data from 25+ intelligence providers
- 230+ resolver clusters in over 110 countries
- IPv4 and IPv6 resolver addresses
- Encrypted DNS connections where supported
- No logging of user IP addresses
- Public lookup tool for blocked domains
- Router-level setup covers IoT devices
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
Control D · controld.com
Quad9 · quad9.netWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | Control D | Quad9 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $2 SMB | no published plan |
| 5 people | $10 SMB | no published plan |
| 20 people | $40 SMB | no published plan |
All plans and prices
Control D
SMB$2/endpoint/month
School / Non-profitCustom
MSP / ChannelCustom
EnterpriseCustom
Quad9
Public DNSFree
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
Quad9
- Completely free with no account or sign-up
- Does not log data containing user IP addresses
- Run by a Swiss non-profit and designed for GDPR compliance
- Large global network with 230+ resolver clusters
- Blocks threats only, with no custom filtering or user dashboard
- Depends on donations and sponsorships for funding
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 8, 2026. Editorial policy