DNSExit offers dynamic DNS, DNS failover, backup MX, business email, and WordPress hosting, with free plans and low-cost add-ons for small businesses.
DNSExit has been operating since 1998, making it one of the longer-running independent DNS and hosting providers still active today. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio and operating as a subsidiary of NetDorm, Inc., the company has grown into an ICANN-accredited registrar that now manages more than 1.1 million domains across roughly 500 servers spread over ten data centers in four countries.
Rather than specializing in a single service, DNSExit bundles a range of small-business infrastructure needs — DNS, dynamic DNS, mail continuity, business email, web hosting, and remote access — under one account, positioning itself as a consolidated alternative to using separate vendors for each.
DNSExit's dynamic DNS service keeps a hostname pointed at a changing IP address, useful for home servers, cameras, or self-hosted applications behind residential connections. Its DNS failover product monitors uptime and automatically redirects traffic if a primary server goes down, while backup MX queues inbound email during an outage so messages aren't lost.
The company also offers SMTP relay for outbound mail delivery, business email hosting with webmail and IMAP access on a branded domain, and web hosting with WordPress pre-installed and SSL included. A remote access/tunneling product rounds out the lineup, letting users reach devices behind restrictive firewalls or blocked inbound connections.
Core dynamic DNS is free, and DNSExit advertises free plans across several of its services as an entry point. Paid add-ons are priced individually and are generally inexpensive: WordPress hosting is free for the first six months and then 1.99 dollars per month, while DNS failover costs 9.99 dollars per year.
Because each service is billed separately rather than as one bundled subscription, customers using multiple products — say, hosting plus failover plus business email — will be managing several small line items rather than a single flat plan.
Core dynamic DNS is free, and free plans are available for several other services, though most add-ons like hosting and failover carry small paid fees.
It's a service that monitors server uptime and automatically redirects traffic to a backup destination if the primary server goes down.
Yes, it offers business email hosting with webmail and IMAP access on a custom domain, plus backup MX for mail continuity during outages.
Yes, DNSExit is an ICANN-accredited domain registrar in addition to its DNS and hosting services.
DNSExit operates as a subsidiary of NetDorm, Inc., and has been in business since 1998, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.