DNSimple

DNSimple is a domain management and DNS hosting service that provides users with a simple and easy way to manage their domain names and DNS settings. With DNSimple, users can register new domain names, transfer existing ones, and easily update DNS records to point their domains to the desired servers. The service also offers features like automatic SSL certificate provisioning, domain forwarding, and email forwarding to help users optimize their online presence.

DNSimple is listed with 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Accounts API, Certificates API, Contacts API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include DNS and Domains.

The DNSimple catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

DNSimple’s developer surface includes pricing, authentication, engineering blog, and 10 more developer resources.

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7 APIs

DNS Domains

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Information Technology Management

BC-600

Zones

GET /{account}/zones GET /{account}/zones/{zone} GET /{account}/zones/{zone}/records PATCH /{account}/zones/{zone}/records/{record}

Kin Score

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Composite quality — 28.8/100 · thin

Contract Quality 8.0 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 2.1 / 15

Access Clarity 5.5 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.0 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 4.6 / 8

Regulatory Posture 1.8 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

10 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Developer Ergonomics scores 14.3 — up to +17.1 composite points
Contract Quality scores 42.9 — up to +14.3 composite points
Access Clarity scores 36.8 — up to +12.6 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Domains and DNS (registrars, registries, DNS)	builds-on	51.7	-	-
Infrastructure-as-Code Provider Registries (Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi)	builds-on	51.7	-	-
Configuration-Management Content Registries (Ansible Galaxy, Chef Supermarket)	builds-on	51.7	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

DNS

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 7

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

DNSimple Accounts API

The Accounts API from DNSimple — 1 operation(s) for accounts.

DNSimple Certificates API

The Certificates API from DNSimple — 1 operation(s) for certificates.

DNSimple Contacts API

The Contacts API from DNSimple — 1 operation(s) for contacts.

DNSimple Domains API

The Domains API from DNSimple — 2 operation(s) for domains.

DNSimple Webhooks API

The Webhooks API from DNSimple — 1 operation(s) for webhooks.

DNSimple Whoami API

The Whoami API from DNSimple — 1 operation(s) for whoami.

DNSimple Zones API

The Zones API from DNSimple — 4 operation(s) for zones.

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Open Collections 8

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

DNSimple Accounts API

OPEN COLLECTION

DNSimple Accounts Certificates API

OPEN COLLECTION

DNSimple Accounts Contacts API

OPEN COLLECTION

DNSimple Accounts Domains API

OPEN COLLECTION

DNSimple Accounts Webhooks API

OPEN COLLECTION

DNSimple Accounts Whoami API

OPEN COLLECTION

DNSimple Accounts Zones API

OPEN COLLECTION

DNSimple API

OPEN COLLECTION

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DNSimple API pricing

Prices published by DNSimple, read 2026-09-20 from dnsimple.com/pricing. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Solo	Free per user Includes: 50,000 queries per zone per month included, then $0.80 per million queries; $0.50 per hosted zone pe
Teams	$29 USD/month Includes: 500,000 queries per zone per month included, then $0.60 per million queries; $0.50 per hosted zone p
Enterprise	Custom Includes: Discounts available; High-volume zones

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against DNSimple's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 2

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Dnsimple Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Dnsimple Price Estimates

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Dnsimple Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

DNSimple

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Dnsimple Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

DNSimple API Rules

44 rules · 42 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Dnsimple Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Dnsimple Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Dnsimple Agentic Access

18 operations · 7 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LlmsText

LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

FinOps

FinOps

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: dnsimple
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dnsimple/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
common:
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/dnsimple-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/dnsimple-finops.yml
- type: Pricing
  url: https://dnsimple.com/pricing
- type: Plans
  url: plans/dnsimple-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.dnsimple.com/
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/dnsimple-capability-edges.yml
  name: DNSimple Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/dnsimple-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dnsimple-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/dnsimple-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/dnsimple
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dnsimple
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://developer.dnsimple.com/llms.txt
- url: https://blog.dnsimple.com/feed.xml
  type: Blog
apis:
- aid: dnsimple:dnsimple-accounts-api
  name: DNSimple Accounts API
  description: The Accounts API from DNSimple — 1 operation(s) for accounts.
  humanURL: https://developer.dnsimple.com/
  tags:
  - Account
  tags_raw:
  - Accounts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dnsimple-accounts-api-openapi.yml
- aid: dnsimple:dnsimple-certificates-api
  name: DNSimple Certificates API
  description: The Certificates API from DNSimple — 1 operation(s) for certificates.
  humanURL: https://developer.dnsimple.com/
  tags:
  - Certificates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dnsimple-certificates-api-openapi.yml
- aid: dnsimple:dnsimple-contacts-api
  name: DNSimple Contacts API
  description: The Contacts API from DNSimple — 1 operation(s) for contacts.
  humanURL: https://developer.dnsimple.com/
  tags:
  - Contacts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dnsimple-contacts-api-openapi.yml
- aid: dnsimple:dnsimple-domains-api
  name: DNSimple Domains API
  description: The Domains API from DNSimple — 2 operation(s) for domains.
  humanURL: https://developer.dnsimple.com/
  tags:
  - Domains
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dnsimple-domains-api-openapi.yml
- aid: dnsimple:dnsimple-webhooks-api
  name: DNSimple Webhooks API
  description: The Webhooks API from DNSimple — 1 operation(s) for webhooks.
  humanURL: https://developer.dnsimple.com/
  tags:
  - Webhook
  tags_raw:
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dnsimple-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
- aid: dnsimple:dnsimple-whoami-api
  name: DNSimple Whoami API
  description: The Whoami API from DNSimple — 1 operation(s) for whoami.
  humanURL: https://developer.dnsimple.com/
  tags:
  - Whoami
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dnsimple-whoami-api-openapi.yml
- aid: dnsimple:dnsimple-zones-api
  name: DNSimple Zones API
  description: The Zones API from DNSimple — 4 operation(s) for zones.
  humanURL: https://developer.dnsimple.com/
  tags:
  - Zones
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dnsimple-zones-api-openapi.yml
name: DNSimple
tags:
- DNS
- Domains
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/dnsimple.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2025-02-09'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consuming
description: DNSimple is a domain management and DNS hosting service that provides users with a simple and easy way to manage
  their domain names and DNS settings. With DNSimple, users can register new domain names, transfer existing ones, and easily
  update DNS records to point their domains to the desired servers. The service also offers features like automatic SSL certificate
  provisioning, domain forwarding, and email forwarding to help users optimize their online presence.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.23'

DNSimple API — frequently asked questions

Does DNSimple have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 7 APIs from DNSimple, including DNSimple Accounts API, DNSimple Certificates API and DNSimple Contacts API, and 4 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the DNSimple API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 7 OpenAPI specifications for DNSimple, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the DNSimple API?

DNSimple uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Dnsimple Authentication.

How much does the DNSimple API cost?

DNSimple publishes its prices; its Solo plan is Free per user as of 2026-09-20. APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for DNSimple, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the DNSimple API ready for AI agents?

DNSimple has a Kin Score of 28.8 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.0 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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