OpenDNS

OpenDNS is a cloud-delivered recursive DNS and internet security service founded in 2005 and acquired by Cisco in 2015, where its enterprise capabilities now form the foundation of the Cisco Umbrella platform. OpenDNS continues to offer free consumer products - OpenDNS Home and OpenDNS Family Shield - providing recursive DNS resolution, phishing and malware blocking, and content filtering with parental controls across every device on a home network, all managed through the OpenDNS dashboard. Enterprise DNS-layer security, secure web gateway, and the Investigate threat-intelligence API have migrated to Cisco Umbrella (umbrella.cisco.com). Added to the API Evangelist network as a Greylock portfolio company in the cybersecurity sector.

OpenDNS is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Cybersecurity, DNS, Security, and Content Filtering.

OpenDNS’s developer surface includes signup flow, support, and 5 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

14.5/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyCybersecurityDNSSecurityContent FilteringThreat IntelligenceNetworkingCisco

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Composite quality — 14.5/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

SignUp

SignUp

Login

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
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  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/opendns.png
name: OpenDNS
description: OpenDNS is a cloud-delivered recursive DNS and internet security service founded in 2005 and acquired by Cisco
  in 2015, where its enterprise capabilities now form the foundation of the Cisco Umbrella platform. OpenDNS continues to
  offer free consumer products - OpenDNS Home and OpenDNS Family Shield - providing recursive DNS resolution, phishing and
  malware blocking, and content filtering with parental controls across every device on a home network, all managed through
  the OpenDNS dashboard. Enterprise DNS-layer security, secure web gateway, and the Investigate threat-intelligence API have
  migrated to Cisco Umbrella (umbrella.cisco.com). Added to the API Evangelist network as a Greylock portfolio company in
  the cybersecurity sector.
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x-type: company
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x-backed-by:
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created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Cybersecurity
- DNS
- Security
- Content Filtering
- Threat Intelligence
- Networking
- Cisco
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/opendns-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.opendns.com/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://signup.opendns.com/homefree/
- type: Login
  url: https://login.opendns.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://community.cisco.com/t5/opendns/bd-p/openDNS
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.opendns.com/privacy-policy/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://umbrella.cisco.com/terms/
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