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DNS

Score 24.1 / 100 50 providers +27 via APIs 55 APIs Search apis.io →
Variants seen in the corpus: DNSDnsdns

Providers using this tag (50)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Exemplar 2 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
ShodanSecuritySearchInternetDevices5 APIs67.2WhoisFreaksWHOISDomain IntelligenceIP Intelligence / Geolocation1 API66.6
Strong 7 Solid coverage with minor gaps
CloudflareAI GatewayAPI GatewayArtificial IntelligenceCDN24 APIs65.1cPanelControl PanelDomainsEmail2 APIs63.6GeekflareDevelopmentPublic APIsWeb ScrapingSearch1 API60.9Cisco UmbrellaSecuritySecure Web GatewayCloud Security52 APIs59.3APIFreaks - API Hub for DevelopersIP IntelligenceGeolocationWHOISDomain Intelligence104 APIs58.2Amazon Route 53Domain RegistrationHealth ChecksRouting1 API56.9DomScanDomainsWHOISrdap1 API56.7
Developing 14 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Amazon Route 53 ResolverHybrid CloudNetworking1 API49.8MCP360MCPMCP ServerMCP GatewayAI Agents38 APIs49.7InfobloxCloudDDIDHCP1 API49.1DomainToolsCompanyThreat IntelligenceDomain Intelligence4 APIs48.5uCheckerEmail VerificationEmailSMTP1 API47.8Google Cloud DNSDomain NamesGoogle CloudName Resolution1 API46.0DNSFilterCompanySecurityContent Filtering1 API42.3D3CompanyCrypto InfrastructureDomains1 API42.2Amazon Cloud MapCloud MapService DiscoveryMicroservices3 APIs41.3TucowsCompanyInfrastructureDomains2 APIs40.2Unstoppable DomainsWeb3BlockchainDomain NamesNFT Domains4 APIs40.1HetznerCloud HostingInfrastructureServers1 API39.9Stack MachineCompanyInfrastructureServerlessWebAssembly1 API39.8Bunny.netCDNEdgeVideoStorage1 API39.5
Thin 14 Limited public surface area
CoreDNSApache 2.0Cloud-NativeCNCF2 APIs39.1QuantCDNCDNEdgeStatic HostingJAMstack1 API38.4SpaceshipCompanyDomainsDomain Registrar1 API37.6Silent PushCompanySecurityThreat IntelligenceCybersecurity2 APIs37.2CompleteDNSDNS HistoryDomain IntelligenceDomains2 APIs37.1FrostbyteDeveloper ToolsUtility APIsGeolocationCryptocurrency7 APIs36.4_doneDeveloper ToolsUtility APIsAI Agentsagent-native52 APIs35.8OpenproviderDomainsHostingReseller1 API35.5DatumCompanyDataCloudNetworking1 API33.0NacosAlibabaCloud-NativeConfiguration Management1 API31.9GoDaddyAftermarketCertificatesDomains9 APIs30.3DNS CheckDNS MonitoringDomain MonitoringDNS Records1 API29.7GandiDomainsDomain RegistrarEmail2 APIs29.4VirtualminCompanyWeb HostingControl PanelServer Management1 API27.9
Emerging 10 Early or largely undocumented
NS1CompanyNetworkingManaged DNS1 API25.1DNSimpleDomains7 APIs24.9Pi-holeAd BlockingNetwork SecurityPrivacy1 API23.1NetworkCalcNetworkingSecuritySubnetting1 API21.2NameSiloDomainsDomain RegistrarHosting1 API17.0DonutsCompanyInfrastructureDomains1 API16.9Internet Assigned Numbers AuthorityDomainsIP AddressingMedia Types3 APIs14.3OpenDNSCompanyCybersecuritySecurity12.8LinkPeekScreenshotswebpage-capturewebsite-thumbnailsImage-Generation3 APIs12.7DNS CoffeeDomain NamesDomains1 API11.1
Minimal 3 Almost no public developer surface
VeriSignInternet InfrastructureSecurity1 API10.6StackPathCompanyEdge ComputingContent Delivery NetworkWeb Application Firewall7.5nip.io / sslip.iowildcard dnsDeveloper ToolsInfrastructure3.8

APIs with this tag (55)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Exemplar 4 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Appwrite Domains APIAppwrite Domains — buy domains and host DNS inside an Appwrite organization, announced 2026-09-04. 54 opera...80.5Shodan DNS APIForward, reverse, and domain DNS lookups.67.2WhoisFreaks DNS APIDNS lookup APIs (live, historical, reverse, bulk)66.6WhoisFreaks MCP ServerOfficial open-source Model Context Protocol server (Java) exposing 14 WhoisFreaks domain-intelligence tools...66.6
Strong 14 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 DNS Resolver APIThe Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 DNS Resolver is a fast and privacy-focused public DNS resolver. It supports DNS over...65.1Cloudflare Registrar APIThe Cloudflare Registrar API allows developers to manage domain registrations at cost. It provides endpoint...65.1Geekflare APIREST API suite for scraping, search, data extraction, screenshots, DNS lookups, and web utilities — 18 oper...60.9Freestyle DNS APIAPIs for managing DNS records.60.3OCI DNS APIREST APIs for managing DNS zones, records, steering policies, and resolvers in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure,...60.2Oracle Dns APIThe dns API from Oracle — 27 operation(s) for dns.60.2IBM Cloud DNS ServicesManage private DNS zones and resolution for IBM Cloud VPC networks.60.0IBM Cloud Internet ServicesProvide DDoS protection, global load balancing, DNS management, WAF, and CDN capabilities for internet-faci...60.0APIFreaks MCP ServerOfficial first-party Model Context Protocol server (Apache-2.0) exposing 59 read-only tools across 13 categ...58.2DomScan APIREST domain-intelligence API (40+ endpoints under /v1) for availability, DNS, WHOIS/RDAP, SSL/TLS, email au...56.7Azure DNS APIHost DNS zones and manage DNS records using the Azure DNS REST API. Supports creating, updating, and deleti...56.5Azure Private DNS APIManage private DNS zones for name resolution within Azure virtual networks. Azure Private DNS provides a re...56.5Azure Traffic Manager APIDNS-based traffic load balancer for distributing traffic globally.56.5Malwarebytes DNS APIThe DNS API from Malwarebytes — 4 operation(s) for dns.54.6
Developing 14 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
SolarWinds IPAM APIAPI for IP address management providing CRUD operations for subnets, IP addresses, and DNS entries through ...52.2Pure Storage DNS APIDNS attributes include the domain suffix, static name servers, mode (static or DHCP), and search domain. Th...49.8Red Hat 3scale DNS APIInspect and manage DNS cache state49.6Infoblox BloxOne DNS Configuration APIAPI for configuring DNS settings within the BloxOne platform. Manages DNS server configurations, views, ACL...49.1Infoblox BloxOne DNS Data APIAPI for managing DNS data records within the BloxOne platform. Provides endpoints for creating, reading, up...49.1Infoblox BloxOne DNS Forwarding Proxy APIAPI for managing DNS Forwarding Proxy (DFP) configurations within BloxOne Threat Defense. Enforces DNS clie...49.1DNS Server Management APIAPIs for managing Windows DNS Server services.48.3AT Protocol Identity (DID & Handles)Identity in AT Protocol is anchored in DIDs (did:plc or did:web), with human-readable handles resolved thro...47.5Kubernetes DNS for Services and PodsKubernetes provides DNS-based service discovery for Services and Pods within a cluster. DNS records are aut...43.9Cisco Expressway DNS APIDNS server configuration management41.9TOP Group (The Open Platform) DNS APIThe DNS API from TOP Group (The Open Platform) — 4 operation(s) for dns.41.9OpenSRS Domains and TLS/SSL APIWholesale reseller API for domain-name lookup, registration, transfer, renewal, DNS-zone management and TLS...40.2Hetzner DNS APIThe Hetzner DNS API provides programmatic access to manage DNS zones, records, and configurations for domai...39.9Bunny.net DNS APIEndpoints for managing DNS zones and records on the Bunny.net DNS platform, including geo-steering and load...39.5
Thin 15 Limited public surface area
CoreDNS DNS InterfaceCoreDNS implements the standard DNS protocol (RFC 1035) serving both UDP and TCP queries. In Kubernetes, it...39.1OpenStack DNS (Designate) APIDesignate is the OpenStack DNS-as-a-Service. The v2 API exposes endpoints for zones, recordsets, pools, tra...38.4Gcore DNS APIManaged authoritative DNS zones and RRSets.37.6RouterOS DNS APIDNS cache and configuration36.5VAST Data dns APIThe DNS path represents a VAST Cluster DNS service. You can create one VAST Cluster DNS service per cluster...36.4Openprovider APIThe Openprovider Reseller API provides programmatic access to domain registration and management, DNS, SSL ...35.5Datum Cloud APIKubernetes-style declarative control-plane API for managing Datum Cloud resources — projects, domains, DNS ...33.0Zeabur Domains APIBind generated (*.zeabur.app) or custom domains to a service, list bound domains, check domain availability...33.0IPFS Dns APIThe Dns API from IPFS — 1 operation(s) for dns.32.8NetBird DNS APIInteract with and view information about DNS configuration.32.1Tailscale DNS APIThe DNS API from Tailscale — 3 operation(s) for dns.30.5DNS Check REST APIRESTful JSON API for managing DNS record monitors and DNS record group monitors at DNSCheck.co. All request...29.7F5 Distributed Cloud Services APIComprehensive REST API for managing F5 Distributed Cloud Services including load balancers, WAF/WAAP polici...29.4Weave Net DNS APIThe DNS API from Weave Net — 2 operation(s) for dns.29.0Cisco Umbrella APIThe Cisco Umbrella API exposes the cloud-delivered DNS, secure web gateway, and roaming protection services...28.0
Emerging 7 Early or largely undocumented
Apache Libcloud DNS APIThe Libcloud DNS API provides a unified Python interface for managing DNS zones and records across Route53,...23.2Pi-hole DNS APIDNS blocking configuration.23.1NetworkCalc DNS APIDNS lookups and record queries.21.2Cartography Cloudflare Intel ModuleIngests Cloudflare zones, DNS, and security configurations into the graph for edge-exposure analysis.17.4NameSilo Domain APIThe NameSilo Domain API allows developers to search, register, transfer, renew, and manage domains programm...17.0IANA Root Zone DatabaseThe Root Zone Database represents the delegation details of top-level domains, including country code (ccTL...14.3DNS Coffee APIDNS Coffee collects, analyzes, and archives changes to root zone files provided by various top-level domain...11.1
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface
VeriSign APIThe VeriSign API provides access to platform services and data for enterprise integration and automation.10.6

Companies reaching this through an API (27)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “DNS” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

Apache Libcloud Appwrite AT Protocol Azure Networking Services Cartography Cisco Expressway Cisco Secure Client F5 Distributed Cloud Services Freestyle Gcore IBM IPFS Kubernetes Services Malwarebytes Microsoft Windows Server NetBird OpenStack Oracle Pure Storage Red Hat 3scale RouterOS SolarWinds Tailscale TOP Group (The Open Platform) VAST Data Weave Net Zeabur

Score breakdown

Frequency
57.4
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
1.4
spread across providers
Quality lift
42.0
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
6.9
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Domains 25 co-occurrences WHOIS 8 co-occurrences Hosting 9 co-occurrences SSL 7 co-occurrences DNS Records 5 co-occurrences Object Storage 8 co-occurrences Networking 23 co-occurrences Domain Intelligence 5 co-occurrences

Where this tag comes from

Provider tag50
Api tag55
Openapi tag17
Openapi op tag57

Cohort brief

Auto-generated

The 48 providers in the APIs.io catalog tagged DNS, scored on the Kin Score. Every figure below is computed from the catalog — nothing here is written.

Providers
48
all scored
Mean Kin Score
38.2
+14.3 vs catalog 23.9
Mean Agent Readiness
23.4
+11.4 vs catalog 12
Spread
7.5–67.2
median 38.8 · σ 15.5
How the 48 split by band
Exemplar 2Strong 7Developing 14Thin 14Emerging 9Minimal 2
Facet averages, against the whole catalog
FacetThis cohortCatalogDifferenceScored
Contract Quality 43.6 19.8 +23.8 48
Developer Ergonomics 45.5 23.4 +22.1 48
Operational Transparency 24.3 14 +10.3 48
Access Clarity 36.1 26.5 +9.6 48
Discoverability 68.1 61.2 +6.9 48
Contract Governance 7.8 6.4 +1.4 48

A facet is averaged over the members that carry it, not over the whole cohort — the “Scored” column is that count. Averaging an absent facet as zero would score our own coverage gaps as the providers’ posture.

What this cohort publishes
ArtifactThis cohortCatalogDifference
MCP server (any) 23% 10% +13
MCP server (first-party) 23% 13% +10
Agent Skills 0% 0% 0
OAuth scopes 15% 11% +4
Security 100% 97% +3
Arazzo workflows 4% 2% +2
Governance rules 25% 14% +11

mcp_pct counts any mcp/ artifact including ones API Evangelist derived from the provider OpenAPI; mcp_first_party_pct counts only servers the provider publishes. Prefer the latter.

Top by Kin Score
  1. 1 Shodan 67.2
  2. 2 WhoisFreaks 66.6
  3. 3 Cloudflare 65.1
  4. 4 cPanel 63.6
  5. 5 Geekflare 60.9
  6. 6 Cisco Umbrella 59.3
  7. 7 APIFreaks - API Hub for Developers 58.2
  8. 8 Amazon Route 53 56.9
  9. 9 DomScan 56.7
  10. 10 Amazon Route 53 Resolver 49.8
Top by Agent Readiness
  1. 1 cPanel 55.9
  2. 2 Cloudflare 49.6
  3. 3 uChecker 45.1
  4. 4 DomainTools 39
  5. 5 DomScan 37.6
  6. 6 Unstoppable Domains 36.7
  7. 7 APIFreaks - API Hub for Developers 35.9
  8. 8 Geekflare 34.9
  9. 9 Spaceship 33.2
  10. 10 QuantCDN 32.3
All 50 members of this roster resolve to a scored provider in the catalog.Generated from the catalog build of 15 September 2026, across 27661 providers, using the same computation served by the APIs.io cohort API. Briefs are published for rosters of 5 or more scored providers; below that a distribution is not meaningful.

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