European Public DNS Alternatives

Discover secure, GDPR-compliant options to replace your current tools.

Figure 4Origin of the 12 Public DNS alternatives

Germany 5Switzerland 2Austria 1Czech Republic 1Denmark 1Luxembourg 1Sweden 1

Germany supplies 5 of the 12 listings in this category, which draws on 7 origins in total.

12 alternatives in Public DNS

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Dns4eu

DNS4EU is an EU-backed public DNS resolver service offering secure resolution and content-filtering options for EU citizens.

Czech Republic

Quad9

Quad9 is a Swiss-based non-profit DNS service that blocks malicious domains and does not log user IP addresses.

Switzerland

DNS.Sb

DNS.SB is a free German-operated public DNS service that offers encrypted resolution (DNS-over-TLS/HTTPS) with no logging.

Germany

Foundation for Applied Privacy

Foundation for Applied Privacy is an Austrian non-profit that operates public DNS services supporting encrypted DNS (DoT/DoH) to protect user privacy.

Austria

Mullvad DNS

Mullvad DNS is the public DNS resolver service provided by Mullvad (Sweden), offering encrypted DNS-over-HTTPS/TLS for privacy.

Sweden

Ffmuc DNS

FFMUC DNS is a free, EU-hosted DNS resolver run by the Freifunk München network in Germany.

Germany

UncensoredDNS

UncensoredDNS (CensurfriDNS) is a Danish public DNS resolver offering uncensored, privacy-focused DNS services with DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS.

Denmark

Digitalcourage

Digitalcourage is a German non-profit that operates a free public DNS resolver (dns3.digitalcourage.de) providing an uncensored DNS-over-TLS service with no logging.

Germany

Restena

RESTENA is a Luxembourg research/education network provider offering a secure public DNS resolver with DNSSEC and encrypted queries (DoT/DoH).

Luxembourg

Digitale Gesellschaft

Digitale Gesellschaft (Digital Society) is a Swiss NGO operating free public DNS resolvers with support for DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS, no logging, and DNSSEC validation.

Switzerland

Artikel10

Artikel10 e.V. provides a German DNS resolver (dns.artikel10.org) supporting secure DNS (DoH/DoT) with no query logging.

Germany

Dnsforge

dnsforge.de is a German public DNS resolver that filters out ads, trackers, and malware while offering encrypted DNS resolution.

Germany