9 Best European Google DNS Alternatives in 2026
The best European alternative to Google DNS in 2026 is UncensoredDNS, based in Denmark. All 9 options below are European-owned, GDPR-native and ranked by feature parity and relevance.
By the EU Alternatives team Last updated
Our top pick this year is UncensoredDNS, but every option on this list is European-owned, GDPR-native, and production-ready. Worth a closer look: DNS4EU, Quad9, Digitale Gesellschaft, FFMUC DNS.
Google DNS alternatives are mainly Cloud & Hosting and Security & Identity. Browse any of those categories for a wider shortlist beyond this list.
Top European Google DNS alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Country | Open source | Free tier | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UncensoredDNS | Denmark | No | No | vs Google DNS → |
| 2 | DNS4EU | Czechia | No | No | vs Google DNS → |
| 3 | Quad9 | Switzerland | No | No | vs Google DNS → |
| 4 | Digitale Gesellschaft | Switzerland | No | No | — |
| 5 | FFMUC DNS | Germany | No | No | — |
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Free public DNS resolver from Denmark with no censorship and no logging of queries, run as a privacy-respecting alternative to Google and Cloudflare DNS.
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EU-backed public DNS resolver built by a European consortium led from Czechia, with optional filtering of malware and other threats.
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Swiss non-profit public DNS resolver that blocks known malicious domains using threat intelligence feeds while committing not to log personal data.
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Swiss digital rights association defending privacy online; it also operates privacy-friendly public DNS resolvers with DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS support.
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Vienna-based non-profit operating privacy-enhancing internet infrastructure, including public DNS resolvers with DoH and DoT support.
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Privacy-first managed DNS with EU-only nameservers in Frankfurt, Nürnberg, Vienna, and Helsinki — no query logging, renewable energy, DNSSEC, and GeoDNS.
Nanelo DNS is a German managed DNS service operating exclusively on European nameservers in Frankfurt, Nürnberg, Vienna, and Helsinki, all powered by renewable energy. Built as a privacy-first alternative to Cloudflare DNS and Amazon Route 53, Nanelo keeps every query inside the EU with no query logging.
The service targets teams that need production-grade DNS (GeoDNS, failover, DNSSEC, DDoS protection) without the data residency and privacy compromises of US-operated nameservers.
Key features:
- Privacy-first with no query logging and EU-only infrastructure
- Four EU locations in Frankfurt, Nürnberg, Vienna, and Helsinki, all on renewable energy
- GeoDNS for geographic traffic routing and latency optimisation
- Round-robin and failover for intelligent traffic distribution
- DNSSEC support with signed zones and chain-of-trust validation
- HTTPS redirects with free SSL certificates
- Full record type support covering A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, ALIAS, TXT, SRV, CAA, PTR, and NS
- Team collaboration with SSO, audit logs, and granular permissions
- DDoS protection on every nameserver
- 7-day free trial, no credit card required
Pricing: Starter €4.99/mo (5 domains), Growth €9.99/mo, Professional €15.99/mo (25 domains), with custom Enterprise pricing and agency plans. A clean EU alternative to Cloudflare DNS, Route 53, and Google DNS for privacy-conscious teams.
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Free German privacy-first DNS resolver from the Artikel10 e.V. non-profit — no query logging, DoH and DoT support, named after Germany's constitutional right to telecom secrecy.
Artikel10 DNS is a free public DNS resolver operated by Artikel10 e.V., a German non-profit association. Named after Article 10 of the German Basic Law (which protects telecommunications secrecy), the resolver's entire purpose is to protect DNS queries from surveillance and manipulation, with no logging, no commercial interest, and no tracking.
The service is a genuine public-interest alternative to Cloudflare 1.1.1.1, Google DNS (8.8.8.8), and Quad9, run by a German civil rights organisation explicitly aligned with the constitutional right to private communications.
Key features:
- No query logging means the server retains no information about individual DNS requests
- DNS over HTTPS (DoH) at
https://dns.artikel10.org/dns-query - DNS over TLS (DoT) at
dns.artikel10.org:853 - Compatible with Android (Private DNS), Chrome, Firefox, and OpenWrt
- IPv4 and IPv6 on
217.197.91.153and2001:67c:1401:2120::1 - Operated by a German non-profit, Artikel10 e.V., a registered civil rights association
- Free to use with no accounts, no payments, no upsells
- Privacy-first by constitutional principle, named after the right to telecom secrecy in Germany's Grundgesetz
A rare privacy-first DNS resolver that isn't backed by a commercial entity, ideal for users who want to step out of the Cloudflare/Google DNS ecosystem without paying.
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Luxembourg's research and education network operator: connects universities and schools and runs national internet services including the .lu domain registry.
