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Estonian managed DNS with authoritative servers, DNSSEC, GeoDNS, DoH/DoT resolvers, anycast edge and a REST API plus Terraform provider for infrastructure-as-code zone management.
European cloud & hosting alternative based in Estonia.
DNScale is an Estonian managed DNS and infrastructure provider delivering authoritative DNS, DNSSEC, DDoS-protected resolvers and anycast hosting for businesses that need sovereign EU internet infrastructure. Built by engineers in Tallinn, it combines a modern API, short TTL propagation and EU-only anycast nodes in a single offering.
The platform offers authoritative DNS with GeoDNS and weighted traffic steering, signed DNSSEC zones, a recursive resolver, HTTPS-based DoH/DoT and integrations for NS1-compatible workflows. A REST API and Terraform provider let operations teams automate zone management alongside the rest of their infrastructure.
Key features:
- Authoritative DNS with GeoDNS, weighted routing and health checks
- DNSSEC signing and key management with automatic rollover
- DoH and DoT resolvers for encrypted DNS queries
- Anycast network across European points of presence for low query latency
- REST API and Terraform provider for infrastructure-as-code DNS management
- DDoS protection on both authoritative and recursive endpoints
- Short TTL updates with sub-second propagation to edge nodes
DNScale is operated from Tallinn, Estonia, and runs on EU-only anycast nodes under GDPR and Estonian data-protection law. No US-based sub-processors are in the critical path, and a full DPA with SCCs is available on every plan.
Ideal for European SaaS, e-commerce and infrastructure teams that need a modern, API-first managed DNS replacement for NS1, Route 53 or Cloudflare DNS, fully under EU jurisdiction.
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