

They also lack live logs that I really love with NextDNS. I also personally appreciate the Rewrites function since I use it a ton for multiple purposes. Basically this helps with new Ad/Analytic domains that are not yet filtered out but the CNAME leads to a known Ad/Tracker domain. You also get Allow Affiliate & Tracking Links that proxies requests that are made to domains that are needed to be allowed for functionality like Google Shopping Ads and Amazon Ads.Īnother huge thing that NextDNS does is they can Block Disguised Third-Party Trackers, Adguard goes with a Filter approach where they have a list of known domains that are hidden while NextDNS can see the CNAME and block it. The AI alone is as good or better than DNS-FIlter an enterprise DNS service, and the overall protection is mostly better than Quad9 through multiple tests from me and others on social media. You get Threat Intelligence Feeds, AI-Driven Threat Detection, Block Dynamic DNS Hostnames, IDN Homograph Attacks Protection, Cryptojacking Protection. In terms of stability of the servers and infrastructure Adguard DNS went down when the Facebook/Instagram issue happened and there was extra load on the servers while NextDNS didn't see any changes in their ability to process requests and the team mentioned that they are able to take far more than the traffic that happened on the said day. NextDNS has no limits in every single aspect mentioned. Servers wise Adguard has 50+ while NextDNS has 132 and also embeds itself to carriers.Īdguard has a 20 device and 3 million query limit with up-to 5 configurations. Pricing wise NextDNS is cheaper in both Monthly and Yearly plans. I would still choose NextDNS 10 out of 10 times but it's a pretty good service.
