afraid.org 🆚 NS1 - Mar, 2024

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afraid.org (afraid.org) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2020.
NS1 (ns1.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2018.

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afraid.org logo
Profile completion status:
Things done
Company descriptions is fine
Company address location is complete
"About page" URL or "Contact page" URLs are added
Forum, Blog/Announcements, Knowledgebase or FAQ URLs are added
Products (plans) are added, but some are not updated from over 2 years
Note: Add a promotion or coupon

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Company phone number/fax is missing
Twitter and Facebook accounts are missing
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👉 Total Reviews: 4
🙌 Average Rating: 7.5 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 3
👎 Bad Reviews: 1
👈 Official Responses: 0
7.5 / 10VISIT WEBSITE

4 user reviews
ns1.com logo
Profile completion status:
Things done
Company descriptions is fine
Company address location is complete
Company phone/fax is added
Company Twitter and Facebook accounts are added
"About page" URL or "Contact page" URLs are added
Forum, Blog/Announcements, Knowledgebase or FAQ URLs are added
Products (plans) are added, but some are not updated from over 2 years
Note: Add a promotion or coupon

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VISIT WEBSITE
 
4120 Douglas Blvd #306-199
Granite Bay, CA 95746-5936
US

afraid.org
55 Broad Street 19th Floor
New York, NY 10004
US

ns1.com
📧 Emaildnsadmin@a...sales@n...
☎ Phone +1-855-438-6766
Ranks🏆 Alexa Rating 122,474▲478 (lower is better)
Alexa Rank in US 56,886
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 57/60🔗 Links 280,665
🏆 Alexa Rating 133,773▲22,038 (lower is better)
📈 Domains 1,584,601▲6254 (higher is better)
Alexa Rank in IN 51,802
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 48/51🔗 Links 49,883
Languages en-US en-US
📄 InfoFreeDNS is a website that was founded in 2001 by Joshua Anderson as a platform for sharing domain names among programmers in a secure environment. Initially starting with his own domain, AFRAID.ORG, Anderson received support from other tech enthusiasts who offered servers and bandwidth to help make his vision a reality. As the site gained popularity and more users joined, the need for additional space became evident. To sustain the growing user base, Anderson realized the importance of [...] Read full reviewHosting millions of domains worldwide, NS1 ( an IBM Company since 2023 ) is an expert in providing DNS services with highly advanced management technologies to facilitate the customers’ control over their traffic and infrastructure.

Due to the company’s use of the cutting-edge API architecture, this improves the process of transforming DNS, DHCP or IP with an automated system. Given their proficiency and high level of security or reliability, their products are widely used by enterprises, [...]
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📡 Established2001June, 1996
🏁 Site speedVery fast, load time 0.9 seconds 81% sites are slower
SEO Links count 1,206
Fast, load time 1.8 seconds 52% sites are slower
SEO Links count 53
📣 Social Media
📣 Social Media

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-ns1.com Iconns1
Started from: June, 2013
  • Tweets: 8,123
  • Followers: 2,773
  • Friends: 2,060
  • Last activity:

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afraid.org BlogNS1 Blog
  • Blog Posts: 260
  • First post from: Oct, 2015
  • Language: en-us
  • Last written post:

🔧 DNS - 5/2
💡 Plan NameStarterEnterprise Premium
💰 Price$ 0.00/yr.on request
💿 Disk Space  
📶 Data Transferunmeteredunmetered
🔌 Hosted domains5 
🆓 Free Domain  
🔨 Control Panel
🌏 Server LocationUnited States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Subdomain cap 5
Stealth Flags None
Global Propagation times (TTLs, in seconds) 1 hour
Captchas Removed No
Wildcard support None
Professional Nameserver Branding None
Ad free Yes
Status Basic
INFO (mouse over)Queries (millions/month) 3,000
Records 5,000
Monitors 150
Monitors Frequency (seconds) 20
Filter Chains 100
SSO/SAML
Email Support
Phone Support
24/7 Emergency Support
Professional Services
Chat-Based Migration Support
Dedicated CS Manager
PULSAR

Managed DNS [...]
📅 Date PlanSep 2021Dec 2020
💡 Plan Name$60/yrDeveloper
💰 Price$ 60.00/yr.$ 0.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space  
📶 Data Transferunmetered500,000 queries
🔌 Hosted domains50 
🆓 Free Domain  
🔨 Control Panel
🌏 Server LocationUnited States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Subdomain cap 50
Stealth Flags 3
Global Propagation times (TTLs, in seconds) 60 seconds
Captchas Removed Yes
Wildcard support Unlimited
Professional Nameserver Branding None
Ad free Yes
Status Premium
INFO (mouse over)Queries (millions/month) 0.5
Records 50
Monitors 1
Monitors Frequency (seconds) 60
Filter Chains 1

A credit card is required at signup to cover any overages. A small temporary pre-authorization charge will be placed on the credit card.

Managed DNS Plans

NS1’s cloud-based Managed DNS [...]
📅 Date PlanSep 2021Dec 2020
💡 Plan Name$120/yr-
💰 Price$ 120.00/yr.-
💿 Disk Space -
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains100-
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Subdomain cap 100
Stealth Flags 6
Global Propagation times (TTLs, in seconds) 60 seconds
Captchas Removed Yes
Wildcard support Unlimited
Professional Nameserver Branding None
Ad free Yes
Status Premium
-
📅 Date PlanSep 2021-
💡 Plan Name$300/yr-
💰 Price$ 300.00/yr.-
💿 Disk Space -
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains250-
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Subdomain cap 250
Stealth Flags 15
Global Propagation times (TTLs, in seconds) 60 seconds
Captchas Removed Yes
Wildcard support Unlimited
Professional Nameserver Branding Yes
Ad free Yes
Status Premium
-
📅 Date PlanSep 2021-
💡 Plan Name$600/yr-
💰 Price$ 600.00/yr.-
💿 Disk Space -
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains500-
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Subdomain cap 500
Stealth Flags 30
Global Propagation times (TTLs, in seconds) 60 seconds
Captchas Removed Yes
Wildcard support Unlimited
Professional Nameserver Branding Yes
Ad free Yes
Status Premium
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📅 Date PlanSep 2021-
💻 Supported Operating Systems
      📤 List of products
      • DNS
      • DNS
      ✍️ Support Options
      • Email
      • 0 WHTop support responses
      • Email
      • Help Desk
      • Phone / Toll-Free
      • Available 24/7
      • 0 WHTop support responses
      💰 Payment Options
      • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
      • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
      👪 Last positive / negative customers review
       
      -anonymous- (awesomeest@g...)
      on 📆 Oct 11, 2023
      😁 FREE services are allowed to be crappy... but this is NOT.I have plenty of my own, physical, servers... and certainly enough experience to not "need" a service like this. I still use it-- the free version. for me, it works as a backup in a pinch, [...]

      -anonymous- (miccolosimone@g...)
      on 📆 Feb 12, 2021
      😠 it's fake company and joshua anderson it's invisible on email nothing responsethe company not exist in granite bay for talk with joshua andersonand also on telephone number it's inexistent

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