Comparing alviy.com and ddns.net

If you are considering Dynamic DNS services and looking for the best one for workstations and server systems, there are two main options: ddns.net and alviy.com. These public services have a long history of feature development, tied in part to company acquisitions and changes of ownership. Often the features offered for free only shrink year after year in favor of paid subscriptions. But after many years, the answer is actually very clear. For most users, the terms of the services' free subscriptions are very limited. Moreover, some popular services force you to watch ads.

This article attempts an objective comparison of the well-known services and settles the debate between different segments of the audience (both users of home stations and laptops, and servers). We evaluate DDNS services across several important aspects that many people pay the most attention to. Depending on what you plan to do, it is worth looking at the choice of base domains, the term of validity, the presence of ads, support options and the availability of clients for updating your IP. All of this gives a clear picture of the state of competition. Following the analysis there is an obvious favorite, but the decision of which service you should use stays on your side, taking into account all the primary and additional criteria that matter to you.

The free ddns.net account

The service lets you create just 1 Dynamic DNS host for private use, more only on paid subscriptions. Only one domain is available to choose from*. The account is valid for 1 month, after which it is deactivated and deleted. To extend the term you have to log in to the ddns.net dashboard at least once a month. Alternatively you can download the Windows client. As for support, by default only communication through a bot is available. The option to talk to a live support employee requires regular payments.

* the data was taken from the official site https://www.noip.com/sign-up at the time of writing"

The Alviy.com DDNS service

The Alviy DDNS provider was created as a publicly available service and will forever remain so. Users will always be able to register freely and use it freely without any need to pay. At the moment all customers can choose from 3 base domains, from which they can build 3 personal hostnames. There are clients for Linux, Windows, Android, as well as the standard DYNDNS2 web protocol. Among other things, Alviy.com is also an IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) platform providing backup/secondary DNS services, and a domain management platform with a zone editing panel. Through the widget on the site you can always talk to support in real time, and it is a real person.

A comparative analysis of DDNS.net and Alviy.com

Let us sum up the comparative review of the two services and lay out the advantages and disadvantages in a clear tabular form. We highlight the quantitative metrics, including the number of available domain zones to choose from and the limit on the total number of registered domains.