CIRA Anycast DNS
Canadian Internet Registration Authority · Ottawa, ON
- Canadian owned
- Canadian hosting not stated
CIRA is the not-for-profit that operates the .ca domain on behalf of Canadians. Its anycast DNS service runs authoritative DNS across a global node network with Canadian operational control, and it also offers DNS firewall and cybersecurity services to Canadian organizations.
What they offer
Anycast DNS
Authoritative DNS served from a distributed node network.
DNSSEC
Signed zones with key management handled by the registry operator.
DNS firewall
Recursive DNS filtering for organizations, with Canadian threat intelligence.
Full record support
A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, SRV, CAA and NS.
What it replaces
Where the fit is imperfect, we say so. A substitution that quietly drops a capability you depend on isn’t a saving.
Cloudflare DNS
Cloudflare
Both serve authoritative anycast DNS. Cloudflare bundles CDN and WAF at the same edge; CIRA is DNS-focused, so pair it with a separate security provider.
All Canadian alternatives to Cloudflare DNSRoute 53
Amazon Web Services
Comparable authoritative DNS. Route 53's deep AWS integration (alias records to AWS resources) has no equivalent outside AWS.
All Canadian alternatives to Route 53Cisco Umbrella
Cisco
Maps to CIRA's DNS Firewall rather than its authoritative service — recursive filtering, not zone hosting.
All Canadian alternatives to Cisco Umbrella
Cost comparison
Pricing not yet verifiedPricing model: Per zone or per seat, by organization size
CIRA Anycast DNS · Canadian
Cloudflare · American
Cloudflare and Route 53 price DNS per zone plus per million queries. Any comparison needs a stated query volume to be meaningful.
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- Is CIRA Anycast DNS a Canadian company?
- Canadian Internet Registration Authority is listed as Canadian owned, based in Ottawa, ON. This profile is compiled from public product information.
- Can CIRA Anycast DNS replace Cloudflare DNS?
- Both serve authoritative anycast DNS. Cloudflare bundles CDN and WAF at the same edge; CIRA is DNS-focused, so pair it with a separate security provider.
- What does CIRA Anycast DNS cost?
- We don't publish pricing for CIRA Anycast DNS yet. A figure appears here only with the page it came from and the date we read it, so this profile shows pricing as not yet verified rather than as an estimate.