Is Azure DNS or DigitalOcean more popular?

Azure DNS is used by more websites in our catalog: 7,583 use Azure DNS and 3,296 use DigitalOcean.

Does Azure DNS or DigitalOcean have higher-authority sites?

Azure DNS sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Azure DNS: 54, DigitalOcean: 28).

Is Azure DNS or DigitalOcean growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Azure DNS went from 1.1% to 0.86% of all tracked sites, while DigitalOcean went from 0.45% to 0.37%. DigitalOcean is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both Azure DNS and DigitalOcean?

No. A site runs a single DNS provider, so Azure DNS and DigitalOcean are mutually exclusive.

Where does this Azure DNS vs DigitalOcean data come from?

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.

Azure DNS vs DigitalOcean — Site Stats Database

Azure DNS vs DigitalOcean

A side-by-side comparison of two dns providers, based on the 840,922 DNS Provider sites tracked by Site Stats Database.

Last updated July 1, 2026

Metric	Azure DNS	DigitalOcean
Websites	7,583	3,296
Market share	0.90%	0.39%
Share of top 10K sites	2.2%	0.20%

Rank	#13	#20

Median DR	54	28

Average DR	51	30

Median keywords	1,697	1,050

Median referring domains	1,257	436

Median domain age	23 yrs	11 yrs

Average domain age	21 yrs	13 yrs

Average monthly traffic	191,387	38,704

Combined monthly traffic	1,451,286,901	127,567,718

microsoft.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)96
Total Keywords3,038,378
Referring Domains2,803,353
Domain Age35 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)168,600,293
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAzure DNS
uefa.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)88
Total Keywords148,636
Referring Domains163,923
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)39,801,271
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAzure DNS
openai.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)93
Total Keywords210,993
Referring Domains330,512
Domain Age19 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)37,197,410
Traffic Trend
Technology
dennys.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)74
Total Keywords58,200
Referring Domains11,507
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)29,094,721
Traffic Trend
Technology
powerball.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)77
Total Keywords38,099
Referring Domains9,892
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)25,173,341
Traffic Trend
Technology
xbox.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords545,652
Referring Domains130,735
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)25,155,602
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAzure DNS
cloud.microsoft
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords155,714
Referring Domains128,832
Domain Age10 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)18,365,324
Traffic Trend
Technology
live.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)93
Total Keywords49,818
Referring Domains917,242
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)17,710,146
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAzure DNS
bathandbodyworks.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)77
Total Keywords89,451
Referring Domains23,742
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)16,958,001
Traffic Trend
Technology
atptour.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)81
Total Keywords104,804
Referring Domains57,991
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)16,024,226
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
microsoft.com	English	96	3,038,378	2,803,353	35 yrs	168,600,293		Azure DNS

xmasclock.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)50
Total Keywords4,242
Referring Domains1,411
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)10,441,998
Traffic Trend
TechnologyDigitalOcean
airnav.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords82,951
Referring Domains10,903
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)6,022,128
Traffic Trend
TechnologyDigitalOcean
mlbtraderumors.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords45,242
Referring Domains14,352
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,541,619
Traffic Trend
Technology
authentikusa.com
LanguageFrench
DR (Ahrefs)36
Total Keywords17,382
Referring Domains1,785
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,038,191
Traffic Trend
Technology
hoopsrumors.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)56
Total Keywords29,802
Referring Domains11,772
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,518,260
Traffic Trend
Technology
poolsupplies.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)33
Total Keywords40,247
Referring Domains997
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,671,458
Traffic Trend
Technology
annualreports.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)72
Total Keywords35,086
Referring Domains21,355
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,481,425
Traffic Trend
Technology
profootballrumors.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)52
Total Keywords38,696
Referring Domains13,650
Domain Age17 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,440,693
Traffic Trend
Technology
clocks.world
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)16
Total Keywords30,768
Referring Domains662
Domain Age11 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,398,665
Traffic Trend
Technology
softschools.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)68
Total Keywords245,762
Referring Domains11,958
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,321,544
Traffic Trend
Technology