Azure DNS vs nexcess.net

Azure DNS is used by more websites in our catalog: 7,583 use Azure DNS and 720 use nexcess.net.

Azure DNS sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Azure DNS: 54, nexcess.net: 26).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Azure DNS went from 1.1% to 0.86% of all tracked sites, while nexcess.net went from 0.09% to 0.08%. nexcess.net is gaining ground faster in our index.

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

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.