Azure DNS vs NS1

NS1 is used by more websites in our catalog: 7,583 use Azure DNS and 12,424 use NS1.

Azure DNS sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Azure DNS: 54, NS1: 19).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Azure DNS went from 1.1% to 0.86% of all tracked sites, while NS1 went from 1.4% to 1.4%. NS1 is gaining ground faster in our index.

No. A site runs a single DNS provider, so Azure DNS and NS1 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.