Is Foundation DNS or Gandi more popular?

Gandi is used by more websites in our catalog: 568 use Foundation DNS and 1,987 use Gandi.

Does Foundation DNS or Gandi have higher-authority sites?

Foundation DNS sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Foundation DNS: 64, Gandi: 53).

Is Foundation DNS or Gandi growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Foundation DNS went from 0.09% to 0.06% of all tracked sites, while Gandi went from 0.28% to 0.23%. Foundation DNS is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both Foundation DNS and Gandi?

No. A site runs a single DNS provider, so Foundation DNS and Gandi are mutually exclusive.

Where does this Foundation DNS vs Gandi 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.

Foundation DNS vs Gandi — Site Stats Database

Foundation DNS vs Gandi

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	Foundation DNS	Gandi
Websites	568	1,987
Market share	0.07%	0.24%
Share of top 10K sites	0.89%	0.02%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#76	#29

Median DR	64	53

Average DR	61	50

Median keywords	4,396	626

Median referring domains	2,579	1,252

Median domain age	23 yrs	18 yrs

Average domain age	21 yrs	18 yrs

Average monthly traffic	2,163,402	27,732

Combined monthly traffic	1,228,812,188	55,102,808

allrecipes.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)89
Total Keywords3,491,845
Referring Domains151,904
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)166,334,891
Traffic Trend
TechnologyFoundation DNS
people.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords3,306,939
Referring Domains249,058
Domain Age32 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)120,641,412
Traffic Trend
Technology
seriouseats.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords1,719,658
Referring Domains115,325
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)67,651,798
Traffic Trend
Technology
investopedia.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords2,098,866
Referring Domains406,047
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)66,831,883
Traffic Trend
Technology
kayak.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)87
Total Keywords2,410,381
Referring Domains65,916
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)61,496,142
Traffic Trend
TechnologyFoundation DNS
simplyrecipes.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)82
Total Keywords992,573
Referring Domains70,052
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)37,946,046
Traffic Trend
Technology
verywellhealth.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords2,792,245
Referring Domains157,167
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)32,883,437
Traffic Trend
Technology
groupon.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)84
Total Keywords821,862
Referring Domains61,566
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)32,266,779
Traffic Trend
Technology
southernliving.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords2,110,038
Referring Domains83,089
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)30,390,710
Traffic Trend
Technology
thespruce.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords2,309,818
Referring Domains199,858
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)30,091,273
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
allrecipes.com		89	3,491,845	151,904	27 yrs	166,334,891		Foundation DNS

reedsy.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)83
Total Keywords149,161
Referring Domains36,123
Domain Age12 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)6,757,066
Traffic Trend
TechnologyGandi
dafont.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords94,965
Referring Domains62,847
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,063,743
Traffic Trend
Technology
lofficielusa.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)75
Total Keywords107,290
Referring Domains10,242
Domain Age8 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)892,300
Traffic Trend
Technology
man7.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)87
Total Keywords22,097
Referring Domains21,334
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)856,124
Traffic Trend
TechnologyGandi
azoproducts.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)47
Total Keywords6,782
Referring Domains1,147
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)853,950
Traffic Trend
Technology
notrecinema.com
LanguageFrench
DR (Ahrefs)45
Total Keywords143,741
Referring Domains19,750
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)759,810
Traffic Trend
Technology
relaischateaux.com
LanguageFrench
DR (Ahrefs)78
Total Keywords37,036
Referring Domains8,720
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)599,573
Traffic Trend
Technology
freesound.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)83
Total Keywords21,546
Referring Domains27,915
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)591,758
Traffic Trend
Technology
qt.io
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)85
Total Keywords15,162
Referring Domains24,872
Domain Age12 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)580,184
Traffic Trend
TechnologyGandi
arcraiders.wiki
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)53
Total Keywords15,201
Referring Domains494
Domain Age1 yr
Traffic (Jun 2026)562,945
Traffic Trend
Technology