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Direct EPP (own accreditation)

Become the registrar: ICANN accreditation plus an EPP client per registry

icann.org/resources/pages/accreditation-2012-02-25-en
Overall in domain apis
12of 15 · score 63.2
Data coverage
92%
24 of 26 fields sourced

Best for

  • •Operators already carrying six figures of domains under management
  • •Registries and large hosts building their own registrar
  • •Understanding what the margin above actually pays for

Strong on

  • +Pricing basis wholesale 1/15
  • +.com renewal $10.98/yr 1/15
  • +Contact model reusable-handles 1/15
  • +.au support Yes 1/12
  • +Rate limit 600 req/min 1/8
  • +Webhooks / events Partial 2/15

Weak on

  • −Spend to first call $7,500 up front 14/14
    Better: Porkbun: $0 up front
  • −Renewal price in API No 14/14
    Better: Porkbun: Yes
  • −DNS record API No 15/15
    Better: Porkbun: Yes
  • −API auth epp-xml 15/15
    Better: Gandi: bearer-token

vs Netim

  • •Ahead on Webhooks / events: Partial vs No
  • •Ahead on .au support: Yes vs Partial
  • •Behind on Renewal price in API: No vs Yes
  • •Behind on DNS record API: No vs Yes

How Direct EPP (own accreditation) scores among 15 domain apis24 of 26 fields known

Access & onboarding6

Spend to first call
$7,500 up front
14/14
Leader: Porkbun · $0 up front
icann.org · 2026-07-23
Sandbox / OTE1st
Yes
1/14
Reseller contract
No
6/15
Leader: OpenSRS · Yes
Min prepaid balance
—
ICANN accredited1st
Yes
1/15
API auth
epp-xml
15/15
Leader: Gandi · bearer-token

API surface13

TLDs offered
—
.au support1st
Yes
1/12
Register endpoint1st
Yes
1/15
Bulk availability
Partial
10/15
Leader: Porkbun · Yes
Suggestion API
No
7/14
Leader: Name.com · Yes
Transfer in/out1st
Yes
1/15
DNS record API
No
15/15
Leader: Porkbun · Yes
EPP code via API1st
Yes
1/15
Auto-renew control1st
Yes
1/15
Webhooks / events2nd
Partial
2/15
Leader: Porkbun · Yes
Contact model1st
reusable-handles
1/15
Privacy via API
not-in-api
15/15
Leader: Porkbun · free-and-default
Rate limit1st
600 req/min
1/8

Pricing3

Pricing basis1st
wholesale
1/15
Renewal price in API
No
14/14
Leader: Porkbun · Yes
.com renewal1st
$10.98/yr
1/15

Agentic2

MCP server3rd
No
3/15
Leader: Vercel Domains · Yes
Machine-readable spec
No
8/15
Leader: GoDaddy · Yes

Traction1

API since
2004
13/15
Leader: Porkbun · 2019

Positioning1

Positioning
The reference point: registry cost with no margin, in exchange for becoming a regulated party.

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