Gandi
European registrar with huge TLD breadth and post-2023 premium pricing.
Overall in domain registrars
10of 15 · score 57.6
Overall in domain apis
1of 15 · score 80.3
Data coverage
98%
50 of 51 fields sourced
Best for
- •TLDs nobody else sells
- •You need registry lock without moving to a corporate registrar
- •European billing, invoicing and data-residency preferences
- •European teams wanting an EU-based registrar with a modern API
- •Zone-heavy workloads that benefit from LiveDNS
- •Small portfolios where per-name price is not the deciding factor
Strong on
- +DNS hosting anycast-global 1/15
- +Renewal jump $0/yr 1/15
- +Registry lock Partial 1/15
- +API auth bearer-token 1/15
- +Privacy via API free-and-default 1/15
- +Contact model reusable-handles 1/15
Weak on
- −.com renewal $24/yr 14/15Better: Synergy Wholesale: $10.5/yr
- −Support quality 2 12/15Better: Porkbun: 5
- −.com.au renewal A$65/yr 7/7Better: Synergy Wholesale: A$12.95/yr
- −.com first year $24/yr 15/15Better: Crazy Domains: $3.5/yr
vs Netim
- •Ahead on Privacy via API: free-and-default vs paid-addon
- •Ahead on Free WHOIS privacy: Yes vs Partial
- •Behind on Ownership: pe-owned vs independent
- •Behind on .com renewal: $24/yr vs $16/yr
How Gandi scores among 15 domain registrars50 of 51 fields known
Features8
Email forwarding
Partial
11/14
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · Yes
Bulk management1st
Yes
1/15
TLDs offered2nd
750 TLDs
2/15
Leader: Netim · 900 TLDs
Public API1st
Yes
1/15
Support quality
2
12/15
Leader: Porkbun · 5
Pricing6
.com first year
$24/yr
15/15
Leader: Crazy Domains · $3.5/yr
.com renewal
$24/yr
14/15
Leader: Synergy Wholesale · $10.5/yr
Renewal jump1st
$0/yr
1/15
At-cost pricing
No
5/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · Yes
Fee transparency1st
Yes
1/14
Control & exit6
Transfer-out friction3rd
2
3/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · 1
Auth code delivery
dashboard-plus-email
4/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · instant-dashboard
2FA methods
totp
6/14
Leader: Namecheap · totp, sms, email-otp
.au accredited
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Account recovery
3
5/15
Leader: Porkbun · 4
Traction2
Domains managed
2.4 M
7/9
Leader: GoDaddy · 84 M
Ownership
pe-owned
13/15
Leader: Namecheap · independent
Positioning3
Upsell aggression
2
7/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · 1
Ad parking
No
8/15
Leader: Sav · Yes
Positioning
European breadth and control, at a price it did not used to charge.
How Gandi scores among 15 domain apis50 of 51 fields known
Access & onboarding6
Reseller contract
No
6/15
Leader: OpenSRS · Yes
Min prepaid balance1st
$0 float
1/10
ICANN accredited1st
Yes
1/15
API surface13
TLDs offered
750 TLDs
4/14
Leader: Hexonet · 1,000 TLDs
.au support
Partial
5/12
Leader: OpenSRS · Yes
Register endpoint1st
Yes
1/15
Bulk availability
Partial
10/15
Leader: Porkbun · Yes
Suggestion API
Partial
5/14
Leader: Name.com · Yes
Transfer in/out1st
Yes
1/15
EPP code via API1st
Yes
1/15
Auto-renew control1st
Yes
1/15
Webhooks / events
No
7/15
Leader: Porkbun · Yes
Contact model1st
reusable-handles
1/15
Privacy via API1st
free-and-default
1/15
Pricing3
Pricing basis
retail
6/15
Leader: Hexonet · wholesale
.com renewal
$24/yr
15/15
Leader: Direct EPP (own accreditation) · $10.98/yr
Agentic2
MCP server3rd
No
3/15
Leader: Vercel Domains · Yes
Machine-readable spec
Partial
4/15
Leader: GoDaddy · Yes
Traction1
API since
2007
12/15
Leader: Porkbun · 2019
Positioning1
Positioning
European registrar with a genuinely modern REST API and premium pricing to match.
Dynadot
GoDaddy
Namecheap
NameSilo
Netim
Porkbun
Synergy Wholesale
Cloudflare Registrar
