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Expensive, calm and upsell-free, with the best phone support in the category.

hover.com
Overall in domain registrars
8of 15 · score 59.8
Data coverage
92%
23 of 25 fields sourced

Best for

  • •A single business-critical domain where support beats price
  • •Non-technical owners who need a human to talk to
  • •Anyone allergic to checkout upsells

Strong on

  • +Support quality 5 1/15
  • +Account recovery 4 1/15
  • +Upsell aggression 1 1/15
  • +Transfer-out friction 2 3/15

Weak on

  • −Public API No 13/15
    Better: Cloudflare Registrar: Yes
  • −TLDs offered 300 TLDs 11/15
    Better: Netim: 900 TLDs
  • −.com first year $17.99/yr 13/15
    Better: Crazy Domains: $3.5/yr
  • −.com renewal $19.99/yr 11/15
    Better: Synergy Wholesale: $10.5/yr

vs Porkbun

  • •Behind on Public API: No vs Yes
  • •Behind on .com renewal: $19.99/yr vs $11.81/yr

How Hover scores among 15 domain registrars23 of 25 fields known

Features8

Free WHOIS privacy1st
Yes
1/15
hover.com · 2026-06-30
DNSSEC
Partial
11/14
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · Yes
DNS hosting3rd
standard
3/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · anycast-global
Email forwarding1st
Yes
1/14
hover.com · 2026-06-30
Bulk management
Partial
10/15
Leader: Porkbun · Yes
TLDs offered
300 TLDs
11/15
Leader: Netim · 900 TLDs
Public API
No
13/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · Yes
Support quality1st
5
1/15

Pricing6

.com first year
$17.99/yr
13/15
Leader: Crazy Domains · $3.5/yr
.com renewal
$19.99/yr
11/15
Leader: Synergy Wholesale · $10.5/yr
Renewal jump
$2/yr
8/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · $0/yr
At-cost pricing
No
5/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · Yes
Fee transparency1st
Yes
1/14
.com.au renewal
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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
Registry lock
No
4/15
Leader: Gandi · Partial
2FA methods
totp
6/14
Leader: Namecheap · totp, sms, email-otp
.au accredited
No
6/14
Leader: GoDaddy · Yes
Account recovery1st
4
1/15

Traction2

Domains managed
—
Ownership
public-company
8/15
Leader: Namecheap · independent

Positioning3

Upsell aggression1st
1
1/15
Ad parking
No
8/15
Leader: Sav · Yes
Positioning
Pay more, get left alone.

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