NameSilo
Flat renewals, free privacy and portfolio tooling for people holding hundreds.
Overall in domain registrars
4of 15 · score 66.5
Overall in domain apis
7of 15 · score 72.3
Data coverage
96%
49 of 51 fields sourced
Best for
- •Portfolios in the hundreds where bulk edits are a weekly task
- •You want the renewal to equal the registration price, permanently
- •Cost discipline matters more than UI
- •Registering on behalf of customers without a reseller contract
- •Cost-sensitive bulk portfolios
- •Teams that want free WHOIS privacy applied automatically
Strong on
- +Renewal jump $0/yr 1/15
- +Upsell aggression 1 1/15
- +Privacy via API free-and-default 1/15
- +Contact model reusable-handles 1/15
- +At-cost pricing Partial 2/15
- +Transfer-out friction 2 3/15
Weak on
- −.au support No 9/12Better: OpenSRS: Yes
- −.com first year $12.99/yr 10/15Better: Crazy Domains: $3.5/yr
- −.com renewal $13.95/yr 10/15Better: Direct EPP (own accreditation): $10.98/yr
- −EPP code via API Partial 11/15Better: Name.com: Yes
vs Cloudflare Registrar
- •Ahead on Ad parking: Partial vs No
- •Ahead on Bulk management: Yes vs Partial
- •Behind on At-cost pricing: Partial vs Yes
- •Behind on 2FA methods: totp vs totp, hardware-key
How NameSilo scores among 15 domain registrars49 of 51 fields known
Features8
DNSSEC1st
Yes
1/14
DNS hosting3rd
standard
3/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · anycast-global
Email forwarding1st
Yes
1/14
Bulk management1st
Yes
1/15
TLDs offered
500 TLDs
5/15
Leader: Netim · 900 TLDs
Public API1st
Yes
1/15
Support quality
3
7/15
Leader: Porkbun · 5
Pricing6
.com first year
$12.99/yr
10/15
Leader: Crazy Domains · $3.5/yr
.com renewal
$12.99/yr
4/15
Leader: Synergy Wholesale · $10.5/yr
Renewal jump1st
$0/yr
1/15
At-cost pricing2nd
Partial
2/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · Yes
Fee transparency1st
Yes
1/14
.com.au renewal
—
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
Account recovery
3
5/15
Leader: Porkbun · 4
Traction2
Positioning3
Upsell aggression1st
1
1/15
Ad parking
Partial
4/15
Leader: Sav · Yes
Positioning
Flat renewals and portfolio tooling, at the cost of the interface.
How NameSilo scores among 15 domain apis49 of 51 fields known
Access & onboarding6
Sandbox / OTE1st
Yes
1/14
Reseller contract
No
6/15
Leader: OpenSRS · Yes
Min prepaid balance1st
$0 float
1/10
ICANN accredited1st
Yes
1/15
API surface13
TLDs offered
500 TLDs
7/14
Leader: Hexonet · 1,000 TLDs
.au support
No
9/12
Leader: OpenSRS · Yes
Register endpoint1st
Yes
1/15
Suggestion API
No
7/14
Leader: Name.com · Yes
Transfer in/out1st
Yes
1/15
DNS record API1st
Yes
1/15
Auto-renew control1st
Yes
1/15
Webhooks / events
No
7/15
Leader: Porkbun · Yes
Rate limit
—
Pricing3
Pricing basis
retail
6/15
Leader: Hexonet · wholesale
.com renewal
$13.95/yr
10/15
Leader: Direct EPP (own accreditation) · $10.98/yr
Agentic2
MCP server3rd
No
3/15
Leader: Vercel Domains · Yes
Machine-readable spec
No
8/15
Leader: GoDaddy · Yes
Traction1
API since
2012
6/15
Leader: Porkbun · 2019
Positioning1
Positioning
Low-margin retail registrar that treats API access and free privacy as table stakes.
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