Overall in domain registrars
9of 15 · score 58.5
Data coverage
96%
24 of 25 fields sourced
Best for
- •You want cheap domains without Namecheap's 2010s interface
- •Short-term projects where the first-year price dominates
- •Bundled mailbox trials alongside the registration
Strong on
- +.com first year $5.98/yr 2/15
- +Transfer-out friction 2 3/15
Weak on
- −Ownership platform-subsidiary 12/15Better: Namecheap: independent
- −Renewal jump $8/yr 12/15Better: Cloudflare Registrar: $0/yr
- −Bulk management Partial 10/15Better: Porkbun: Yes
vs Dynadot
- •Ahead on .com first year: $5.98/yr vs $10.99/yr
- •Ahead on .com renewal: $13.98/yr vs $13.99/yr
- •Behind on Ownership: platform-subsidiary vs independent
- •Behind on Ad parking: No vs Partial
How Spaceship scores among 15 domain registrars24 of 25 fields known
Features8
DNSSEC1st
Yes
1/14
DNS hosting3rd
standard
3/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · anycast-global
Email forwarding1st
Yes
1/14
Bulk management
Partial
10/15
Leader: Porkbun · Yes
TLDs offered
500 TLDs
5/15
Leader: Netim · 900 TLDs
Public API
Partial
9/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · Yes
Support quality
3
7/15
Leader: Porkbun · 5
Pricing6
.com first year2nd
$5.98/yr
2/15
Leader: Crazy Domains · $3.5/yr
.com renewal
$13.98/yr
6/15
Leader: Synergy Wholesale · $10.5/yr
Renewal jump
$8/yr
12/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · $0/yr
At-cost pricing
No
5/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · Yes
Fee transparency
Partial
8/14
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · Yes
.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
Account recovery
3
5/15
Leader: Porkbun · 4
Traction2
Ownership
platform-subsidiary
12/15
Leader: Namecheap · independent
Positioning3
Upsell aggression
2
7/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · 1
Ad parking
No
8/15
Leader: Sav · Yes
Positioning
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