Cloud DNS pricing policy
To calculate the cost of using the service, see the prices in this section.
Prices for the Russia region
Warning
Prices for Yandex Cloud resources vary from region to region. For more information about the available regions, see Regions.
The currency that can be used to pay for resources depends on which legal entity the user has entered into agreement with. For more information about account registration, see Registering an account in Yandex Cloud.
Public DNS queries
| Resource category | Cost per 1 million requests per month, without VAT |
|---|---|
| Public DNS requests (authoritative) | $0.256000 |
| Public DNS requests (recursive), 1 million or less per month | Free |
| Public DNS requests (recursive), over 1 million per month | $0.256000 |
You will be billed for:
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Authoritative queries: Any requests for DNS records in a user's public zones from the internet or Yandex Cloud.
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Recursive queries: Queries from a Yandex Cloud VM for external domain names on the internet.
Tip
We recommend using caching resolvers, such as
systemd-resolved,dnsmasq, orunbound. They can help you reduce the number of queries for external domain names, reducing costs.
You do not pay for:
Starting December 6, 2021, the following is provided free of charge:
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The first one million (1,000,000) recursive queries from VMs each month.
Once you have used up this free amount, you will be charged according to your service plan.
The unused balance of free services is reset at the end of the month.
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Queries for domain names of Yandex Cloud services (such as
api.cloud.yandex.net) and those offered by Yandex (such asmail.yandex.com), both from VMs and the internet.
The cost of public DNS queries is based on usage.
For example, the cost of 50 thousand authoritative queries to your public DNS zone per month will be:
(50,000 / 1,000,000) × $0.256000 = 0.05 × $0.256000 = $0.012800
Total: $0.012800
Where:
- (50,000 / 1,000,000): Number of millions of executed queries.
- $0.256000: Price per 1 million queries per month.
For example, the cost of 1.2 million recursive queries for external names executed from December 6 to December 31 from your VMs per month will be:
(1.2 − 1.0) × $0.256000 = 0.2 × $0.256000 = $0.051200
Total: $0.051200
Where:
- (1.2 − 1.0): Number of millions of executed queries. You are not billed for the first million of recursive queries starting December 6, 2021.
- $0.256000: Price per 1 million recursive queries per month.
DNS zones
You are charged for user-created public or internal DNS zones.
Service zones are provided free of charge.
You are charged per second of usage. The cost is calculated in proportion to usage.
For example, the cost of owning 2 DNS zones for 360 hours will be the same as the cost of owning 1 DNS zone for 720 hours.
| Resource category | Cost of 1 user-created DNS zone per month, without VAT |
|---|---|
| DNS zone | $0.288000 |