Alternatives to No-IP
Dynamic DNS and managed DNS provider with free hostnames and paid plans for remote access. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
No-IP
Dynamic DNS and managed DNS provider with free hostnames and paid plans for remote access.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as No-IP.
Dynu
Dynamic DNS service that gives a changing home IP address a fixed hostname, with paid extras.
Dynu also offers a free dynamic DNS tier with downloadable update clients, and sells domains, email and SSL from the same account, though many extras are paid.
Duck DNS
Free dynamic DNS service, hosted on AWS, that points a subdomain at a changing IP address.
Duck DNS is completely free with no paid tiers and a simple update mechanism, but offers only its own subdomains and few features beyond basic dynamic DNS.
FreeDNS
Free dynamic and static DNS hosting with a large shared registry of public domains.
FreeDNS provides a large choice of shared domains, updates with a single curl call, IPv6 support and hosting for your own domain, behind a dated text-heavy interface.
Also worth comparing
These listings name No-IP as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Pangolin
Self-hosted tunnelled reverse proxy and zero-trust VPN built on WireGuard.
No-IP is a hosted freemium dynamic DNS service whose paid Public Tunnels give access without port forwarding, so there is no server to run but it is closed source.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
ddclient
Keep dynamic DNS records aligned with your changing IP address.
Cloudflare DDNS
Keeps Cloudflare DNS records pointed at a changing home IP address.
Cloudflare Tunnel
Exposes a service on your machine to the internet through Cloudflare without opening a single port in your firewall.
ngrok
A tunnelling agent and gateway that exposes a local app to the internet with request inspection.
