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AdGuard Home vs NetShield DNS Resolver: catalog facts
AdGuard Home	NetShield DNS Resolver
Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0. AdGuard also sells a hosted AdGuard DNS service…	Free Free and open source under GPL-3.0-or-later.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Android
Acts as a DNS-over-HTTPS, DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-QUIC server itself One binary with a web interface, so installation is straightforward	Offers VPN sinkhole and local DNS server modes Supports DoH, DoT and UDP upstreams
Run by a company that also sells blocking products, so the free tier is marketing Over-blocking breaks sites, as with any DNS blocker	Imported VPN profiles can be managed but not used for tunneling
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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