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Freemium

A free tier with a monthly query allowance is available. Paid plans remove the limit.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL 3.0. AdGuard also sells a hosted AdGuard DNS service…

Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
  • Very granular blocklists and per-device profiles with detailed analytics
  • Encrypted DNS support on every platform, including router-level setup
  • 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
  • Filtering happens on their infrastructure, so they resolve your queries
  • The free tier is limited to a monthly query allowance
  • Run by a company that also sells blocking products, so the free tier is marketing
  • Over-blocking breaks sites, as with any DNS blocker
Hosted service Self-hosted
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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