What is Google Cloud DNS?
Cloud DNS is Google Cloud’s managed authoritative DNS service. It publishes a domain’s records from Google’s anycast nameservers around the world, so customers do not run their own DNS servers, and Google promises 100% availability for those nameservers.
- What it is
- DNS provider
- Run by
- Google Cloud
- Service
- Managed authoritative DNS, public and private zones
- Website
- cloud.google.com/dns
Is Google Cloud DNS the same as Google Domains?
No. Cloud DNS only hosts DNS records. Google Domains was Google’s registrar business, whose assets Squarespace took over in September 2023.
Google Cloud DNS in axath Analytics
Analytics reads the zone files of more than 350 extensions every day and shows which providers gain and lose names, including Google Cloud DNS.
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Last reviewed October 9, 2026.