UltraDNS

Route smarter. Recover faster.

Strengthen resilience, improve performance, and simplify DNS management at scale.

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Latency

Reduce latency

Route queries globally to improve response time and user experience.

Resilience

Build resilience

Add redundancy and failover to keep DNS available during outages and attacks.

Dns

Protect DNS

Safeguard DNS with built-in DDoS protection and DNSSEC integrity.

Built for global availability

Clock uptime

Ensure 100% uptime

Supported by always-on DNS resolution.

Velocity

Accelerate resolution

Improve user experience with faster DNS responses across regions.

Automation 2 gears

Reduce operational toil

Simplify DNS changes with centralized control and automation.

Redundancy

Improve continuity

Maintain resolution with active-active redundancy and disaster recovery.

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Authoritative DNS for global performance, built-in security, and high-availability continuity.

Performance

Operate at global scale

  • Manage up to 150 billion authoritative DNS queries per day
  • Deliver low-latency responses with rapid cache updates
  • Optimize delivery with advanced traffic management services
Operate at global scale
Security

Built-in layered protection

  • Nameserver segmentation helps prevent malicious activity
  • DNSSEC provides protection from cache poisoning and DNS hijacking
  • Mitigate disruption with built-in DNS DDoS protection
Built in layered protection
Control

Automate DNS changes

  • Automatically conducts Domain Control Validation (DCV) checks
  • Limits and controls access to DNS records
  • Enforce routing and failover policies across domains
Automate dns changes
Availability

Add DNS redundancy

  • Meet continuity goals with primary and secondary DNS options
  • Add UltraDNS² as an independent secondary Anycast network
  • Get 24/7 support backed by enterprise SLAs
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Designed for always-on resolution

Deploy authoritative DNS across complex, distributed environments without compromising performance or resilience.

Low latency global access

Low latency global access

Resolve queries fast worldwide with a global Anycast network and distributed PoPs.

Business driven multi cdn support

Business driven multi-CDN support

Steer traffic across CDNs using routing policies and real-time performance insights.

Active active failover solution

Active-active failover solution

Add UltraDNS² as a distinct secondary network for continuity and disaster recovery.

Why security leaders choose DigiCert

100B+

Authoritative DNS queries/day

100%

Resolution availability SLA

25+

Annual audits

90%+

Fortune 500

Why DigiCert

Trusted availability for online banking

Yorkshire Building Society

"UltraDNS ticked all the right boxes for us as a primary DNS provider—reliability, resilience, and support."

Andrew Winkless, Infrastructure Manager

Yorkshire Building Society

Yorkshire building society

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DigiCert wins 2026 Global DNS Strategy Leadership Award

Recognized for world-class performance and strategic innovation, DigiCert has earned top honors from Frost & Sullivan.

This award highlights our commitment to securing global DNS infrastructure with enterprise-grade resilience and to converging DNS and PKI to address rising operational and security challenges.

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Frost & Sullivan recognition award

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Solution sheet

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Case study

Yorkshire Building Society strengthens online banking availability with DigiCert UltraDNS

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UltraDNS²: The Only Secondary Network You Need

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Case study

Miva protected its eCommerce platform from DDoS attacks and spoofing using UltraDNS

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You asked. We answered.

Explore answers to common questions about DigiCert UltraDNS and enterprise DNS.

What is DigiCert UltraDNS?
DigiCert UltraDNS is a managed authoritative DNS platform that enables organizations to control DNS records, automate DNS operations, route traffic, and enforce security policies across distributed environments. It's built for organizations that require reliable, scalable, and secure DNS infrastructure.
What is an authoritative DNS?
Authoritative DNS stores and serves the official DNS records for your domain. When someone visits your website, authoritative DNS servers direct users to the correct destination. DigiCert UltraDNS is an enterprise-grade authoritative DNS platform built for high availability, performance, and resilience.
Does UltraDNS support DNSSEC?
Yes. UltraDNS supports DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions), which helps protect domains against DNS spoofing, cache poisoning, and other DNS-based attacks by validating DNS responses.
What is secondary DNS—and does DigiCert provide it?
Secondary DNS is a backup authoritative DNS service that provides redundancy if a primary DNS provider experiences an outage. DigiCert offers secondary DNS capabilities, including UltraDNS², which uses an independent Anycast network to improve resilience and disaster recovery readiness.
Can UltraDNS help with traffic management and failover?
Yes. UltraDNS includes traffic steering and routing policies that direct users based on geography, latency, or availability. Organizations can also implement automated failover to maintain service availability when infrastructure issues occur.
Is UltraDNS only for enterprises?
No. UltraDNS offers flexible plans based on the number of domains, DNS queries, users, and advanced features needed to support growth.
Can DigiCert help me migrate from another DNS provider?
Yes. Organizations can migrate DNS zones and records from existing DNS providers to DigiCert UltraDNS. Our DNS solutions support enterprise migration scenarios, including primary and secondary DNS deployments.
Why choose DigiCert as a DNS provider?
Organizations choose DigiCert UltraDNS for enterprise-grade availability, global scale, DNS security, traffic management, and integration with DigiCert's broader digital trust platform. UltraDNS supports billions of DNS queries and is trusted by many of the world’s largest enterprises.

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