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Cloudflare Registrar vs Porkbun

Higher score
Cloudflare Registrar
9.5/ 10
PorkbunIndie
9.1/ 10
Across 4 measured dimensions: Cloudflare Registrar wins 3, Porkbun wins 0 (1 tie / n/a)
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Side by side.

8 dimensions
MetricCloudflare RegistrarPorkbun
Score
Winner: left
9.59.1
Δ 90 days
— flat— flat
Parent & badge
Winner: right
Cloudflare, Inc.
IndependentIndie
Founded
20182014
Best for
Anyone willing to use Cloudflare DNSOwners who hate the upsell pattern
Price per yr
Winner: left
$10.5/ yr$11.5/ yr
Renewal multiplier
Winner: left
1.1×1.3×
Tagline
At-cost domains, zero markup, no marketingIndie registrar with honest pricing
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What works, what doesn't.

Per provider
Cloudflare Registrar4 pros · 3 cons
+ Pros
  • ✓At-cost pricing, renewals identical to year one
  • ✓Best-in-class anycast DNS included
  • ✓Free WHOIS privacy and DNSSEC
  • ✓Zero upsells, ever
– Cons
  • ✗Transfer-in only, no new registrations
  • ✗Must use Cloudflare nameservers
  • ✗Narrower TLD selection
Porkbun4 pros · 3 cons
+ Pros
  • ✓Renewal prices match intro pricing closely
  • ✓Free WHOIS privacy on every TLD
  • ✓Independent, not part of a hosting conglomerate
  • ✓No upsell-on-checkout pattern
– Cons
  • ✗DNS feature set is thin
  • ✗Support is email-only, slower than chat-first registrars
  • ✗Dated control-panel UI
Make the call

Pick one and go.

Both links are affiliate. Score doesn't move because of it.

VisitCloudflare Registrar ↗Score 9.5VisitPorkbun ↗Score 9.1
← Read full Cloudflare Registrar review·Read full Porkbun review →
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