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IBM NS1 Connect

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Managed service for authoritative DNS

Revenue-generating applications require authoritative DNS resolution to keep critical applications and websites online. If your DNS infrastructure isn’t always-on and resilient, network reliability and user experiences will suffer. With IBM NS1 Connect you’ll see:

  • Fast, secure connections to users anywhere in the world with advanced, customizable traffic steering.
  • Always-on, API-first architecture enabling your IT teams to more efficiently monitor networks, deploy changes and conduct routine maintenance.
  • Rich DNS data analytics to streamline the identification of the root cause of anomalies within traffic to further optimize DNS performance.
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Benefits Improve reliability and resilience

Keep your business running with 100% uptime SLA and redundant protections against service deprecation.

Optimize network performance

Deliver applications, services and content with the performance users expect with NS1 Connect global network and traffic steering technology.

Simplify DNS management

With NS1 Connect, automate your DNS configuration (both simple and complex) tasks through API and preconfigured integrations.

Key features 100% uptime SLA on DNS resolution

NS1 Connect’s resilient network delivers the always-on authoritative DNS service you need.

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Global anycast network

Our global footprint of 26 anycast point of presence (PoP) locations provide fast connections wherever your users are.

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DDoS overage protection

Cap your query-based spending with protection against unexpected surges in traffic from distributed denial-of-service attacks.

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Interactive demo

Explore our self-guided demos and learn how easy it is to set up NS1 monitors to track the availability of application endpoints and services, create filter chains to define traffic steering logic, manage your HTTPS redirects and more.

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Ways to buy

IBM NS1 Connect is offered through a variety of pricing plans, from free accounts to large enterprise packages.

Free developer account

The NS1 Connect free developer account showcases IBM's authoritative DNS capabilities, enabling users to start using it in minutes. Although traffic scale is limited, the full API is available for unlimited usage. Use it in production as a primary or secondary solution.

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Essentials on IBM.com

Scaled for growing businesses, our Essentials plan gives you the features you need to ensure fast, reliable connections to end-users. Available for purchase on IBM.com.

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Premium

NS1 Connect Premium is for businesses needing scalable authoritative DNS. Pricing is based on query volume and DNS records. Additional services are also priced through query volume. Enterprise plans offer customizable support and professional services.

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Improve your network resilience to keep critical applications and websites reliably online with IBM® NS1 Connect. Get started with a free developer account and discover more pricing options.

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