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NameSilo vs Porkbun

NameSiloIndie
8.4/ 10
Higher score
PorkbunIndie
9.1/ 10
Across 4 measured dimensions: NameSilo wins 0, Porkbun wins 3 (1 tie / n/a)
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Side by side.

8 dimensions
MetricNameSiloPorkbun
Score
Winner: right
8.49.1
Δ 90 days
— flat— flat
Parent & badge
IndependentIndie
IndependentIndie
Founded
20092014
Best for
Portfolio holders who care more about renewal than year oneOwners who hate the upsell pattern
Price per yr
Winner: right
$12/ yr$11.5/ yr
Renewal multiplier
Winner: right
—1.3×
Tagline
Cheap renewals are the actual featureIndie registrar with honest pricing
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What works, what doesn't.

Per provider
NameSilo4 pros · 4 cons
+ Pros
  • ✓Renewal price matches intro within a dollar
  • ✓Free WHOIS, email forwarding, DNS
  • ✓Strong bulk-domain tooling and API
  • ✓Independent, publicly listed
– Cons
  • ✗UI is genuinely ugly and dated
  • ✗Support is ticket-only, slower than chat-first
  • ✗DNS is competent but not anycast-fast
  • ✗Add-on products (hosting, SSL) are weak
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.

VisitNameSilo ↗Score 8.4VisitPorkbun ↗Score 9.1
← Read full NameSilo review·Read full Porkbun review →
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