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title: "Managed DNS: Fast, Redundant & Secure Anycast"
description: "A dedicated, managed global Anycast DNS service with ultra-fast queries, a 100% uptime SLA, DNSSEC, and an API-first architecture."
canonical_url: https://optimi.com/en/performance/dns
md_url: https://optimi.com/en/performance/dns.md
last_updated: 2026-09-04
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# DNS

Fast, redundant and secure: a global Anycast network, dedicated and managed, with an API-first architecture.

DNS is the first step of every visit, so its speed has a direct impact on your
visitors' **user experience**. A **global Anycast DNS** provider answers each query
from the nearest point of presence, delivering optimal redundancy, quality of service,
and **ultra-fast** lookups. Give your users the speed they deserve.

*Anycast routes every DNS query to the nearest PoP, with self-healing failover across the network.*

- Resolvers (Worldwide)
- Optimi Anycast DNS
- Nearest PoP — 3 ms
- Regional PoP — 28 ms
- Failover PoP — reserve

## Managed. Custom. Available.

- **Managed DNS** — Our managed DNS is fast, scalable and built for traffic management, keeping enterprise online services available and performing at their peak, with an optional managed DNS service for China.
- **Service Uptime** — Our global Anycast PoPs connect to Tier 1 providers, supplemented by 20+ regional providers and 10 peering exchanges: a self-healing IP network of unparalleled reach, capacity and performance.
- **API First** — Every platform function is exposed through a REST API, with an intuitive GUI, a deep list of toolkit integrations and programmatic support so you can manage and automate DNS your way.

> **100% uptime SLA**
>
> A self-healing Anycast network with DDoS protection and redundant secondary DNS keeps
>   your domains resolving even under attack or regional disruption.

## Main features

- **Global Anycast network** — Queries answered from the nearest PoP, worldwide.
- **DDoS protected** — Absorbs volumetric attacks against your DNS.
- **100% uptime SLA** — Backed by a self-healing, redundant network.
- **DNSSEC** — Cryptographic signing to prevent spoofing.
- **IPAM reloaded** — Modern IP address management built in.
- **SSO & 2FA** — Single sign-on and two-factor account security.
- **Redundant secondary DNS** — A standby zone keeps you resolving if a provider fails.
- **API-first automation** — Manage and automate every record via REST.

## What you gain

- **Performance** — Faster resolution at the very start of each visit.
- **Better user experience** — Quicker first byte for every user.
- **Security** — DNSSEC and DDoS protection by default.
- **Redundancy** — Self-healing network with secondary DNS.

## Related guides
- [edge-delivery](/en/guides/tags/edge-delivery)

[Get in Touch](/en/contact): Need performing and reliable DNS? — Talk to our team about a managed Anycast DNS setup for your domains.