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# DNS Host Record Management

DNS Host Record Management is a free addon that enables basic DNS record management through the domain registrar's DNS system. It is available from the **Addons** page on your domain's management page.

## Enabling the Addon

<Steps>
  <Step title="Navigate to Addons">
    Open your domain's management page and click **Addons** in the left sidebar.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Order the Addon">
    Under **DNS Host Record Management**, click **Order** (\$0.00).
  </Step>
</Steps>

Once enabled, you can manage basic DNS records for your domain through the registrar's interface.

## When to Use This

Use DNS Host Record Management only if you need to keep your domain on the **default (registrar) nameservers** — for example, if you are using the [Email Forwarding](/domains/addons/email-forwarding) addon, which requires default nameservers.

## Recommended Alternative

For most use cases, the [DNS Manager](/client-portal/dns/dns-manager) in the customer portal sidebar is the better option:

| Feature                 | DNS Host Record Management | DNS Manager                                         |
| ----------------------- | -------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| Record types            | Basic                      | A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, SRV, NS, CAA, AFSDB, DNAME |
| Record limits           | Limited                    | 200 per zone, 20 per type                           |
| Network                 | Registrar DNS              | AnyCAST DNS                                         |
| Non-DigitalFyre domains | No                         | Yes                                                 |

To use the DNS Manager instead, point your domain's nameservers to `ns1-4.digitalfyre.net` and add the domain in the DNS Manager. See [DNS Manager](/client-portal/dns/dns-manager).