IBM® NS1 Connect is a managed service for authoritative DNS and traffic steering that improves application performance and network resilience.
Revenue-generating applications require authoritative DNS resolution to keep critical applications and websites online. Unless your DNS infrastructure is always-on and resilient, network reliability and user experience will suffer.
IBM NS1 Connect provides fast, secure connections to users anywhere in the world with premium DNS and advanced, customizable traffic steering. NS1 Connect’s always-on, API-first architecture enables your IT teams to more efficiently monitor networks, deploy changes and conduct routine maintenance.
For enterprises looking to further optimize DNS performance, IBM NS1 Connect offers rich DNS data analytics to streamline the identification of the root cause of anomalies within traffic.
Keep users reliably connected and revenue flowing with a 100% uptime SLA, constant monitoring and redundant protections against service deprecation.
Advanced, customizable traffic steering capabilities ensure you can deliver applications, services and content with the performance your users expect.
Spend more time on higher-value work by automating both simple and complex DNS configuration tasks through NS1 Connect’s API and preconfigured integrations.
Enjoy fast connections to consumers around the globe through an anycast network with 26 points of presence (PoPs).
Maximize uptime and revenue generation with resilient, always-on, authoritative DNS.
Integrate and automate workflows with NS1 Connect's well-documented API.
Use real-time intelligence on network performance and availability to direct DNS connections to the best available application resource.
Add a single-tenant, redundant DNS layer and manage it from the same portal as your primary DNS.
Improve performance for the Chinese mainland by segmenting traffic with NS1 Connect’s Managed DNS for China.
Get a better understanding of DNS traffic patterns by mining your DNS data to identify security issues, misconfigurations and performance issues.
Cap your query-based spending with protection against unexpected surges in traffic from distributed denial-of-service attacks.
Quickly identify issues and automatically adjust DNS traffic steering configurations with native health check alerts.
Preconfigured integrations with leading DevOps tools including Ansible and Terraform to help automate routine maintenance, manage data sources and feeds.
IBM NS1 Connect is offered through a variety of pricing plans, from free accounts to large enterprise packages.
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.
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.
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 AWS.
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.