NetTrace
Free · Open API · Hosted in the EU

See at a glance how
the world sees your domain

NetTrace queries your DNS records at 84 public resolvers simultaneously and shows exactly where answers differ. Plus email, security and blacklist checks.

Try:
84DNS resolvers
13record types
5tools in one API
€0always free

Built on measurable speed

Every resolver gets its own strict timeout, so one slow server never delays your answer. Answers are cached according to their own TTL, and identical concurrent questions share a single upstream lookup.

  • All 84 resolvers queried at once, each with its own timeout
  • Results appear live as they arrive
  • TTL-based cache per resolver, complete checks for at least 30 s
  • Honest status per resolver: ok, timeout, refused or NXDOMAIN

See the reproducible benchmark →

Example view
ResolverStatusTime
CloudflareOK1 ms
Quad9OK2 ms
Tele2 NLOK18 ms
KT Corp (KR)OK262 ms
Pacific Internet (AU)OK301 ms

Illustration of the results view, not a measurement.

An open API, no account needed

The same checks as on this site, through a simple REST API. Great for scripts, monitoring and your own tools. A fair rate limit keeps the service fast for everyone.

API documentation
# DNS lookup at all resolvers
curl -X POST https://api.nettrace.eu/v1.0/dns-check \
  -d "domain=nettrace.eu" \
  -d "recordType=A"

# Live results as NDJSON
curl -N -X POST "https://api.nettrace.eu/v1.0/dns-check?stream=1" \
  -d "domain=nettrace.eu&recordType=MX"