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DNS Provider Sync · DNSimple
DNSimple made DNS management pleasant. DNS Spy adds the layer DNSimple doesn't ship: independent, resolver-based monitoring of every record, with alerts when anything changes.
No credit card required · 7-day trial · Read-only API access
DNSimple is deliberately focused: excellent DNS hosting, domain registration, and certificates, managed through a great API. What it doesn't do is watch your zones from the outside and tell you when reality diverges from intent — when a record stops resolving, when your nameservers fall out of sync with each other, or when a change you didn't make shows up. DNS Spy connects to your DNSimple account, imports the complete record list, and then monitors every record from resolvers around the world, independently of DNSimple's own infrastructure.
DNSimple issues both user tokens and account tokens, and its API paths require an account ID — a detail that trips up plenty of integrations. DNS Spy handles it automatically: paste either token type and the account is resolved via the API, no account ID field to hunt down. Zones are then listed for one-click import, and new zones you add to DNSimple later are visible to the same connection.
If you're comparing DNSimple with alternatives like Cloudflare, DigitalOcean DNS, or Bunny DNS — DNS Spy monitors all of them through the same provider sync integration. That makes migrations dramatically less nerve-wracking: monitor the zone at your current provider, monitor it at the new one, and get alerted the moment the two disagree. Whichever provider you land on, your monitoring comes with you.
In DNSimple, go to Account → Automation (access tokens).
Create an account access token and copy it — DNSimple shows it only once.
Paste it into DNS Spy under Team Settings → DNS Providers and click Test Connection.
Open Import Domains, tick your zones, and DNS Spy imports every record and starts monitoring.
Read more about how imports, recurring sync, and resolver-based monitoring work on the DNS Provider Sync feature page.
Create an account access token in DNSimple (Account → Automation), connect it to DNS Spy, and import your zones. Every record is monitored from multiple global resolver locations with change alerts via email, Slack, Discord, or PagerDuty.
No. DNS Spy resolves the account automatically from your token — it works with both user tokens and account tokens.
ALIAS is DNSimple's virtual record type that gets flattened to A/AAAA records at resolution time. DNS Spy monitors what actually resolves on your nameservers, so the flattened answers are watched like any other record — you'll know if the ALIAS target changes what it points to.
Yes — that's one of the best uses. Connect both your old and new providers, monitor the same domain through the transition, and DNS Spy's nameserver sync detection will show you exactly when both sides agree. No more "did the migration actually finish?" uncertainty.
Connect with a read-only token, import every record, and get alerted the moment anything changes. Free for 7 days.
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