Help
Welcome to the help documentation. Here you'll find comprehensive guides on monitoring your DNS records, configuring providers, understanding DNS record types, and using our tools to keep your zones secure.
General
Learn about ZoneWatcher features and security
Anycast CDN Detection
Automatically detect and monitor Anycast CDN providers
Product Roadmap
See what we've shipped, what's in progress, and what's planned next
Understanding the Client Role
Learn about the read-only Client role for external stakeholders
Read-Only Provider API Credentials
Which DNS providers support read-only API credentials
Volume Discounts
How graduated per-domain pricing works across each plan
DNS Blocklist Monitoring
Continuous checks against email, malware, and family-content blocklists
DNS Change Management
Stage, review, approve, and apply DNS changes with audit trails and propagation monitoring
DNS Change Rollback
One-click reverse changesets and per-check Revert Change for safe undo
Our Security Posture
Learn about our security practices and compliance
Single Sign-On (SAML 2.0)
Set up SSO with Google, Entra ID, Okta, JumpCloud, OneLogin, and more
DNS Providers
Step-by-step guides for connecting your DNS provider
Monitoring Alibaba Cloud DNS
Monitoring AWS Route 53
Monitoring Ascio DNS
Monitoring Atom DNS
Monitoring DNS via Zone Transfers (AXFR)
Monitoring Azure DNS
Monitoring Bunny.net DNS
Monitoring Civo DNS
Monitoring Contabo DNS
Monitoring CSC Global DNS
Monitoring Cloudflare DNS
Monitoring ClouDNS
Monitoring deSEC DNS
Monitoring DigitalOcean DNS
Monitoring DNS Made Easy
Monitoring DNSimple
Monitoring DreamHost DNS
Monitoring Dynadot DNS
Monitoring EasyDNS
Monitoring eNom DNS
Monitoring Gandi DNS
Monitoring Gcore DNS
Monitoring GoDaddy DNS
Monitoring Google Cloud DNS
Monitoring Hetzner DNS
Monitoring Hostinger DNS
Monitoring Huawei Cloud DNS
Monitoring IBM Cloud DNS
Monitoring Interserver DNS
Monitoring IONOS DNS
Monitoring Katapult DNS
Monitoring LeaseWeb DNS
Monitoring Linode DNS
Monitoring MarkMonitor DNS
Monitoring Namecheap DNS
Monitoring Name.com DNS
Monitoring NameSilo DNS
Monitoring Netlify DNS
Monitoring No-IP DNS
Monitoring NS1 DNS
Monitoring Oracle Cloud DNS
Monitoring OVH DNS
Monitoring Porkbun DNS
Monitoring PowerDNS
Monitoring a Domain through the Public DNS records
Monitoring Rackspace DNS
Monitoring Scaleway DNS
Monitoring Digicert UltraDNS
Monitoring Spaceship DNS
Monitoring Vercel DNS
Monitoring Vultr DNS
Monitoring Wix DNS
Monitor Network Solutions DNS
Health Monitors
Background checks that watch each zone's certificates, DNS hygiene, and email authentication
SSL Certificate
Monitors expiring and recently expired SSL/TLS certificates and verifies a same-issuer replacement covering the same domains has been issued
Domain Expiry
Monitors domain registration expiry date
Domain Lock
Monitors WHOIS lock states (transfer, hold, redemption) to detect unauthorized changes
Nameserver Health
Monitors the health and responsiveness of nameservers
IPv4 Nameservers
Monitors IPv4 (A) reachability of the zone's nameservers
IPv6 Nameservers
Monitors IPv6 (AAAA) reachability of the zone's nameservers
DNSSEC Status
Monitors DNSSEC configuration and validation
CAA
Monitors CAA records and verifies issued certificates comply with the published policy
DMARC
Monitors DMARC policy presence and configuration
DKIM
Inspects existing DKIM selector records on the zone for validity
SPF
Monitors SPF record presence and configuration
HSTS
Monitors HTTP Strict Transport Security header presence and configuration
Safe Browsing
Monitors Google Safe Browsing for malware, phishing, and unwanted software flags
Notifications
Configure alerts and notifications for DNS changes
How to Setup Slack Notifications
Get instant alerts in your Slack workspace
How to Setup Microsoft Teams Notifications
Get instant alerts in your Teams channels
How to Setup Discord Notifications
Get instant alerts in your Discord server
How to Setup Webhook Notifications
Send alerts to your custom webhook endpoint
How to Setup JIRA Notifications
Automatically create issues in your JIRA project
How to Setup GitHub Issues Notifications
Automatically create issues in your GitHub repository
DNS Record Types
Understand different DNS record types and their purposes
DNS Lookup Tools
Free online tools to query and verify DNS records