BIND VS Pi-hole

BIND

BIND is by far the most widely used DNS software on the Internet.

Pi-hole

Pi-hole is a multi-platform, network-wide ad blocker.

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Categories	Security & Privacy Monitoring Tools Ad Blockers Block Ads
Website	isc.org
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Categories	Security & Privacy Ad Blockers Threat Detection And Prevention Web Browsers
Website	pi-hole.net
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Block EVERY Online Ad with THIS - Pi-Hole on Raspberry Pi

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to BIND and Pi-hole)

Pi-hole

Security & Privacy

4 4%

Security & Privacy

96% 96

Monitoring Tools

15 15%

Monitoring Tools

85% 85

Ad Blockers

6 6%

Ad Blockers

94% 94

Block Ads

100 100%

Block Ads

0% 0

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Reviews

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Pi-hole App contains an informative web interface that shows stats on all the domains being queried on the network that you are using. Pi-hole - Network-wide Ad Blocking is a signifying ad-blocking platform that helps its global users to block all the harmful and unhealthy advertisements on your online networks. You can run Pi-hole in a container or deploy it right to...

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Pi-hole seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 1185 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

BIND mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of BIND yet. Tracking of BIND recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Pi-hole mentions (1185)

Ask HN: For what purposes do you use a Raspberry Pi?
Pi-hole to block ads and tracking for my less technically savvy relatives https://pi-hole.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 11 days ago
Runs on your OpenWrt box: AdGuard Home is network-wide blocking ads and tracking
I ran a competing project[0] on my home network for a few years before I discovered NextDNS[1]. What I lost in performance (requests don't leave my house) I gained in portability: ALL my devices can take advantage – at home and away – and time-saved. PiHole works 90% of the time, but when it did stop working, I'd have to spend a bit of time fixing it. At $20/year, I simply couldn't compete with NextDNS. Note: This... - Source: Hacker News / 22 days ago
YouTube Says It Has More Than 100M Premium and Music Subscribers
Can the piHole help us eliminate bandwidth wasting ads on TV's? https://pi-hole.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 27 days ago
Higher fees, more ads: streaming cashes in by using the old tactics of cable TV
It definitely IS an option, but at the network level. https://pi-hole.net/ It runs on damn near everything, and is a DNS level adblocker for the whole network. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago
In 2024, please switch to Firefox
I recently switched to Wipr [0]. It’s dead simple to use, and will auto update its filter lists in the background. Adguard [1] is a decent free option. I also use a Pi-hole [2] on my network. [0] https://kaylees.site/wipr.html [1] https://adguard.com/en/adguard-safari/overview.html [2] https://pi-hole.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago