Quick Facts
- Category
- Domain availability APIs, DNS and infrastructure APIs
- Website
- api.gandi.net/docs/
- Pricing Starts At
- Variable per-TLD pricing at Rate A
- Free Tier
- No separate API fee; paid operations use account pricing
- TLD Coverage
- 845 TLDs
- Enterprise Plan
- Rate E begins at $12,000 annual spend
Pros & Cons
✓ Pros
- Exceptional ccTLD coverage (845 TLDs)
- Free WHOIS privacy by default
- Full sandbox environment
- Terraform and Ansible support
- European data residency (GDPR)
- Up to 50% reseller discounts
− Cons
- Higher pricing than budget registrars
- Official CLI is archived/unmaintained
- Async pricing API requires polling
- DNSSEC limited to 4 keys per domain
- Apikey auth deprecated (use Bearer tokens)
- No official SDKs
🎯 Our Verdict
Gandi excels for teams needing European data residency and extensive ccTLD coverage. The API is capable but lacks modern SDK support. Best for Terraform/Ansible workflows.
Best For: European companies, ccTLD specialists, infrastructure-as-code users
Not Recommended For: Budget projects, teams wanting maintained SDKs
Key Features
🌐
LiveDNS API
Full DNS management with DNSSEC
🔒
Certificate API
SSL/TLS automation
🌍
845 TLDs
Best ccTLD coverage
⚙️
Terraform Support
Infrastructure as code
Pricing
| Tier | Price | Credits/Requests |
|---|---|---|
| Free | No separate API fee; paid operations use account pricing | Variable |
| Starter | Variable per-TLD pricing at Rate A | Variable |
| Enterprise | Rate E begins at $12,000 annual spend | Variable |
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Gandi API vs DomScan
| Feature | Gandi API | DomScan |
|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | − | ✓ 10,000/month |
| Domain Availability | ✓ | ✓ |
| WHOIS Data | ✓ | ✓ |
| DNS Lookup | ✓ | ✓ |
| Domain Valuation | − | ✓ |
| Brand Monitoring | − | ✓ |
| MCP/AI Integration | − | ✓ |
| Bulk Operations | ✓ | ✓ |
