SecureDNS will shutdown on 30th of April 2020 (opens in new tab)

I didn’t find any information about this service’s infrastructure and presence. There isn’t much information about its operations either. It seems like a single person project, which is something people shouldn’t rely on especially if it’s going to help you connect online (or don’t tell common people to rely on these).

With bigger providers like Google and Cloudflare providing free DNS and having presence around the world (to reduce latency), it’s not going to be easy to compete for others.

Recently I switched from Cloudflare to NextDNS. I like the fact that NextDNS has a closer presence in many locations (for lower latency) and also has several ad blocking lists you can subscribe to. It’s close to having a Pi-Hole on the cloud and close to having a non-customized uBlock Origin on the cloud. The web interface to customize this is easy to use. The only thing I don’t like is that it’s not a simple DNS configuration if you aren’t interested in additional protections or ad blocking lists. It requires an app for every supported platform. I don’t recall seeing a set of IP addresses published upfront by NextDNS, like how Google DNS and Cloudflare do. The pricing will be another factor to consider whenever it exits beta.

What's the reason for the shutdown? Not enough donations? Too many/few users?

I see a lot of comments mentioning NextDNS. How is it compared to OpenDNS?

A real pity. Users can check out https://nextdns.io for a feature-complete alternative. I've had a great experience with them.

I maintain a small list of DNSSEC providers that I’ve validated as secured enough. But most of you gateway hobbyist would need to use Bind 9.16+ to securely relay your DNS queries.

https://egbert.net/blog/articles/public-nameservers-with-dns...

That's a shame. I've been using his great service for two years now. For rotation I also use https://blog.uncensoreddns.org/ which may be a suitable replacement for anyone else also using SecureDNS.