Porkbun Review 2026

Ingested by scripts/fetch-pricing.mjs from Porkbun's public pricing API (api.porkbun.com/api/json/v3/pricing/get, no auth), which returns the same registration, renewal, and transfer figures that back porkbun.com/products/domains. The registration field reflects the current first-year price including any sale; renewal and transfer carry the recurring rate. Rows cite the human-viewable pricing page as source_url.

• .com: source
• .net: source
• .org: source
• .io: source
• .ai: source
• .co: source

Last verified: 2026-08-19

Every finding below was verified against Porkbun's own published pages — the pricing page, the knowledge base, and the API documentation — rather than observed inside a paying account. Core gTLDs like .com and .net price flat across the term — first-year and renewal match — and where a TLD does carry a discounted first year, the renewal price is printed on the same row of the same table, so there is no bait-and-switch dynamic. WHOIS privacy is on by default at no charge, two-factor authentication uses TOTP, and the public API covers registration, DNS, and account workflows.

Pricing transparency

Every TLD we verified on porkbun.com/products/domains shows registration, renewal, and transfer prices side-by-side in the same table — the renewal is impossible to miss. On our 2026-08-19 re-fetch, .com and .net renewals still equal the first-year price, while some TLDs (including .org, .uk, and .us) now carry a discounted first year with the higher renewal printed beside it. Current verified figures live in the pricing tables on this page, not in this note. (source)

WHOIS privacy

WHOIS privacy is included free of charge on all eligible TLDs and is enabled by default at registration. Porkbun does not list a paid privacy upsell. (source)

Two-factor authentication

Account login supports TOTP (Authy, Google Authenticator, 1Password) plus optional SMS fallback. Hardware security keys are not currently listed in account settings. (source)

DNS tools

Authoritative DNS is included free of charge. Supported record types include A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS, SRV, CAA, TLSA, SSHFP, HTTPS, SVCB, and ALIAS (provider-side flattening of an apex CNAME). DNSSEC can be enabled in the dashboard. (source)

Public API

Porkbun publishes a JSON API covering domain availability, registration, DNS record CRUD, URL forwarding, glue records, and account-level operations. API access requires generating an API key + secret pair from the account dashboard. (source)

Support channels

Support is email-first (support@porkbun.com), with a live chat widget on porkbun.com during US Pacific business hours. The public knowledge base covers most operational questions. (source)

ccTLD coverage we verified

Porkbun retails 10 of the 17 ccTLDs we cover in our country guides: .us, .uk, .co.uk, .ca, .de, .in, .co.in, .nl, .au, .com.au. They do not list .fr, .sg, .com.sg, .co.il, .org.il, .net.il, or direct .il. .ca registration goes through the CIRA Canadian Presence Requirements declaration; .au registration enforces the auDA presence check. (source)