Hey folks, I just realized my pihole server, running on a Ras Pi 3 needs to be rebuilt from scratch. I’ve seen many mentions of AdGuard DNS here though. What’s your thinking on which is better now?

We’re a small family, looking for a basic ad blocking, set it and forget it, solution.

EDIT: I’d prefer the software be open source.

  • @GustavoMEnglish
    4•1 year ago

    Neither. Nextdns can block ads plus much more.

    • Nine
      7•1 year ago

      That’s what I’ve been using too. You can combine them to have a local dns with more restrictions too.

      Personally I just run named/bind for my local(lab) dns with NextDNS as the forwarders. Everything else use uses their app and/or gets the resolved configured to use it. Keeps everything safe and fast. Well worth a small fee imho.

      Highly recommend NextDNS!!!

    • @FutileRecipe
      6•1 year ago

      And much more? Can you elaborate on how NextDNS does “much more” than PiHole? PiHole is a DNS server, not an adblocker, though most people use it in that capacity.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•1 year ago

        NextDNS is also a DNS server. It is a much more robust service but it is not self-hosted.

        I use it because it’s insanely easy to use and isn’t limited to my own network. For internal DNS I use PowerDNS with NextDNS upstream. Since I have 6 users and 4 servers (3 of which are VM hosts) I pay for it, but most home users would never need to.

        Check it out, NextDNS.io