Control D Pricing Guide 2026: Plans, Costs & What You’ll Pay

What you pay for Control D depends on whether it is for business use or personal use. Most of this guide covers the business side, since that is where the pricing model and the buying questions get involved.

If you only want a personal plan, skip to personal plans. The prices listed on third-party sites are often out of date, so here is the current picture, straight from the source.

What Does Control D Cost?

Business and organization plans

Personal plans

Every paid plan includes core DNS filtering features and access to the dashboard for managing rules, analytics, and profiles. Every plan also comes with a 14-day free trial, and no credit card is required to start one.

Seeing a Cheaper Price Somewhere Else?

Some comparison sites and software directories still list older Control D pricing, occasionally from a year or more ago, so a figure you found on one of them may not match what you actually pay today.

The current numbers are the ones above:

• $3 or $6 per month for personal plans
• $2 per endpoint per month for SMB.

The personal plans page and the business pricing page are the sources of truth and are always up to date.

Business and Organization Pricing

Organizations use a different model than individuals, and it is built to stay predictable as you grow. This is also where most buyer questions come up, so here is how each part works.

SMB: Self-serve at $2 per endpoint

SMB pricing starts at a flat $2 per endpoint per month, with no seat minimums and no usage tiers to calculate.

The starting price covers per-endpoint billing with real-time analytics: you count the devices you are protecting, you pay for those, and you can start today without talking to sales.

An endpoint here means a device or connection you are protecting, and deployment takes minutes rather than a planning cycle.

Schools, Non-profits, MSPs, and Enterprise

These are quoted rather than self-serve because the deployment, support model, and billing are tailored to the organization.

• Schools and non-profits: a discounted rate for K-12 schools, libraries, and registered non-profits. Apply through the education and non-profit page.
• MSPs: a multi-tenant setup with per-client profiles and separate billing for each client. Set up through partnerships.
• Enterprise: for large or regulated rollouts. Adds dedicated infrastructure, a named CSM, custom API development, migration support, custom onboarding, and a shared Slack channel with our team. Arranged with sales.

All core capabilities are available across all organization types, so the quote reflects the dedicated setup and support you get, not a paywall on features.

Will I Be Billed Twice For Routers and Roaming Devices?

This is the question most teams ask, because many devices reach Control D two ways at once.

First, directly through a client, and again through the company router or firewall. For these devices, you are not billed twice.

Example: Take an organization with 150 devices in total. Say 100 of them run the daemon client directly, and the other 50 only connect through the company router or firewall. You are billed for 150 endpoints, not 250.

When you set up the router, you enter 50, because the 100 devices running the client are already counted. A device that connects both directly and through the router is counted once.

What's Included Across All Plans

Whichever plan you land on, the core protection is the same, and new features roll out to every plan as they ship. Paid plans include:

• Malware and threat blocking that stops known malicious domains at the DNS level before they resolve, with an independently tested 99.98% malware block rate, the highest among all competitors.
• 1,000+ blockable services and apps, plus content categories, so you can block ads, trackers, and specific platforms.
• Modern DNS protocols, including DNS-over-HTTPS, DNS-over-TLS, DNS-over-QUIC, and DoH3, alongside legacy DNS.
• Real-time analytics and query logs, so you can see what is being requested and blocked, and choose from 3 data storage regions (North America, Europe, Australia).
• API access for automating rules and pulling data into your own tooling.
• Support, including email support and an active community on Reddit and Discord.
• A 14-day free trial with no credit card required, on every plan.

A few capabilities vary by org type, including custom API development, dedicated onboarding, and custom data storage regions (available to SMB and Enterprise plans for an additional cost).

For the exact breakdown, see the comparison on the business pricing page or the personal plans page if you are buying for yourself.

How Control D Pricing Compares

Control D's pricing works differently from most similar services. Most DNS security vendors bill by user seat, by tiered package, or by quote, and the model shapes your monthly costs as much as the headline rate.

What matters as much as the rate is the unit you're billed on and how freely you can adjust it as your needs change.

A few things to weigh when you compare:

• Seat-based models bill by headcount, so a team with more devices than people (or the reverse) can pay for the wrong unit.
• Tiered and quote-based models like Cisco's depend on the package, the term length, and how you negotiate, which is why Cisco does not publish a price.
• The larger platforms bundle more than DNS filtering. Cisco's higher tiers and Cloudflare's Zero Trust plan add a secure web gateway and other controls, so compare against their DNS-layer tier if DNS filtering is all you need.
• Control D bills per endpoint at a flat rate, so your cost maps to what you deploy.

For an in-depth deep dive, check out our pricing guides for specific providers:
Cisco Umbrella pricing  ·  Cloudflare Zero Trust Pricing  ·  DNSFilter Pricing
AdGuard DNS Pricing · NextDNS Pricing

Personal Plans: Some Control vs Full Control

If you are setting up Control D for personal use rather than a team, the choice is simple. Both personal plans share the same core: content filtering, service blocking, custom rules, malware protection, and analytics, with no caps on how many different devices you connect. You can set different rules for different devices from one dashboard. The only difference between the two is traffic redirection.

• Some Control ($3/mo or $30/yr): filtering, blocking, and custom rules. Pick this if you want to control what resolves on your devices and network.
• The Full Control plan ($6/mo or $60/yr): everything in Some Control, plus traffic redirection. It routes chosen traffic through a built-in proxy service in a specific country of your choice (100+ locations across 60+ countries), with no separate VPN required. Pick this if you also want to change your apparent location or redirect specific services.

Annual plans allow discounts, saving you 16.67% on both since you pay for 10 months instead of 12. You can compare all the features in full on the personal plans page.

Is Control D Worth It?

For most teams, yes. It earns its place once you need more than basic blocking: custom rules, per-device policies, traffic redirection, and visibility into what is blocked and why. That is what justifies a managed service over a free resolver, and why IT teams choose it over consumer tools.

If your needs are simpler, like ad and tracker blocking on one home device, Control D's free DNS resolvers or a cheaper personal plan may be enough. The test is whether you want control and visibility at the device or network level.

The lowest-risk way to decide is the 14-day free trial. It includes every feature and needs no credit card, so you can confirm Control D fits before you commit. When you are ready, compare business plans or personal plans.

Which Control D Plan Should You Choose

Here is the short version, by situation:

• A small team or growing business that wants to start today: pick SMB self-serve at $2 per endpoint. You can deploy it in minutes.
• A school, library, or non-profit: apply for the discounted rate.
• An MSP managing client fleets: talk to partnerships about the multi-tenant setup with per-client billing.
• A large or regulated organization that needs dedicated infrastructure, custom API work, or hands-on migration and onboarding: talk to sales.
• An individual who wants filtering and blocking: start with Some Control at $3 per month. Add traffic redirection, and it becomes Full Control at $6.

Whichever fits, you can start on a free trial and confirm it works for you before paying anything.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Is there a free plan or free trial?

Control D offers a 14-day free trial that includes all the features, with no credit card required to start. There are also free public DNS resolvers you can point a device at, which are separate from the paid plans and do not include the dashboard or analytics.

Can I change or cancel my plan at any time?

Yes. You can upgrade or cancel from the dashboard, and plan changes take effect immediately. If you cancel, your subscription stays active until the end of the current billing period.

What is the difference between the personal and business plans?

Personal plans cover privacy, ad and malware blocking, parental controls, and custom rules for individuals and families across unlimited devices. Business plans add advanced features for teams: multi-tenancy, SIEM streaming, and deployment integrations, billed per endpoint rather than a flat plan price. The full breakdown is on the business pricing page.

Am I charged twice for a router and roaming devices?

No. Devices are counted once, even when a device connects both directly through the client and through your router or firewall. See the worked example in the business pricing section above.

Are the third-party lifetime and multi-year deals legitimate?

Official pricing lives on the personal plans and business pricing pages. Third-party promotions vary and can carry different terms, so check what a deal actually includes before you buy.

Does annual billing save money?

Yes. On personal plans, annual plans save 16.67% versus monthly billing because you pay for 10 months instead of 12.