Internet.bs Price Hike: Which Alternative to Choose?

For years, Internet.bs was the favorite of people who manage lots of domain names.
You went there for the price, and for how easy it was to register extensions from almost every country in one place.
Then the registrar announced a brutal price hike starting November 1, 2026, and I went looking for a new home.
Since I automate the management of my domains, I compared the alternatives on three criteria: the real renewal price, the quality of the API, and whether an MCP server lets me drive it from an AI assistant.

Internet.bs is raising prices: which alternative should you pick in 2026?

What changes at Internet.bs on November 1, 2026

Internet.bs publishes its new rates on the page of its parent group, CentralNic.
The .com goes to $15.99 for registration and $17.49 for renewal.
The public rate used to be $13.45 for registration and $14.25 for renewal, which makes a 19% and a 23% increase.
Large accounts, which enjoyed a tier at $11.30 and $11.95, see the gap climb to 41% and 46% against the new listed prices.
Other extensions move in October too, and a few niche TLDs go up by more than 100%.

On a portfolio of 100 .com domains, renewals will cost $1,749 a year at Internet.bs.
The same portfolio costs $1,088 at Dynadot, which leaves a $661 gap every year.

The criteria I used to replace Internet.bs

The renewal price matters more than the teaser price, because that is what you pay every year.
The catalog has to cover your extensions, especially country-code TLDs.
The API has to register, renew, transfer and update nameservers without touching the dashboard.
An official MCP server lets you hand these operations to an AI assistant like Claude or ChatGPT.
WHOIS privacy has to stay free.

How the Internet.bs alternatives compare in October 2026

I checked prices on October 5, 2026, on each registrar's own website.
They can move, especially when the .com registry raises its wholesale price.

Internet.bs charges $15.99 for a .com, then $17.49 to renew from November 1, 2026, supports .fr, offers a full API and has no official MCP.
Dynadot charges $10.88 for a .com, the same price at renewal, sells .fr, offers a full API and ships an official MCP.
Porkbun charges $11.08 for a .com, the same price at renewal, does not sell .fr, offers a full API and ships an official MCP.
Cloudflare Registrar sells the .com at cost, around $10.50, does not sell .fr and limits its API to registration.
Spaceship charges $8.88 for a .com, then $9.98 to renew, plus a $0.20 ICANN fee, and offers neither .fr nor an official MCP.
KifDom only sells .fr, at €5.50 excluding VAT, then €6.50 at renewal, with a partial API.

1. Dynadot strikes the best balance between price and automation

Dynadot charges $10.88 for a .com at registration, renewal and transfer.
That single price spares you the second-year surprise that many registrars hide behind a teaser price.
The registrar also sells .fr, so you can keep French and international domains in one account.
For .fr, Dynadot requires an EU presence and does not offer its privacy option, but the French registry AFNIC already hides the details of individuals by default.
WHOIS privacy stays free on .com.

Its API covers the whole domain lifecycle: registration, renewal, inbound transfer, nameservers and DNS records.
You have to enable access in the account settings and, depending on the account type, whitelist the IP address that calls the API, just like at Internet.bs.
Purchases are paid from the account balance, and the API accepts 60 requests per minute on a regular account.

Above all, Dynadot ships an official MCP server, available at mcp.dynadot.com/mcp once you enable it in the API settings.
Billable actions are charged straight to your balance, and I could not find a documented spending cap.
So keep a modest balance if you let an agent work on its own.

If you open an account through my Dynadot referral link and your first order reaches $9.99, you get $5 in DynaDollars, Dynadot's store credit, and so do I.

2. Porkbun has the most mature MCP

Porkbun charges $11.08 for a .com at registration, renewal and transfer, ICANN fee included.
WHOIS privacy is free, and the catalog tops 900 extensions, but it does not include .fr.

Its API handles registration, renewal, transfer, nameservers and the DNS zone.
It provides a dry-run mode that simulates a purchase without charging it, plus a sandbox for your tests.

The official MCP server is hosted at mcp.porkbun.com/mcp and connects with your Porkbun account, with no key to copy.
It caps spending at $100 a month by default, and only the website lets you raise that cap.
That is the safeguard I want before I hand renewals to an agent.
Porkbun comes second because its .com costs a little more and it does not handle .fr.

3. Cloudflare Registrar sells at cost, with a serious catch

Cloudflare sells domains at the registry's wholesale price with no markup, which comes to about $10.50 for a .com according to price comparators.
WHOIS redaction is free when the registry allows it.

The catch is DNS, because a domain registered at Cloudflare has to use Cloudflare's nameservers.
Cloudflare usually assigns the same pair of nameservers to every zone in an account.
If you run sites that you want to keep independent from each other, that shared pair links them for anyone who looks up their DNS.
Moving a domain to another Cloudflare account is possible, but both accounts have to agree, the domain then locks for 30 days and its configuration starts from scratch.

On the automation side, the Registrar API is still in beta.
It lets you search for and register a domain, but not renew or transfer it.
Cloudflare's official MCP server includes these registrar functions, with the same limits.
The .fr extension is not available.

4. Spaceship lists the cheapest .com, without an official MCP

Spaceship charges $8.88 for the first year of a .com and $9.98 to renew, plus a $0.20 ICANN fee shown separately.
A transfer costs $9.48, and WHOIS privacy is free.
Its API covers registration, renewal, transfer, nameservers and contacts, with a simple key and secret pair.
Spaceship does not publish an official MCP server, but several community servers exist on GitHub.
It does not sell .fr either.

5. KifDom fits .fr domains

KifDom is a registrar accredited by AFNIC since 2014, and it only sells .fr domains.
It charges €5.50 excluding VAT for registration and transfer, then €6.50 for renewal.
Its real specialty is backordering expired .fr domains, at €30 excluding VAT when you are the only bidder and through an auction otherwise.
Its API lets you create a domain and manage nameservers, the DNS zone and backorders, but it exposes neither renewal nor transfer.
I would use it alongside a general registrar, not as a full replacement for Internet.bs.

How to move your domains away from Internet.bs without downtime

Export the list of your domains with their expiry dates, and spot the ones that renew after November 1, 2026.
Check that each extension exists at the registrar you picked, especially country-code TLDs.
Recreate the DNS zone at the new provider before the transfer if Internet.bs hosts your DNS.
Unlock the domain at Internet.bs and get its transfer code, also called the EPP code.
Start the transfer at the new registrar, then confirm the approval email if the registry sends one.
Check the nameservers and the expiry date once the transfer is done.

A .com registered or transferred less than 60 days ago stays locked at its current registrar.
If you manage hundreds of domains, the new registrar's API lets you run these transfers in batches instead of one by one.

Which Internet.bs alternative fits your profile?

If you want .com and .fr in one place with an API and an official MCP, Dynadot remains the most balanced choice.
If you want to hand operations to an AI agent with a spending cap, Porkbun offers the best safeguards.
If your sites already run on Cloudflare and their independence does not matter, Cloudflare Registrar gets you the floor price.
If only the .com price matters, Spaceship lists the lowest rate.
If you mostly manage .fr domains or expired .fr domains, KifDom does the job for less.

Questions people ask me about Internet.bs alternatives

Do I lose the year I already paid when I transfer away from Internet.bs?

No, you keep the year you already paid.
For a .com, the transfer adds one year to the current expiry date, and you pay that year at the new registrar's rate.
Transferring before the renewal date therefore saves you a renewal at Internet.bs's new price.

Can I keep the same nameservers after the transfer?

Yes, if your DNS is hosted somewhere other than Internet.bs, because changing registrars does not touch the declared nameservers.
If you use Internet.bs DNS, recreate the zone at the new provider before the transfer, because the old registrar may delete it.
Only Cloudflare Registrar forces its own nameservers.

What does an MCP server do at a registrar?

An MCP server (Model Context Protocol) exposes the registrar's functions to an AI assistant like Claude or ChatGPT.
You can then ask it to check availability, renew a batch of domains or edit a DNS zone in plain language.
These actions are billed, so favor a registrar that provides a spending cap or a dry-run mode.

Which alternative should I pick for country-code TLDs?

No alternative matches the Internet.bs catalog exactly.
Check every extension before you migrate, and keep Internet.bs for the few TLDs you cannot find elsewhere if needed.

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