[Yandex Cloud documentation](../index.md) > [Yandex Cloud DNS](index.md) > Pricing policy

# Cloud DNS pricing policy

To estimate your service costs, see the pricing in this section.

The prices for service products are also available in the [price list](https://yandex.cloud/en/price-list).

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Currency of Service rates (prices) depends on the company you made a contract with:
* Prices in US dollars are applicable to customers of Iron Hive doo Beograd (Serbia) or Direct Cursus Technology L.L.C. (Dubai).
* Prices in Russian roubles are applicable to customers of Yandex.Cloud LLC.

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All prices in RUB and KZT are inclusive of VAT; in USD, net of VAT.


## Prices for the Russia region {#prices}



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Yandex Cloud resources are priced differently in different regions. Learn more about available regions in [Regions](../overview/concepts/region.md).

Your payment currency is determined by your contracting legal entity. For more information on creating an account, see [Registering an account in Yandex Cloud](../billing/quickstart/index.md).

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| Услуга                                                                                                     | Цена              | Ед. тарификации | Действует с       | Действует до |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | --------------- | ----------------- | ------------ |
| Cloud DNS. DNS-зона                                                                                        | $0.0004852458     | DNS-зона × час  | April 30, 2026    | —            |
| Cloud DNS. Внутренние DNS-запросы                                                                          | Не тарифицируется | 1 млн запросов  | December 31, 2025 | —            |
| Cloud DNS. Публичные DNS-запросы — авторитетные запросы                                                    | $0.3109835568     | 1 млн запросов  | April 30, 2026    | —            |
| Cloud DNS. Публичные DNS-запросы — рекурсивные запросы внешних имен, от 0 до 1 единицы тарификации в месяц | Не тарифицируется | 1 млн запросов  | April 30, 2026    | —            |
| Cloud DNS. Публичные DNS-запросы — рекурсивные запросы внешних имен, от 1 единицы тарификации в месяц      | $0.3109835568     | 1 млн запросов  | April 30, 2026    | —            |



You will be billed for:
* [Public](concepts/dns-zone.md#public-zones) or [private](concepts/dns-zone.md#private-zones) DNS zones you create.

    You are charged per second of usage, based on consumption. For example, the cost of managing two DNS zones for 360 hours will be the same as the cost of managing one DNS zone for 720 hours.

* Authoritative requests: Any DNS requests to user [public zones](concepts/dns-zone.md#public-zones) from the internet or Yandex Cloud.
* Recursive requests: DNS requests for external domain names on the internet from Yandex Cloud VMs.

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  We recommend using [caching resolvers](tutorials/local-dns-cache.md), such as `systemd-resolved`, `dnsmasq`, or `unbound`. These reduce the number of external domain name requests, and thereby, your costs.

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You do not pay for:
* Requests from VMs to [private](concepts/dns-zone.md#private-zones) and [service](concepts/dns-zone.md#service-zones) zones.
* [Service zones](concepts/dns-zone.md#service-zones).

**Starting December 6, 2021, you get the following free of charge**:
* The first 1,000,000 recursive requests from VMs each month.

  Once you have used up this free amount, you will be charged according to your service plan.

  Any unused free service balance is reset at the end of each calendar month.
* Requests for domain names of Yandex Cloud services (e.g., `api.cloud.yandex.net`) and Yandex services (e.g., `mail.yandex.com`), both from VMs and the internet.

The cost of public DNS requests is based on usage.

For example, the cost of 50,000 authoritative requests to your public DNS zone per month will be:




> (50,000 / 1,000,000) × $0.3109835568 = 0.05 × $0.3109835568 = $0.0155491778
> 
> Total: $0.0155491778

Where:

* (50,000 / 1,000,000): Number of millions of executed queries.
* $0.3109835568: Price per 1 million queries per month.

For example, the cost of 1.2 million recursive queries for external names executed from December 6 to December 31 from your VMs per month will be:

> (1.2 − 1.0) × $0.3109835568 = 0.2 × $0.3109835568 = $0.0621967114
> 
> Total: $0.0621967114

Where:

* (1.2 − 1.0): Number of millions of executed queries. You are not billed for the first million of recursive queries starting December 6, 2021.
* $0.3109835568: Price per 1 million recursive queries per month.