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Check out DollarDNS's hottest competition and how they compare against DollarDNS's domain hosting service. I'm only listing free or partially free services. The best services is ordered top to bottom and ranked according to pricing and flexibility.

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DollarDNS - http://www.dollardns.net/hosting.html
Supported ZonesMaster, Slave, Reverse IPv4, Reverse IPv6
Supported RecordsAll. Raw editing supported
Zone TransferConfigurable: Enable | Disable | IP or TSIG based security
Slave NotificationConfigurable: Enable | Disable | IP Based
Dynamic UpdateConfigurable: Enable | Disable | IP or TSIG based security
Dynamic IP ServiceProvided via DNS Update client
Access LogsQuery, Transfer, Notify, and Update logs
Personal CommentTotal access to all of BIND dns server's relevent features. Excellent tech support.
FreeDNS - http://freedns.afraid.org
Supported ZonesMaster, Slave, Reverse IPv6
Supported RecordsA, CNAME, MX, NS, AAAA, TXT, LOC, HINFO, RP, SRV, Partial SOA
Zone TransferMaster Configurable: Enable | Disable | IP Based Security
Slave NotificationEnabled
Dynamic IP ServiceProvided via HTTP client
Access LogsTransfer, Notify?, and Update? logs
Free SubdomainsProvided via unique "Shared Domains" system
Personal CommentUltimate service for free subdomains. Excellent tech support.
XName - http://www.xname.org
Supported ZonesMaster, Slave, Reverse IPv4, Reverse IPv6
Supported RecordsA, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, TXT, Partial SOA
Zone TransferConfigurable: Enable | IP Based Security
Slave NotificationEnabled
Personal CommentThis service has a lot of promise. Although, you may have to wait around an hour for dns changes to take effect.
Sitelutions - http://www.sitelutions.com
Supported ZonesMaster
Supported RecordsA, CNAME, MX, NS, TXT, AAAA
Zone TransferNot Supported
Dynamic IP ServiceProvided via HTTP client
Personal CommentSomewhat cluttered interface, but they do a great job of implementing the records they support.
EveryDNS - http://www.everydns.net
Supported ZonesMaster, Slave
Supported RecordsA, CNAME, MX, NS
Zone TransferMaster Configurable: Enable | Disable | IP Based Security
Slave Disabled
Slave NotificationDisabled
Dynamic IP ServiceProvided via HTTP client
Personal CommentA simple and basic service. Clean interface.
DNSExit - http://www.dnsexit.com
Supported ZonesMaster
Supported RecordsA, CNAME, MX, Partial SOA
Zone TransferNot configurable
Personal CommentVery basic for domain hosting, but has a friendly design. They offer other services like registration, mail, and URL forwarding.
HammerNode - http://www.hn.org
Supported ZonesMaster
Supported RecordsA, CNAME, MX, NS
Zone TransferNot configurable
Dynamic IP ServiceProvided via HTTP client
Free SubdomainsGet anything.hn.org
Personal CommentOnly reason to use this service is if you want a subdomain off of hn.org.
ZoneEdit - http://www.zoneedit.com
Supported ZonesMaster, Slave, Reverse
Supported RecordsA, CNAME, MX, NS, RP, TXT, LOC, PTR, AAAA
Zone TransferConfigurable: Disable | IP Based Security
Personal CommentA decent service. However, you are limited to 5 domains. For additional domains you must pay a fee.
Granite Canyon - http://www.granitecanyon.com
Supported ZonesMaster, Slave, Reverse
Supported RecordsAll except SOA. Partial raw editing supported.
Personal CommentI hate this service. The website is down most of the time, and they don't have a proper account system.