# Dyn

> Dyn was a Manchester, New Hampshire internet infrastructure company selling managed DNS, traffic management, internet intelligence and email delivery to businesses, alongside dynamic DNS for individuals. Oracle announced its acquisition in November 2016; its enterprise DNS legacy now sits within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, while DynDNS Pro remains publicly offered.

- **Founded:** 2001
- **Headquarters:** Manchester, United States
- **Founders:** Jeremy Hitchcock (Co-founder and former CEO), Tom Daly (Co-founder and former CTO / chief scientist), Tim Wilde (Co-founder), Chris Reinhardt (Co-founder)
- **Products:** DynDNS Pro / Dynamic DNS, Dyn Managed DNS / DynECT, Dyn Standard DNS, Internet intelligence / Performance Assurance, Email delivery
- **Notable:** Oracle reported 40 billion daily traffic optimization decisions in November 2016., More than 3,500 enterprise customers reported by Oracle at acquisition announcement., Bootstrapped for more than a decade before its 2012 Series A.

## Products & services

- **DynDNS Pro / Dynamic DNS** — Subscription hostnames that track changing public IP addresses for remote devices. Public account page lists $55 for one year, $99 for two years and $220 for five years, checked September 2026.
- **Dyn Managed DNS / DynECT** — Historical enterprise authoritative DNS with traffic-management capabilities and APIs; legacy service retired in 2023.
- **Dyn Standard DNS** — Historical self-service DNS hosting for customer domains; retired as part of the legacy DNS transition.
- **Internet intelligence / Performance Assurance** — Internet routing and performance visibility expanded through the Renesys acquisition in May 2014.
- **Email delivery** — Historical outgoing transactional and bulk email delivery, monitoring and deliverability services.
- **Domain registration** — Historical domain registration service alongside DNS hosting.
- **OCI DNS** — Oracle successor platform offering public and private DNS, traffic steering and secondary DNS; distinguish it from retired Dyn products.

## Achievements

- Oracle reported 40 billion daily traffic optimization decisions in November 2016.
- More than 3,500 enterprise customers reported by Oracle at acquisition announcement.
- Bootstrapped for more than a decade before its 2012 Series A.
- Acquired Renesys in May 2014 to expand global internet intelligence.
- WPI reported Deloitte Fast 500 recognition in 2013 and 2015 and Inc. 5000 appearances from 2007 to 2013.

## Latest updates

- **2023-05** — Oracle told affected Responsys customers to re-delegate branded domains from Dyn to Akamai before the legacy DNS shutdown at the end of May.
- **2023-05** — OCI DNS added secondary egress to external providers on May 23.
- **2026-09** — Research check: dyn.com redirects to Oracle’s OCI DNS page, which separately links to Dynamic DNS; the DynDNS Pro public purchase page lists $55 for one year. This is an observed website state, not a newly announced launch.

## Links

- Website: https://www.dyn.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dyn
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Dyn
- GitHub: https://github.com/dyninc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dyn

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Last updated: 2026-09-30