At a glance.
| Apexly | CustomDomain.ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | ✓Free for 20 domains, no card; then $0.15 per domain, $15/mo minimum (100 domains), down to $0.07 at volume | ~No free plan; from $10/mo (Starter); the HTTPS edge starts at $649/mo |
| 300 live domains | $45/mo | From $649/mo if you need their HTTPS edge |
| Apex domains (acme.com) | ✓Yes: an A record and a TXT token, on every plan | ✓Yes: ALIAS or A records |
| Setup page for your customer | ✓Hosted connect page or embeddable widget, detects 40+ DNS providers; one-click for Cloudflare | ✓Embeddable modal and React SDK that write DNS on many providers; full white-label on Enterprise |
| Status webhooks | ✓9 signed events, retried 7 times over about two days | ✓Signed: live, failed, certificate, record missing |
| Host your app anywhere | ✓Yes | ✓Yes |
| Your DNS stays where it is | ✓Yes | ✓Yes |
| CDN, WAF, caching | ✕No: we route and secure, we don't cache | Not documented |
Which one is right for you.
Choose CustomDomain.ai if
- You want records written for your customer on many DNS providers through OAuth or API keys. Apexly does this for Cloudflare only.
- You need teams with roles (viewer, member, admin, owner) and an audit log.
- You want per-domain traffic analytics.
- You also want email DNS (MX, SPF, DKIM) set up for customers.
Choose Apexly if
- You need HTTPS on customer domains and traffic routed to your app: $0.15 per domain with a $15 minimum, against an edge that starts at $649 a month.
- You want 20 free domains with no card; CustomDomain.ai has no free plan.
- You want your brand colour and logo on the connect flow without an Enterprise contract.
- You want DNS checked from three resolvers and CAA checked before a certificate is ordered.
- You want origin health probes and a domain doctor that names the one thing to fix.
- You want HMAC-signed requests to your origin, and 9 webhook events retried 7 times.
Compared on from public docs and pricing pages: Pricing (as of October 2026) · Docs · Homepage. Prices change; if something here is out of date, tell us at support@apexly.dev and we'll fix it. Product names are trademarks of their owners.