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Andrews & Arnold DNS: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Andrews & Arnold DNS is an encrypted DNS resolver service from the British internet service provider Andrews & Arnold Ltd. Queries can be sent over DNS over TLS (port 853) and DNS over HTTPS (wire format, TLS 1.2 or 1.3). According to the provider, DNS queries are neither filtered nor logged. The service is intended for the provider's customers, but the encrypted endpoints are open to anyone, with lower rate limits for non-customers. Unencrypted DNS is available to customers only. The provider calls the service a trial that is expected to become official.

Andrews & Arnold is a United Kingdom company, so the service falls under UK rather than EU jurisdiction. The resolvers run on anycast front-end servers in two London data centres, using PowerDNS dnsdist. Self-hosting is not offered and no foreign parent company is stated. For a European organisation it can serve as an unfiltered, encrypted upstream resolver, with the caveats that it depends on a single UK provider and is still presented as a trial.

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Sovereignty score

32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
Key management with a non-European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-630
Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 9, 2026

Headquarters	GB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	DNS Privacy & Filtering
Type	Product
Website	aa.net.uk ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Andrews & Arnold DNS

The European alternatives to Andrews & Arnold DNS come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Andrews & Arnold DNS

Andrews & Arnold DNS is headquartered in GB, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

Andrews & Arnold DNS hosts data outside the EU (OTHER). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Andrews & Arnold DNS is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Andrews & Arnold DNS?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Andrews & Arnold DNS include AdGuard DNS, AdGuard Home and Blocky. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Andrews & Arnold DNS?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Andrews & Arnold DNS include AdGuard Home and Blocky. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Andrews & Arnold DNS GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Andrews & Arnold DNS is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in OTHER. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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