Domainr Alternatives for Fast Domain Name Searches

Domainr is a domain search engine that checks a word across hundreds of endings at once, so a search for coffee shows coffee.com, coffee.house and coffee.shop side by side. It is still online at domainr.com and free to use. The Domainr about page says Fastly owns it, that its company, Domain Research, LLC, is ICANN accredited, and that it earns commissions when you buy at the registrar of your choice.

Most of the home page now pitches the Fastly Domain Research API to website builders and registrars, and the consumer search sits behind a Search All Domains button. If you came for the search, it still answers. The alternatives below cover what it does not: bulk checks, name ideas, trademark checks and buying in the same window.

Prices below are as of November 6, 2026. Our method is on How we review tools.

Quick comparison

Instant Domain Search

Instant Domain Search does Domainr's core job slightly faster and with more around it. It returns results in under 25 milliseconds as you type, covers 800+ extensions and has been free since 2005, per the Instant Domain Search homepage. It also says searches are not shared with registrars or third parties, a guard against front-running.

Extras Domainr lacks include a generator with 100+ permutations per keyword, bulk CSV checks, WHOIS, a US trademark search and aftermarket listings from Afternic, Sedo and Atom. There is even an MCP server and plugin for coding agents such as Claude Code and Cursor.

Best for: Anyone who used Domainr for quick checks and wants the same speed with more tools.

Pricing:

• Free, no signup.
• Buy links go to partner registrars (GoDaddy, Namecheap, Hostinger, Dynadot); the FAQ puts typical .com prices at $8 to $15 a year.

Watch out for:

• Instant earns a referral fee on purchases, so the registrar it sends you to is a partner, not always the cheapest.
• The generator does not check trademarks; that is a separate search.

Official site: Instant Domain Search. Our listing: Instant Domain Search.

Namecheap Beast Mode

Beast Mode is Namecheap's bulk search, launched in June 2019. You paste up to 5,000 keywords or full domains, or upload a CSV, then filter by price range, hide premium names and add prefix or suffix lists and domain hacks, per the Beast Mode page.

Domainr answers one query at a time. If you have a shortlist of 200 candidate names, Beast Mode checks them in one pass and lets you share the result with a co-founder.

Best for: A founder or domain investor testing a long list of names at once.

Pricing:

• All Beast Mode search functions are free.
• Domain prices appear per result and at checkout.

Watch out for:

• Every result checks out through Namecheap only, while Domainr lets you pick any registrar.
• It does not invent names. You bring the word list.

Official site: Namecheap Beast Mode. Our listing: Namecheap Beast Mode.

Porkbun

Porkbun is a registrar that runs its own domain search, so there is no hop from a search site to a separate checkout. A .com costs $11.81 to register, renew or transfer, with WHOIS privacy and an SSL certificate included free, per the Porkbun domains page.

That price changed on November 1, 2026, when Verisign raised the .com wholesale fee from $10.26 to $10.97 and Porkbun passed it through. Because registration and renewal match, the first-year price is the real price.

Best for: Someone who wants to search and buy in one place without a renewal surprise.

Pricing:

• Search: free.
• .com: $11.81 per year to register, renew or transfer, ICANN fee included. Free WHOIS privacy and SSL.

Watch out for:

• There is no first-year discount on .com, so promo registrars can be cheaper for year one.
• Premium names are priced separately from the list price.

Official site: Porkbun.

NameRobot

NameRobot, from NameRobot GmbH, is a naming workshop more than a search box. Its Naming Toolbox lists 100+ tools for creating, scoring and checking names, and the Control Center runs domain, trademark, social, search engine and app store checks on a shortlist, per the NameRobot homepage.

Trademarkly, its trademark check across the EU, the US and other regions, is free. That covers a gap Domainr leaves open: a free .com means little if someone already owns the mark.

Best for: A team naming a product for several markets that needs trademark checks next to domains.

Pricing:

• Trademarkly trademark check: free.
• NameScore, Namefruits and the Naming Toolbox: paid, price not published.

Watch out for:

• Prices for the paid tools are not listed on the homepage, so the cost is unclear until you sign up.
• With 100+ tools, it takes longer to learn than Domainr's single search box.

Official site: NameRobot.

Lean Domain Search

Lean Domain Search takes one word and pairs it with common keywords to list available two-word .com names. Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, owns it, and registration goes through WordPress.com, where suggested .com names showed at $13.

The Lean Domain Search FAQ says it checks .com and .blog only, skips numbers and hyphens on purpose, and is about 95% accurate because of caching, so roughly 1 result in 20 is wrong until you click to recheck.

Best for: A blogger who wants a readable two-word .com in a few seconds.

Pricing:

• Search is free.
• .com registration through WordPress.com shown at $13 in results.

Watch out for:

• It checks only .com and .blog, against hundreds of endings on Domainr.
• Cached results mean some names marked available are already taken.

Official site: Lean Domain Search.

Namelix

Namelix generates invented brand names rather than checking words you already have. Built by Brandmark.io on its own language model, it lets you pick a style such as Brandable, Compound words or Real words, set the length and save favourites so later results follow your taste, then checks availability across 13 extensions.

Generation is free. If you like a name, Brandmark can sell matching logo files for a one-time fee, per the Brandmark pricing page.

Best for: A startup that has no name yet and wants short, made-up options.

Pricing:

• Name generation: free.
• Brandmark logo files, one-time: Basic $35, Designer $95, Enterprise $195.

Watch out for:

• A ZenBusiness review found the people's-names style produced some bizarre results.
• Invented names still need a trademark check, which Namelix does not run.

Official site: Namelix.

NameMesh

NameMesh starts from a sentence. You describe the business in up to 500 characters, pick a category and one of five styles (exact match, branded, compound, action-oriented or metaphorical) and get ranked names with availability, per the NameMesh generator page.

It suits people who cannot think of a keyword to type into Domainr. The site says generating, searching and checking availability are all free.

Best for: A founder who can describe the product but has no keyword yet.

Pricing:

• Free: generation, search and availability checks.

Watch out for:

• The generator names .com and .ai and then just says "more", so the full list of endings is unclear.
• No registrar is named on the site, so check where a buy link sends you before paying.

Official site: NameMesh. Our listing: NameMesh.

Dot-o-mator

Dot-o-mator is an old-school combiner that still runs. You pick or type a list of beginnings and a list of endings, it joins every pair and checks which domains are free, per the Dot-o-mator site.

Names you like go into a scratchbox for later. It is the manual version of what NameMesh and Namelix do with AI, and some people prefer the control.

Best for: Someone with two word lists who wants every combination checked.

Pricing:

• No price listed for the generator.
• Registration cost depends on the registrar you choose.

Watch out for:

• It links out to a registrar to buy, so registration is a separate step and cost.
• It only combines words you supply; there are no suggestions by meaning.

Official site: Dot-o-mator.

How to choose

When to stay with Domainr

Stay with Domainr if you want a neutral search that sends you to any registrar and shows unusual endings such as .house or .shop next to .com. It has no generator to wade through and no account to create. For a closer look at its nearest rival, see our Instant Domain Search alternatives.

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