No teaser trap here

.tools costs $300.74 to keep for 10 years.

14 registrars sell .tools. Good news: Porkbun is the cheapest both on day one and over 10 years.

Get it at Porkbun
$8.78cheapest 1st year
$31.00cheapest renewal
$31.00cheapest transfer
.tools
.tools · 10-year billPorkbun
Year 1$8.78
Years 2–10$291.96
Total$300.74
Honest
cheapest now and cheapest later

What .tools costs over time

Each line is a registrar’s running total. Where lines cross, the cheap start stops being cheap.

$0$375$750$1,125$1,500Yr 1Yr 5Yr 10NameBright: $310.00 over 10 yearsDynadot: $310.36 over 10 yearsNameSilo: $347.40 over 10 yearsClouDNS: $360.00 over 10 yearsOVHcloud: $378.53 over 10 yearsHostinger: $388.90 over 10 yearsSquarespace Domains: $460.00 over 10 yearsNetim: $466.00 over 10 yearsIONOS: $495.55 over 10 yearsJoker.com: $514.15 over 10 yearsHover: $519.90 over 10 yearsINWX: $529.49 over 10 yearsGandi: $1,005.20 over 10 yearsPorkbun: $300.74 over 10 yearsPorkbun $301
Cheapest to keep (Porkbun) Everyone else

Every registrar, ranked

Showing 14 registrars
Registrar 1st year Renewal Transfer Keep 10 yrs Verdict Offer
Porkbun BEST US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$8.78 $9.78 promo $32.44 $32.44 $300.74 ×3.7 renewal PROMO Porkbun coupon AWESOMENESS Buy
NameBright US · checked 2026-11-05
$31.00 $31.00 $31.00 $310.00 Honest — Buy
Dynadot US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$9.85 $33.39 promo $33.39 $33.39 $310.36 ×3.4 renewal PROMO Dynadot sale until 2026-12-31 Buy
NameSilo US · free privacy · checked 2026-10-17
$18.99 $36.49 promo $36.49 $33.99 $347.40 Honest PROMO Sale price Buy
ClouDNS BG · checked 2026-11-05
$18.99 $37.89 promo $37.89 $37.89 $360.00 Honest PROMO First year (offer expires on: Dec 31, 2026) Buy
OVHcloud FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$35.99 $38.06 $37.38 $378.53 Honest — Buy
Hostinger LT · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$10.99 $41.99 promo $41.99 — $388.90 ×3.8 renewal PROMO First year Buy
Squarespace Domains US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$10.00 $50.00 promo $50.00 — $460.00 ×5.0 renewal PROMO First year Buy
Netim FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$20.50 $49.50 promo $49.50 $34.00 $466.00 Honest PROMO First year, until 2026-12-31 Buy
IONOS DE · checked 2026-11-05
$18.55 $53.00 promo $53.00 — $495.55 Honest PROMO First year Buy
Joker.com DE · checked 2026-11-05
$11.95 $55.80 promo $55.80 $55.80 $514.15 ×4.7 renewal PROMO First year of new registrations, until 2026-12-31 Buy
Hover CA · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$51.99 $51.99 $51.99 $519.90 Honest — Buy
INWX DE · checked 2026-11-05
$11.09 $57.60 promo $57.60 $57.60 $529.49 ×5.2 renewal PROMO First year, until 2026-12-31 Buy
Gandi FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$48.77 $106.27 $41.32 $1,005.20 Honest — Buy
Keep = first year plus renewals for the period you pick. ×3.0 means the renewal is three times the first-year price. Prices exclude tax; other currencies converted to USD at the ECB daily rate.

Trying an idea

Cheapest if you might drop it after a year.

  • RegistrarPorkbun
  • First year$8.78
  • Then renews at$32.44/yr
Go to Porkbun

Moving it in

Cheapest place to transfer a domain you already own.

  • RegistrarNameBright
  • Transfer$31.00
  • Then renews at$31.00/yr
Go to NameBright

Keeping it for 10 years

The whole-bill winner — what we’d pick for a name you mean to hold on to.

  • RegistrarPorkbun
  • 10-year total$300.74
  • Per year$30.07
Go to Porkbun