I have a paid NextDNS account as well as AdGuard Home running on a GL.iNet router. As long as you understand their limitations, I think most people will be satisfied with either.

Main reason I pay for premium NextDNS is because I install it on family members’ devices and remotely manage their blocking (we don’t live in the same house). For my own needs, I just have it on my daily phone.

AdGuard Home I enable on certain vlans for various IoT devices in my house.

For other more private devices like my personal iPad or laptop, I tend to run a VPN full time and my current provider has very good customizable blocklists, so neither NextDNS nor AdGuard Home come into play here.

Horses for courses, as they say. Use what works for you.

This post has been edited by dev/numb: Jan 19 2024, 12:19 AM