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DoDomain vs SaaSKevin
SaaSKevin is a proxy for white-label custom domains: your customer's domain resolves to SaaSKevin, which terminates TLS automatically and forwards to your origin, with a pre-built widget and a five-minute setup (per saaskevin.com, retrieved 2026-09-02). DoDomain is the DNS layer that comes first — getting the record created inside the customer's own DNS provider, proving it is live, and watching it afterwards — and it is never in the request path. This page separates the two halves and says where SaaSKevin is the better fit.
Facts about SaaSKevin checked on against saaskevin.com — check their site for current figures. DoDomain's numbers come from its live plan definitions.
Who does which half
| DoDomain | SaaSKevin | |
|---|---|---|
| Gets the customer's DNS record created | Yes — Cloudflare OAuth one-click, signed Domain Connect apply where the provider has enabled it, guided per-provider steps with a live status per record everywhere else | "One-Click DNS Setup" — "users can add the right DNS record in one click" (per saaskevin.com, retrieved 2026-09-02); write mechanism not stated |
| Proves the record is live | Yes — read at the domain's authoritative nameservers before success is declared | Not stated on the sourced page |
| Terminates TLS on the customer's hostname | Never — traffic goes straight to your host | Yes — "Every custom domain gets HTTPS automatically" (per saaskevin.com, retrieved 2026-09-02) |
| Drift monitoring after go-live | Every 10 min → hourly → 6 h by connection age, 3 confirmed checks before a break, signed events naming the records; free on every plan | Admin dashboard for tracking and troubleshooting (per saaskevin.com, retrieved 2026-09-02); DNS drift monitoring not described |
| Free tier | $0 forever — 50 verified connections per month, no card | $0/month — 3 domains included, traffic under fair use (per saaskevin.com, retrieved 2026-09-02) |
| Paid pricing | Pro $29/mo (500 connections/mo) · Scale $99/mo (2,500/mo) | Pay as you go, $0.15 per domain per month (per saaskevin.com, retrieved 2026-09-02) |
| Integration surface | REST API + OpenAPI 3.1, @dodomain/node, @dodomain/connect, @dodomain/react, dodomain-sdk (Python), remote MCP server, signed webhooks | Embeddable widget, "3 lines of backend code" (per saaskevin.com, retrieved 2026-09-02); SDKs not mentioned |
Wiring them together
The pairing is the same as with any proxy. Take the record value SaaSKevin tells your customer to create, pass exactly that record to POST /api/v1/sessions, and hand your customer the returned connectUrl — or embed the @dodomain/connect sheet inside your own onboarding. When the signed connection.verifiedwebhook arrives, the record exists at the customer's authoritative nameservers; nothing about your proxy setup changes.
Where SaaSKevin still wins
Honest flip side. If you want HTTPS on customer domains without running any edge of your own, SaaSKevin does that and DoDomain never will — its whole pitch is three lines of backend code and a widget, and for a small product with technical customers that may be the entire job (per saaskevin.com, retrieved 2026-09-02). Per-domain pay-as-you-go with no tiers is also simpler to reason about than a monthly connection allowance.
Where DoDomain earns its place is the step a proxy leaves to the customer: writing the record through the provider where it can, guiding it precisely where it cannot, proving it at the source, and monitoring it for free — with no proxy in your request path.
Frequently asked questions
What does SaaSKevin cost?
As published on saaskevin.com (retrieved 2026-09-02): a Free plan at $0/month with 3 domains included and traffic under fair use, then pay-as-you-go at $0.15 per domain per month. Check saaskevin.com for current figures.
Is DoDomain an alternative to SaaSKevin?
For the traffic half, no: SaaSKevin proxies your customers' custom domains to your origin and gives every one of them HTTPS automatically (per saaskevin.com); DoDomain never proxies and never issues certificates. For the DNS half, yes: DoDomain gets the record created inside the customer's own DNS provider — one-click on Cloudflare, a signed Domain Connect apply where the provider supports it, guided records with a live status everywhere else — verifies it at the authoritative nameservers, and monitors it afterwards. Many products want both halves; they are not the same product.
SaaSKevin advertises one-click DNS setup — how is DoDomain different?
SaaSKevin describes its widget as "One-Click DNS Setup" where "users can add the right DNS record in one click" (per saaskevin.com, retrieved 2026-09-02); the page does not say whether the record is written through the user's DNS provider. DoDomain's one-click paths write the record in the provider: a scoped Cloudflare OAuth grant, or a signed Domain Connect apply on providers that have enabled DoDomain's registry-merged templates, both proven end to end. Everywhere else it is a guided step with exact values, the provider's own dashboard link, and a live per-record check — and every path ends with a read of the authoritative nameservers before success is declared.
How does DoDomain's free tier compare?
DoDomain's Free plan is $0 forever with 50 verified connections per month, every connect tier, signed webhooks and drift monitoring, no card. SaaSKevin's Free plan includes 3 domains (per saaskevin.com, retrieved 2026-09-02). They meter different things — connections made vs domains served — so compare against your own onboarding volume.
Does DoDomain monitor the domain after setup?
Yes, free on every plan: every verified connection is re-checked at the authoritative nameservers every 10 minutes for its first day, hourly for a week, then every 6 hours; a suspected drift is confirmed on three consecutive checks before a signed connection.failed names the failing records, and connection.verified fires again on recovery. SaaSKevin's page mentions an admin dashboard for tracking and troubleshooting (per saaskevin.com, retrieved 2026-09-02) and does not describe DNS drift monitoring, so we make no claim about it.
Can I use DoDomain in front of SaaSKevin?
Yes — the same pairing as with Cloudflare for SaaS or Approximated. Take the record value SaaSKevin tells your customer to create, pass it to POST /api/v1/sessions, hand your customer the connectUrl or the @dodomain/connect widget, and activate the tenant when the signed connection.verified webhook arrives.