# Pi-hole vs AdGuard Home vs Technitium: which DNS ad-blocker to run

DevFeed: [Pi-hole vs AdGuard Home vs Technitium: which DNS ad-blocker to run](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/pi-hole-vs-adguard-home-vs-technitium-which-dns-ad-blocker-to-run-10749.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shedstack.dev/posts/pi-hole-vs-adguard-home-vs-technitium.html>)

Author: Shed Stack

Published: 2026-09-02T18:00:00Z

Content type: comparison

Language: en

Sources: [Shed Stack](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shed-stack.md>)

Topics: [Pi-hole](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pihole.md>), [Homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/homelab.md>), [DNSSEC](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dnssec.md>), [Go Language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go-language.md>)

Tags: [ads](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ads.md>), [comparison](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/comparison.md>), [dns](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dns.md>), [dnssec](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dnssec.md>), [features](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/features.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homelab.md>), [self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosted.md>)

## AI overview

Practical comparison of Pi-hole, AdGuard Home, and Technitium as self-hosted DNS ad-blockers. Pi-hole emphasizes its mature blocklist ecosystem, AdGuard Home offers a broader built-in feature set and modern interface, and Technitium provides a full DNS server with blocking capabilities for users who want greater control over DNS.

## Source excerpt

A practical breakdown of the three self-hosted DNS ad-blockers, from a homelab that actually ran all of them.