AdGuard Home vs Pi-hole
Pros and cons
Each app's own strengths and weaknesses, plus the specs where AdGuard Home and Pi-hole differ.
AdGuard Home
Pros
- Built-in DoH and DoT
- Per-client settings
- Parental control and safe search
Cons
- Smaller community
- Content proxy only planned
- Fewer ready-made blocklists
Pi-hole
Pros
- Large, established community
- Group-based client rules
- Unbound and cloudflared guides
- Web dashboard and query database
Cons
- Encrypted upstream needs add-ons
- No one-click service blocking
- Per-client setup spans tabs
AdGuard Home vs Pi-hole: specs side by side
Every spec for both apps in one table. Values in bold are where one app has the edge, and amber ones are worth a second look before you install.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 | EUPL |
| Install options | Docker + Linux · macOS · Windows | Docker + Linux |
| Web UI | Yes | Yes |
| Architecture | x86 + ARM | x86 + ARM |
| Stated minimum | Not stated | 512 MB RAM · 2 GB |
| Containers | 1The app alone | 1The app alone |
| Database | file only | SQLite |
| Runtime | Go | C / Shell |
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