# Does using Vercel's Nameserver's lock you in?

**Author:** Allen Hai

---

Your domain is a precious asset for your projects and having the flexibility to use it with different services as needed is very desirable. While letting [Vercel](https://vercel.com/home) manage nameservers for your domain makes it easy to to work on [Projects](https://vercel.com/docs/platform/projects) that are hosted with Vercel, you might wonder if you're locked in to the platform in any way. Read on to learn why this is not the case.

## DNS Record Management

Even if your domain is using [Vercel's Nameservers](https://vercel.com/docs/custom-domains#vercel-nameservers), you have the full power to [add any DNS record](https://vercel.com/knowledge/how-to-manage-vercel-dns-records) needed for your domain. You can use the DNS Records UI in the dashboard, or you can use the [Vercel CLI](https://vercel.com/docs/cli#commands/dns) to add the necessary records.

Imagine that you have an API server hosted somewhere and you want to [add a subdomain](https://vercel.com/knowledge/pointing-subdomains-to-external-services) like `api.example.com` to point to that server. All you would need to do is add a `CNAME` record with a value of your server's IP address. There is no lock in when using Vercel's Nameservers.

---

[View full KB sitemap](/kb/sitemap.md)