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Comparison

AWS Route 53 vs CoreDNS

No leader: the top candidate AWS Route 53 has only 0.31 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

AWS Route 53 full profile →CoreDNS full profile →
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AWS Route 5369
CoreDNS52
Score
vioscaleAI score
AWS Route 5369 / 100low · 31%
CoreDNS52 / 100low · 26%
Pricing
Free tier
AWS Route 53✓
CoreDNS✓
Model
AWS Route 53freemium
CoreDNSopen_source
Price level
AWS Route 53low
CoreDNSfree
Starting price
AWS Route 53$0.50
CoreDNS–
Transparent
AWS Route 53✓
CoreDNS✓
Integrations
Count
AWS Route 5311
CoreDNS1
Security
Disclosure policy
AWS Route 53✓
CoreDNS✓
Fedramp
AWS Route 53✓
CoreDNS–
Gdpr
AWS Route 53✓
CoreDNS–
Hipaa
AWS Route 53✓
CoreDNS–
Iso27001
AWS Route 53✓
CoreDNS–
Pci
AWS Route 53✓
CoreDNS–
Scorecard
AWS Route 53–
CoreDNS8
Soc2
AWS Route 53✓
CoreDNS–
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
AWS Route 53–
CoreDNS1,324
Github stars
AWS Route 53–
CoreDNS14,367
Activity
Commits last 30d
AWS Route 53–
CoreDNS60
Release
Cadence days
AWS Route 53–
CoreDNS39
History
AWS Route 53–
CoreDNS20 items
License
Spdx
AWS Route 53–
CoreDNSApache-2.0
Language
Primary
AWS Route 53–
CoreDNSGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
AWS Route 536 items
CoreDNS6 items

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

AWS Route 53

A fully managed DNS service that handles domain name resolution, traffic routing policies, and health monitoring for cloud and on-premises resources. Enables automatic failover, traffic distribution, and integrates with AWS services and external endpoints.

Independently observed

CoreDNS

A configurable DNS server with native Kubernetes support and multiple plugin options for various deployment scenarios and protocol handling.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

AWS Route 53

from $0.50/moUsage-basedFree tier30-day trial

From $0.50/month for hosted zones plus usage charges for queries, health checks, and advanced features. 30-day free trial for DNS filtering.

  • Hosted Zones$0.50/month (first 25 zones); $0.10/month additional
  • Additional Records$0.0015 per record/month beyond 10,000
  • DNS Queries$0.40–$0.80 per million queries (tiered by volume and region)
  • Health Checks$0.50–$1.00/month per health check
  • Traffic Flow$50/month per policy record
as of verify ↗

CoreDNS

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
AWS Route 53✓
CoreDNS✗
Linux
AWS Route 53✗
CoreDNS✓
CLI
AWS Route 53✗
CoreDNS✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
AWS Route 53✓
CoreDNS✗
Self-hosted
AWS Route 53✗
CoreDNS✓
Hybrid
AWS Route 53✓
CoreDNS✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

AWS Route 53

12 total
  • Elastic Load Balancers
  • CloudFront
  • Elastic Beanstalk
  • API Gateway
  • VPC Endpoints
  • S3 (website endpoints)
  • AppRunner
  • AppSync
  • OpenSearch
  • Global Accelerator
  • S3
  • LightSail
Independently observed

CoreDNS

4 total
  • Kubernetes
  • etcd
  • Microsoft Azure DNS
  • GCP Cloud DNS
Independently observed
Still deciding?

AWS Route 53 or CoreDNS: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.