AWS Route 53
Cloud-based DNS and domain management with intelligent traffic routing
- Also known as
- aws-route-53
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is AWS Route 53?
A managed DNS service that translates domain names to IP addresses and intelligently directs user traffic across global infrastructure. Includes domain registration, health monitoring, and policy-based routing for optimizing application availability and performance.
AWS Route 53 pricing
We don't have AWS Route 53's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
From $0.50/hosted zone/month (first 25) or $0.10/additional; plus per-query charges ($0.40–$0.80 per million depending on region/query type); health checks $0.50–$1.00/month; domain registration annual pricing.
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (10)
Independently observed- Elastic Load Balancers
- CloudFront
- Elastic Beanstalk
- API Gateway
- VPC Endpoints
- S3 (website endpoints)
- AppRunner
- AppSync
- OpenSearch
- Global Accelerator
AWS Route 53 alternatives
Other dns management we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- CoreDNSlow · 28%
- Cloudflare DNSAn ultra-fast, reliable domain name service available at no costmedium · 62%
- Technitium DNS Serverlow · 8%
- Unboundlow · 16%
- IBM NS1 ConnectA DNS management service that intelligently routes traffic in real-time with a 100% service level agreementlow · 33%
- Google Cloud DNSDNS management and resolution across Google's global network with high availability and low latencylow · 26%
Compare AWS Route 53
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 100 | 0.07 | 7.3 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 55 | 0.08 | 4.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 30 | 0.04 | 1.2 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
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