We performed a comparison between Amazon Route 53 and Google Cloud DNS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Managed DNS solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of the solution are the DNS, routing, and traffic features."
"The product integrates with other services from AWS, like Amazon S3 bucket and load balancers. The product can also be used with AWS EC2 Instances, AWS Global Accelerator, Amazon SNS, and AWS Lambda."
"It stands out for its user-friendly interface, seamless integration with other AWS services, and ability to efficiently manage DNS, making it a valuable tool for various deployment scenarios, including those involving Kubernetes on AWS."
"The solution is cost-effective."
"We haven't faced any outages or issues directly related to Route 53. It has been 100% stable for me."
"The solution offers you the flexibility to control configuration rules."
"The feature for health check efficiently impacts the uptime and reliability of AWS servers including EC2 and EKS."
"The main DNS resolution is really, really fast."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Google Cloud DNS continues to evolve based on customer feedback and technological advancements."
"The initial setup process is easy."
"The tool is well integrated. We don’t need the interface of another provider. The product helps me manage my domain and write in Google Cloud."
"The scalability is good."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The multiple routing policies present in the product have certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"It is difficult to manage the product if the person involved in the setup process doesn't know much about the solution."
"The solution’s pricing and technical support could be improved."
"The platform is more complicated to learn than one of its competitors."
"The product should improve its automation."
"When you add a new DNS record instructing the solution to map one thing to another, it has to propagate to all the networks, which takes some time."
"The solution should have a more user-friendly user interface."
"It may not always be easy to integrate with on-premise infrastructure, especially with the complexity of the resolver and other factors involved. Improvements could be made to enhance the ability to integrate seamlessly."
"The UI is tricky to understand for people who have not worked with DNS records. People with little to no experience with DNS records can find it hard to understand. For example, you need to know the hallmarks to input records since they need to be matched in a specific format."
"The UX of the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"The solution's price could be better."
"It needs to provide better integration."
"The cost of using Google Cloud DNS can be relatively high compared to other options, especially considering the cloud environment."
"Migrating away from Google Cloud DNS can be difficult."
Amazon Route 53 is ranked 3rd in Managed DNS with 19 reviews while Google Cloud DNS is ranked 6th in Managed DNS with 6 reviews. Amazon Route 53 is rated 8.6, while Google Cloud DNS is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Amazon Route 53 writes "Provides clear documentation, easy to understand, simplifies management and efficiently handles our domain-related configurations and DNS records". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Cloud DNS writes "Constantly improving and adapting to customer needs". Amazon Route 53 is most compared with Azure DNS, Cloudflare DNS, Cisco Umbrella, Akamai Edge DNS and Neustar UltraDNS, whereas Google Cloud DNS is most compared with Quad9, Cloudflare DNS, Azure DNS, Cisco Umbrella and Verisign Public DNS. See our Amazon Route 53 vs. Google Cloud DNS report.
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