Sri Ganesh - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Developer at AFORV Private Limited
Real User
Top 5
Helps with DNS management and offers good features like top-level domains for users
Pros and Cons
  • "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 is difficult to manage the product if the person involved in the setup process doesn't know much about the solution."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution in my company to create or set up DNS for some projects.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of the solution stems from its ability to help our company in the area of top-level domains, specifically generic top-level domains, and geographic top-level domains, which helps resolve DNS queries and use the hosted zone, which allows us to adjust the DNS part.

What needs improvement?

It is difficult to manage the product if the person involved in the setup process doesn't know much about the solution. From an improvement perspective, the product should be easy for everyone to understand.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have experience with Amazon Route 53. I am a customer of the tool.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

For the web applications, the employees in our company need Amazon Route 53 to deal with the area of DNS. The product helps users assign the DNS to a particular IP address.

How was the initial setup?

The product's initial setup phase was easy. The product is easy to manage for those who know about the product.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price of the product is perfectly fine in my opinion.

What other advice do I have?

The product can be used for DNS management if a user connects the DNS name with Amazon Route 53. The tool can be used for DNS-related purposes.

The product helps our company set up and register domain names. The tool also helps our company to add a domain name address to a website on the browser.

The product helps with the traffic flow feature as it allows you to assign CIDR blocks and IP addresses. The tool also helps in the area of DNS queries.

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.

I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. In our company, we use the services of the product without any cloud products.

I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.

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Jonathan Pehau - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure analyst specialized in cloud computing at IT2GO Solutions
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Useful DNS management, central management, and effective rule creation
Pros and Cons
  • "Using Amazon Route 53 is located in a central place in Amazon AWS which makes it easier to manage every DNS entry in one place. You are able to manage your public and private DNS from there. We can create rules based on weight and globalization is impressive."
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

We are using Amazon Route 53 for DNS management.

What is most valuable?

Using Amazon Route 53 is located in a central place in Amazon AWS which makes it easier to manage every DNS entry in one place. You are able to manage your public and private DNS from there. We can create rules based on weight and globalization is impressive.

What needs improvement?

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.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon Route 53 for approximately three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The support of the solution is good.

I rate the stability of Amazon Route 53 a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of Amazon Route 53 is wonderful.

We plan to increase our usage of the solution.

I rate the scalability of Amazon Route 53 a ten out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

The support is great.

I rate the support of Amazon Route 53 a nine out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We were using a server with DNS and Active Directory.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of Amazon Route 53 is easy.

What about the implementation team?

We used one person for the deployment of the solution.

What was our ROI?

I have received an ROI of the solution.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price of Amazon Route 53 is reasonable.

I rate the price of Amazon Route 53 an eight out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

My advice to others is for them to pay attention to the on-premise integration which can be difficult.

I rate Amazon Route 53 a nine out of ten.

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Adalberto Barbosa Da Costa Lobato - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Solutions Architect at gwcloud.company
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
A perfectly scalable and stable solution that is really fast and powerful
Pros and Cons
  • "The main DNS resolution is really, really fast."
  • "The product could improve its price."

What is our primary use case?

The product is a DNS service for AWS. It manages my DNS resolutions on the internet.

How has it helped my organization?

I used to use a free DNS service. I stopped using that, and I bought Amazon Route 53. It has been six years. I have had no problem so far.

What is most valuable?

The main DNS resolution is really, really fast. I live in Brazil. Most of my infrastructure is in Brazil. If I want my content to be reachable only to Brazilian servers or people using a VPN in Brazil, I can do that using the solution. It’s a really powerful tool.

What needs improvement?

The product could improve its price.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for six years. I am using the latest version of the solution.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I never had a downtime.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The product’s scalability is perfect.

How are customer service and support?

The support depends on the tier that we have.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was pretty straightforward.

What was our ROI?

We see a 100% return on investment in the product.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product is really cheap. It cost me $1.

What other advice do I have?

People using the solution can just enjoy it. It is really fast. Overall, I rate the tool a ten out of ten.

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Tarique Siddique - PeerSpot reviewer
Director - IT Infrastructure at INADEV CORPORATION
Real User
Top 10
An easy-to-deploy solution offering useful integration capabilities to its users
Pros and Cons
  • "Technical support from Amazon is very good...Overall, the product is stable."
  • "Supporting DNS check is one feature missing in the solution."

What is most valuable?

Its integration with other Amazon services is a very useful feature, in my opinion. It goes well with other Amazon services. So, when we are using other Amazon services, like customer infrastructure on an Amazon cloud, we prefer to use Amazon Route 53.


What needs improvement?

Supporting DNS check is one feature missing in the solution. The DNS check support is not there in Amazon Route 53. The aforementioned details can be considered for improvement.


For how long have I used the solution?

Though we don't use Amazon Route 53 regularly, we use it for a couple of projects. So, it has been running for five years. My company has a partnership with Amazon.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Overall, the product is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

There are no such issues with the product's scalability.


How are customer service and support?

Technical support from Amazon is very good, especially for those having a business support plan who get instant support. I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.


How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The product was also easy to deploy.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price of the solution could be a little bit lower compared to Google DNS, which has more features than Amazon.


What other advice do I have?

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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Phat Chau - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution architect at EASY CREDIT Vietnam
Real User
Top 5
A stable solution that can be used for dynamic naming and routing policy
Pros and Cons
  • "We use Amazon Route 53 for dynamic naming and routing policy."
  • "The solution should have a more user-friendly user interface."

What is most valuable?

We use Amazon Route 53 for dynamic naming and routing policy.

What needs improvement?

The solution should have a more user-friendly user interface.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon Route 53 for three to four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Amazon Route 53 is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Amazon Route 53 is a scalable solution.

How was the initial setup?

The solution’s initial setup is easy.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented the solution through an in-house team. The solution's deployment took around 10 to 15 minutes.

What other advice do I have?

I use the latest version of Amazon Route 53. Amazon Route 53 is a cloud-based solution.

I would recommend Amazon Route 53 to other users.

Overall, I rate Amazon Route 53 a nine out of ten.

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Prasanth MG - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Readyly
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
A DNS resolution service that helps you to map your hostname to another hostname
Pros and Cons
  • "Amazon Route 53 is a DNS resolution service that helps you to map your hostname to another hostname."
  • "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."

What is most valuable?

Amazon Route 53 is a DNS resolution service that helps you to map your hostname to another hostname. We use it to provide custom domain names for all our AWS services that come with a cryptic URL.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon Route 53 for more than one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Amazon Route 53 is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Amazon Route 53 is a scalable solution.

How was the initial setup?

Amazon Route 53's initial setup is easy.

What other advice do I have?

Amazon Route 53 is user-friendly for anyone who knows to work with DNS records. Otherwise, they will have to learn about the different kinds of DNS records. Two people in our company do the solution's configuration.

I would ask users to use Amazon Route 53 because I haven't faced any problems with it.

Overall, I rate Amazon Route 53 a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Helps with DNS load balancing and WAF
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution offers you the flexibility to control configuration rules."
  • "The product should improve its automation."

What is our primary use case?

We use the product for DNS load balancing and WAF. 

What is most valuable?

The solution offers you the flexibility to control configuration rules. 

What needs improvement?

The product should improve its automation. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working the product for two years and a half. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the solution's stability a ten out of ten. It never went down for me. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate the tool's scalability a ten out of ten since I didn't have any problems with it. 

How was the initial setup?

The product's setup is straightforward. 

What was our ROI?

We have got ROI with the tool's use since it prevented us from downtime and losing millions. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. The product is better than Cloud DNS. You should use Terraform while using Cloudflare so that you do not need to create manually anything. People usually think that they will use Cloudflare less but end up using it more. The best way to go is to follow a pipeline automated process for testing and production. 

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Tarique SiddiqueDirector - IT Infrastructure at INADEV CORPORATION
Top 10Real User

Could you please help me understand the way you are using Route 53 to enable WAF?

Roland Nazareth - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Consultant at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Consultant
A solution with great features and helpful in routing different environments
Pros and Cons
  • "The initial setup is good and straightforward."
  • "There are no detailed logs, and they should implement that in the solution."

What is our primary use case?

We use Amazon Route 53 primarily for routing purposes when trying to route to different environments.

What is most valuable?

During migration, if you want requests to move towards on-premises versus when you're trying to have DNS resolution done on cloud, the features in Route 53 are really good. We also love the health check features.

What needs improvement?

There are no detailed logs, and they should implement that in the solution.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using this solution for quite some time.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable solution. However, I haven't used the solution extensively in the production environment, and we have not bombarded it with the load to see the results.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is scalable. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is good and straightforward.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution an eight out of ten. It is a pretty good solution. Genesys routing also plays a significant role, so I think this should be part of the solution.

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