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Amazon Route 53 vs CloudFloorDNS Enterprise DNS comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon Route 53
Ranking in Managed DNS
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
CloudFloorDNS Enterprise DNS
Ranking in Managed DNS
17th
Average Rating
9.6
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Managed DNS category, the mindshare of Amazon Route 53 is 12.5%, up from 6.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CloudFloorDNS Enterprise DNS is 0.5%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed DNS Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon Route 5312.5%
CloudFloorDNS Enterprise DNS0.5%
Other87.0%
Managed DNS
 

Featured Reviews

NV
Technical Lead - Cloud at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Security and monitoring features enhance website protection and DNS management effortlessly
For Amazon Route 53, improvements I see include the need for a DNS firewall and a domain-based SSL checker security feature. DNS security is the most important part for me. I feel that whenever you host any kind of website, the first and most important thing is to protect it with a valid SSL. The secure socket layer is essential for the HTTPS green lock in the browser. If I forget to deploy SSL on a website and if my domain hosting is under Amazon Route 53, there should be a mechanism that Amazon Route 53 protects the insecure website using SSL, a thing that the end user does not know whether the SSL certificate comes from the domain, meaning from Amazon Route 53 or from the website.
Jonathan Sprague - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Sr. Infrastructure Engineer - Technical Lead at Octapharma
Support and communication have been great during setup and implementation
Allocating SRV based on geographical location using GeoDNS. This was primarily for a global VOIP deployment. We also use GeoDNS with A records to distribute different versions of websites according to the country which provides us some regulatory value and more direct marketing. It also allows us…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The reliability and the durability of the services are quite high."
"The initial setup is good and straightforward."
"The solution is used to manage servers, and its interface is easy to use."
"The solution is stable."
"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."
"Host zones and integrated features such as Health Checks and DNS routing are valuable features of Route 53."
"Route 53 is straightforward both via the console and API, providing ease of use."
"Tough to provide numbers, but avoiding downtime and calls from my employees when the VPN goes down was priceless."
"We have improved our flexibility to deploy web-based or DNS based solutions globally and deliver services more reliably."
"Support was outstanding when first setting up in trial mode and also after we had gone live with the product."
"Great performance, easy configuration."
 

Cons

"With Amazon Route 53, finding what you want is so much more difficult, making it an area where improvements are required."
"Route 53 supports DNSSEC, and it may not be available for all domain types or configurations. It can become expensive as usage scales, especially with advanced features and high query volumes. Slower response time with lower-tier support plan."
"Since DNS is based on internet access, improving some security features would improve internet quality worldwide."
"The solution should have a more user-friendly user interface."
"The product should improve its automation."
"The solution’s pricing and technical support could be improved."
"There are no detailed logs, and they should implement that in the solution."
"There isn't room for recommending new configurations."
"The email for each line change is excessive, perhaps if the change emails consolidated all changes per domain in a given hour."
"My only recommendation might be a better, more modern interface."
"Compared to the other platforms, the interface is not as smooth, but the options and support help make that a non-issue."
"Just to be able to import records with our current DNS product which didn't seem to work with importing domains using AXFR zone transfer records."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing depends on usage and is moderate."
"Amazon Route 53 is an expensive solution."
"The tool is a bit expensive."
"The price of Amazon Route 53 is reasonable."
"The price of the solution could be a little bit lower compared to Google DNS, which has more features than Amazon."
"We pay per use."
"Amazon Route 53 is not an expensive solution."
"Amazon Route 53 is not that expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
6%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise13
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Questions from the Community

Azure DNS or Amazon Route 53?
Azure DNS is a hosting service of DNS domains. It has excellent operating time and performance, resulting in fast resolution. We like the ability to view everything in the Azure portal - this makes...
What needs improvement with Amazon Route 53?
There is always a scope for improvement when it comes to price. Even though AWS is available at multiple regions, but within a region, if they can expand their availability domains, that would furt...
What is your primary use case for Amazon Route 53?
We are not using AWS for ourselves, but we create solutions on AWS products for our customers. Majorly it is EC2, RDS, and in certain cases, we also do Kubernetes and then storage solutions, networ...
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Also Known As

Route 53
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Sample Customers

Hess, Expedia, Kelloggs, Philips, HyperTrack
Rhapsody, Napster, Everbridge, Voiply, ZVOX, Tivoli Audio, iModules, VOIP Innovations
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