Amazon Route 53 vs Managed DNS Services comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and DNS Made Easy are both solutions in the Managed DNS category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.8, while DNS Made Easy is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.0. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 7.3% mindshare in MDP, compared to DNS Made Easy’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of DNS Made Easy users who would recommend it.

Amazon Route 53

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100% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Route 53

Ranking in Managed DNS

2nd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Managed DNS Services

Ranking in Managed DNS

11th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Managed DNS category, the mindshare of Amazon Route 53 is 7.3%, down from 7.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Managed DNS Services is 0.2%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Managed DNS Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Amazon Route 53	7.3%
Managed DNS Services	0.2%
Other	92.5%

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ArunDhwaj

Technical Owner at Harman International

Managed security and horizontal scaling enhance application performance

We are using Route 53 for application security. We are also using it for computing, EC2, and setting up our server plus a complete infrastructure Route 53 helps us manage security without manually handling it. We can maintain availability and horizontal scaling effectively. One of the best…

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Vijay Muddu

Manager server admin and security at Vivaconnect

Cost-effective and helpful in the updation of DNS records

I improve the uptime of my company's website by opting for free DNS-related services offered by Google and other vendors, which are available in the market. You need services like Amazon Route 53, AWS, or DNS Made Easy when you want fast resolutions and updates. I can use some free DNS services like GoDaddy if terms of request come into my website, but its resolution is slow. DNS Made Easy helps me with the DNS query in a very fast manner. DNS Made Easy works very fast if any changes I want to make, especially in scenarios where I change my server ID in the DNS records in GoDaddy. Within a fraction of a second, it globally updates the DNS records so that my new server can reach everywhere. The valuable feature of the product to manage high traffic volume stems from the fact that the DNS resolution part is good and very fast. The DNS updation part is also very fast. The DNS records are very quickly updated. The tool also provides a failover option. With the automatic failover option, users can configure the DNS automatic failover to multiple DNS records, where if one of my nameservers fails, it is possible to switch to another nameserver. I can add multiple IPs to my single domain, and if one of my IPs fails, it can use the automatic failover for my present IP. The product provides help during failovers and helps add multiple nameservers. The tool updates DNS records very fast while also serving the DNS queries at a fast rate. The GoDNS feature of the product has impacted my company's global website performance since it works at a very fast rate. As soon as you update any of the IPs, the GoDNS feature works at a drastically super fast speed. If I want to change my website's IP right away, the GoDNS feature takes only 10 seconds to update the IPs at a global level. The API integration is not an area I used to streamline our company's DNS management process since I prefer to use the dashboard manually. The product is very cost-effective compared to other products in the market, like AWS or Amazon Route 53. The transition time offered by the product is super fast. Those people who don't want to spend much money on cloud services offered by AWS or opt for other third-party services that may be very expensive can opt for DNS Made Easy since it is a fast and cost-effective solution. I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The tool's most valuable feature is in the area of domain registration and routing DNS."

"The initial setup is good and straightforward."

"The solution effectively monitors the health of resources and provides good identity access management."

"Route 53 is straightforward both via the console and API, providing ease of use."

"The solution is cost-effective."

"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."

"Amazon Route 53 is excellent for those dealing with traffic management and routing services."

"You can host your zone and name servers here, and keeping track of records is easy."

More Amazon Route 53 pros

"It is a very robust and stable solution."

Cons

"The platform is more complicated to learn than one of its competitors."

"There is a need for technical knowledge to use Amazon Route 53 effectively."

"The multiple routing policies present in the product have certain shortcomings where improvements are required."

"With Amazon Route 53, finding what you want is so much more difficult, making it an area where improvements are required."

"There is room for improvement in restricting access through one website from S3 buckets, as it still seems not very obvious."

"Route 53 would be better if it had the ability to handle multiple requests at the same time because we have a lot of users. I would like that to be optimized in the next version."

"The solution’s pricing could be reduced."

"The product should improve its automation."

More Amazon Route 53 cons

"The tool fails to offer load-balancing options compared to products like Azure or Amazon Route 53."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Amazon Route 53 is not an expensive solution."

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

"The pricing depends on usage and is moderate."

"We pay per use."

"Amazon Route 53 is an expensive solution."

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

"The tool is a bit expensive."

"It can be expensive compared to some other providers."

More Amazon Route 53 pricing and cost advice

"The tool offers paid services at a very cost-effective rate."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

University

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Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	12

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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...

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What do you like most about Amazon Route 53?

The most valuable features of the solution are the DNS, routing, and traffic features.

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What needs improvement with Amazon Route 53?

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...

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What do you like most about Managed DNS Services?

It is a very robust and stable solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Managed DNS Services?

The product is a very cost-effective tool. The tool offers paid services at a very cost-effective rate.

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What needs improvement with Managed DNS Services?

The tool fails to offer load-balancing options compared to products like Azure or Amazon Route 53. The tool needs to offer load-balancing options. The product provides failover options, but there a...

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Also Known As

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Overview

Amazon Route 53 is a highly available and scalable cloud Domain Name System (DNS) web service. It is designed to give developers and businesses an extremely reliable and cost effective way to route end users to Internet applications by translating names like www.example.com into the numeric IP addresses like 192.0.2.1 that computers use to connect to each other. Amazon Route 53 is fully compliant with IPv6 as well.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

DNS Made Easy's Managed DNS service provides everything you need to keep your DNS online. All Managed DNS services are configured through our intuitive control panel, APIs, or with the many tools that have been developed to utilize our REST API.

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Sample Customers

Hess, Expedia, Kelloggs, Philips, HyperTrack

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