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Amazon Route 53

byAmazon Web Services (AWS)
in Application Delivery Controllers
4.6

Overview

Product Information on Amazon Route 53

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Amazon Route 53?

Amazon Route 53 is a scalable Domain Name System (DNS) web service designed to provide reliable domain registration, DNS routing, and health checking of resources. The software enables users to manage the mapping between domain names and the IP addresses that computers use to connect with each other, supporting the routing of end-user requests to internet applications hosted on AWS or external infrastructure. It includes features such as domain name registration, DNS management, traffic flow policies, and automated health checks to monitor endpoint status and route traffic based on availability. Amazon Route 53 addresses the business need for highly available and flexible DNS services, assisting organizations in ensuring that their web services remain accessible to users worldwide while maintaining control over DNS configurations and traffic management.

Amazon Route 53 Pricing

Amazon Route 53 is a software that uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model, charging based on the number of hosted zones, queries per month, health checks, and domain registrations. Additional costs may apply for traffic management and DNS query logs. There are no upfront fees or long-term commitments, and users are billed according to actual usage each month.

Overall experience with Amazon Route 53

Engineering Manager
<50M USD, Banking
FAVORABLE

“Seamless DevOps Integration and Reliable Operations Observed With Route 53 Deployment”

5.0
Jul 16, 2025
route 53 works seamlessly with out devops infrastructure and provides us confidence in our setup. we can be hands off knowing the reliability provided by amazon. being able to integrate aws services across our dev team and envirnoments helps make everything work seamlessly and helps us monitor and maintain our infrastracute. we continue to look for new aws tools to implemt that can streamlien out processes. amazon bedrock is our newest prodict that wr are lookijg at implementing for advanced llm services and guardrails ehen using ai in our service.
Senior IT Support Technician
<50M USD, Healthcare and Biotech
CRITICAL

“Great product but missing some core features for a DNS provider.”

3.0
Mar 12, 2024
Route 53 looks great on the surface but it lacks a bunch of features and ease of use setting most DNS providers have.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 6th March 2025

Amazon Web Services (AWS), established in 2006, is focused on providing essential infrastructure services to businesses globally in the form of cloud computing. The key advantage offered through cloud computing, particularly via AWS, is its capacity to shift fixed infrastructure expenses into flexible costs. Businesses have been able to forgo extensive planning and procurement of servers and other Information Technology (IT) resources, owing to AWS. AWS seeks to provide businesses with prompt and cost-effective access to resources using Amazon's expertise and economies of scale, as and when their business requires. Currently, AWS offers a robust, scalable, economic infrastructure platform on the cloud powering an extensive array of businesses worldwide. It operates across numerous industries with data center locations in various parts of the globe including U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan.

Company Details

Updated 23rd December 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2006
Head office location
Seattle, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Website
http://aws.amazon.com

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Amazon Route 53 Likes & Dislikes

Like

- simplicity - reliability - integration made easy

Like

I like it ease to update and manage External DNS, Managing different accounts is straight forward.

Like

High availability and low latency DNS resolution.

Dislike

the ux of aws

Dislike

As the product is from AWS the terminology is difficult at first and requires specific training. No easy way to export DNS zones. Product is not cost effective compared to most DNS providers.

Dislike

The UI kinda feels outdated and unintuitive for new users.

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Amazon Route 53 Reviews and Ratings

4.6

(205 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

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55%
4 Star
43%
3 Star
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2 Star
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Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.4

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4.5

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4.5

Product Capabilities

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  • Engineering Manager
    <50M USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Seamless DevOps Integration and Reliable Operations Observed With Route 53 Deployment

    5.0
    Jul 16, 2025
    route 53 works seamlessly with out devops infrastructure and provides us confidence in our setup. we can be hands off knowing the reliability provided by amazon. being able to integrate aws services across our dev team and envirnoments helps make everything work seamlessly and helps us monitor and maintain our infrastracute. we continue to look for new aws tools to implemt that can streamlien out processes. amazon bedrock is our newest prodict that wr are lookijg at implementing for advanced llm services and guardrails ehen using ai in our service.
  • Engineer
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    High Availability and Low Latency DNS, but Outdated User Interface Noted

    5.0
    Jul 16, 2025
    It has been extremely reliable for DNS management and routing traffic globally.
  • Principal Associate Software Engineer
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    AWS Route 53 Offers Simple Management and Maintenance of DNS Records

    5.0
    Jul 16, 2025
    AWS route 53 has been great for managing my team’s DNS records
  • Staff Infrastructure and Security Engineer
    50M-1B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    AWS Route53 Offers Ease of Use and Smooth Compatibility with AWS Services

    5.0
    Jul 16, 2025
    The AWS service Route53 works incredibly well. It is easy to use and integrate, especially when using other AWS services such as ALBs.
  • Engineering Manager
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Satisfied customer

    4.0
    Jul 16, 2025
    we are happy with route 53 service and also exploring route 53 profile too.
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