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by b0k 4214 days ago
I really don't understand why some of these low-grade DNS hosting services are so popular when Route53 is available. With Route53 you get a top-grade DNS service that is equivalent, if not better, than the enterprise hosted DNS solutions but at the price of the low-end consumer style services.

I swear by Route53, it is the only service I use on AWS and I have moved a lot of my clients over to it.

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I agree, but there are some low-end DNS providers which have good services that give you more "domains" for less than what it costs with Route53. I use Route53 for a lot of my sites, but for tiny client sites (and personal stuff which has lots of domains), it's hard to beat $60 a year for 25 domains at DNSMadeEasy. That's less than half of what it costs to use AWS for the same number of zones. Granted, the price drops after those 25 on Route53, so if you have thousands of zones in one account, best to use Route53. Just as an example of an edge case.