We performed a comparison between Akamai Edge DNS and Azure DNS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cloudflare, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and others in Managed DNS."It is a very stable solution since it has a security feature that allows you to recover zone files if you accidentally delete them."
"The best feature is the domain register. The other great feature is that whenever you create any resources, Azure DNS will automatically create a record for you."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of installation."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The most valuable feature of Azure DNS is it works automatically after configuration. Additionally, the solution is secure."
"The tool is easy to manage and use."
"The speed of the queries is valuable."
"The solution is easy to use and flexible."
"Azure DNS is a user-friendly and very easy-to-manage solution."
"CNAME flattening is a feature that Akamai does not support."
"The CDN integration could be improved."
"The product must be integrated with additional security features."
"Azure needs to add domain registration to the DNS service."
"The security features and stability needs to be bettered."
"There are issues with the cloud systems."
"The process of creating a virtual mission could be improved."
"There are some issues with the solution's performance where improvements are needed."
"Domain registration is one of the problems. We need to go to application services or web apps to purchase the domain instead. If that were to be equivalent to AWS's Route 53 that would be good. But, it is not as flexible as that."
Akamai Edge DNS is ranked 9th in Managed DNS with 1 review while Azure DNS is ranked 2nd in Managed DNS with 31 reviews. Akamai Edge DNS is rated 9.0, while Azure DNS is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Akamai Edge DNS writes "A very stable solution with strong security features and an easy initial setup phase". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Azure DNS writes "Offers good performance and helps its users with disaster recovery". Akamai Edge DNS is most compared with IBM NS1 Connect, Cloudflare DNS, Amazon Route 53, Cisco Umbrella and Infoblox DDI, whereas Azure DNS is most compared with Amazon Route 53, Cloudflare DNS, Cisco Umbrella, Infoblox DDI and IBM NS1 Connect.
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