We performed a comparison between Akamai Edge DNS and Amazon Route 53 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 product's initial setup phase was very easy."
"We haven't faced any outages or issues directly related to Route 53. It has been 100% stable for me."
"The solution offers you the flexibility to control configuration rules."
"We use Amazon Route 53 for dynamic naming and routing policy."
"The solution effectively monitors the health of resources and provides good identity access management."
"Amazon Route 53 is a DNS resolution service that helps you to map your hostname to another hostname."
"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."
"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."
"CNAME flattening is a feature that Akamai does not support."
"There are no detailed logs, and they should implement that in the solution."
"The product’s security and disaster recovery features need enhancement."
"The cost calculator for determining the cost of Route 53 is a little bit obscure."
"The solution’s pricing and technical support could be improved."
"The solution should include more robust and secure services for hardening sites."
"The multiple routing policies present in the product have certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"The solution should have a more user-friendly user interface."
"It may not always be easy to integrate with on-premise infrastructure, especially with the complexity of the resolver and other factors involved. Improvements could be made to enhance the ability to integrate seamlessly."
Akamai Edge DNS is ranked 9th in Managed DNS with 1 review while Amazon Route 53 is ranked 3rd in Managed DNS with 19 reviews. Akamai Edge DNS is rated 9.0, while Amazon Route 53 is rated 8.6. 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 Amazon Route 53 writes "Provides clear documentation, easy to understand, simplifies management and efficiently handles our domain-related configurations and DNS records". Akamai Edge DNS is most compared with IBM NS1 Connect, Cloudflare DNS, Cisco Umbrella, Google Cloud DNS and Quad9, whereas Amazon Route 53 is most compared with Azure DNS, Cloudflare DNS, Google Cloud DNS, Cisco Umbrella and Neustar UltraDNS.
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