We performed a comparison between Amazon Route 53 and Quad9 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Managed DNS solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution effectively monitors the health of resources and provides good identity access management."
"The solution is cost-effective."
"The solution offers you the flexibility to control configuration rules."
"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 most valuable feature is that it works very well."
"The feature for health check efficiently impacts the uptime and reliability of AWS servers including EC2 and EKS."
"The solution has a user-friendly dashboard."
"You can host your zone and name servers here, and keeping track of records is easy."
"The most valuable feature of Quad9 is that it is a free solution."
"Setting up Quad9 is straightforward if you know what you're doing, and it's easy to use overall."
"Supporting DNS check is one feature missing in the solution."
"The product’s security and disaster recovery features need enhancement."
"The multiple routing policies present in the product have certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"The product could improve its price."
"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."
"The solution should include more robust and secure services for hardening sites."
"The cost calculator for determining the cost of Route 53 is a little bit obscure."
"Quad9 could improve by having more free features, such as custom DNS filtering."
"It used to work fine for all the devices, but it started to slow and become non-responsive. I would have to reload the page two or three times before all the pages loaded. With OpenDNS, I only need to load the page once."
Amazon Route 53 is ranked 3rd in Managed DNS with 19 reviews while Quad9 is ranked 4th in Managed DNS with 2 reviews. Amazon Route 53 is rated 8.6, while Quad9 is rated 6.0. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Quad9 writes "It's easy to use and set up, but I've faced performance problems ". Amazon Route 53 is most compared with Azure DNS, Cloudflare DNS, Google Cloud DNS, Cisco Umbrella and Dyn, whereas Quad9 is most compared with Cloudflare DNS, Google Cloud DNS, Cisco Umbrella, Verisign Public DNS and Zscaler Internet Access. See our Amazon Route 53 vs. Quad9 report.
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