We performed a comparison between Amazon Route 53 and Google Cloud DNS 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."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 product's initial setup phase was very easy."
"You can host your zone and name servers here, and keeping track of records is easy."
"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."
"The main DNS resolution is really, really fast."
"Amazon Route 53 is a DNS resolution service that helps you to map your hostname to another hostname."
"It is a scalable solution."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The tool is well integrated. We don’t need the interface of another provider. The product helps me manage my domain and write in Google Cloud."
"Google Cloud DNS continues to evolve based on customer feedback and technological advancements."
"The scalability is good."
"The initial setup process is easy."
"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 multiple routing policies present in the product have certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"The solution should have a more user-friendly user interface."
"The cost calculator for determining the cost of Route 53 is a little bit obscure."
"The product could improve its price."
"When we are looking at the model registry, it may be not clear sometimes. For example, if you use a single grid model and group or registry, it has a different SDK in the pilot. And it may be not so comfortable to use both of them because it is two different places for keeping things in order."
"When you add a new DNS record instructing the solution to map one thing to another, it has to propagate to all the networks, which takes some time."
"The solution's price could be better."
"The cost of using Google Cloud DNS can be relatively high compared to other options, especially considering the cloud environment."
"It needs to provide better integration."
"The UI is tricky to understand for people who have not worked with DNS records. People with little to no experience with DNS records can find it hard to understand. For example, you need to know the hallmarks to input records since they need to be matched in a specific format."
"Migrating away from Google Cloud DNS can be difficult."
"The UX of the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
Amazon Route 53 is ranked 3rd in Managed DNS with 19 reviews while Google Cloud DNS is ranked 6th in Managed DNS with 6 reviews. Amazon Route 53 is rated 8.6, while Google Cloud DNS is rated 8.6. 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 Google Cloud DNS writes "Constantly improving and adapting to customer needs". Amazon Route 53 is most compared with Azure DNS, Cloudflare DNS, Cisco Umbrella, Akamai Edge DNS and Neustar UltraDNS, whereas Google Cloud DNS is most compared with Quad9, Cloudflare DNS, Azure DNS, Cisco Umbrella and Verisign Public DNS. See our Amazon Route 53 vs. Google Cloud DNS report.
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