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We performed a comparison between Akamai Edge DNS and Amazon Route 53 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"It is a very stable solution since it has a security feature that allows you to recover zone files if you accidentally delete them."

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"The initial setup is good and straightforward.""The scalability is the most valuable feature.""The solution offers you the flexibility to control configuration rules.""The main DNS resolution is really, really fast.""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.""Technical support from Amazon is very good...Overall, the product is stable.""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."

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Cons
"CNAME flattening is a feature that Akamai does not support."

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"The solution should have a more user-friendly user interface.""The solution should include more robust and secure services for hardening sites.""Streamlining and optimizing processes related to Procter, VPN workflows, and other subjects based on specific needs would allow for continual improvement and adaptation to the evolving requirements of the system.""It is difficult to manage the product if the person involved in the setup process doesn't know much about the solution.""The cost calculator for determining the cost of Route 53 is a little bit obscure.""The multiple routing policies present in the product have certain shortcomings where improvements are required.""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.""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."

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  • "The pricing depends on usage and is moderate."
  • "The price of Amazon Route 53 is reasonable."
  • "The price of the solution could be a little bit lower compared to Google DNS, which has more features than Amazon."
  • "We pay per use."
  • "Amazon Route 53 is not an expensive solution."
  • "The price of the product is perfectly fine in my opinion."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It is a very stable solution since it has a security feature that allows you to recover zone files if you accidentally delete them.
    Top Answer:One thing that I wanted and was expecting from Akamai Edge DNS was CNAME flattening. CNAME flattening is a feature that Akamai does not support. Apart from Akamai, the other DNS providers support… more »
    Top Answer:There is not much of a big use case related to the solution in our company. In our company, we have the DNS for all the domains configured in Akamai Edge DNS. The only use cases I can see with Akamai… more »
    Top Answer:Azure DNS is a hosting service of DNS domains. It has excellent operating time and performance, resulting in fast resolution. We like the ability to view everything in the Azure portal - this makes… more »
    Top Answer:The cost calculator for determining the cost of Route 53 is a little bit obscure. It is not straightforward. It’s difficult to model the cost. The cost calculator must be improved. The product must… more »
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    Akamai Fast DNS
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    Overview

    Discover Akamai DNS and its benefits of high availability and performance, and resilience against DDoS attacks backed by a fully guaranteed uptime SLA.

    Amazon Route 53 is a highly available and scalable cloud Domain Name System (DNS) web service. It is designed to give developers and businesses an extremely reliable and cost effective way to route end users to Internet applications by translating names like www.example.com into the numeric IP addresses like 192.0.2.1 that computers use to connect to each other. Amazon Route 53 is fully compliant with IPv6 as well.

    Sample Customers
    Otto Group
    Hess, Expedia, Kelloggs, Philips, HyperTrack
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Government9%
    Retailer6%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company43%
    Financial Services Firm29%
    Retailer14%
    Engineering Company14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization21%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise63%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business39%
    Midsize Enterprise39%
    Large Enterprise22%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise31%
    Large Enterprise48%
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    Akamai Edge DNS is ranked 9th in Managed DNS with 1 review while Amazon Route 53 is ranked 4th in Managed DNS with 16 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 "Effective for processing domain registrations and configuring load balancers". 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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