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 initial setup is straightforward and not that complex."
"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."
"Azure DNS is a user-friendly and very easy-to-manage solution."
"The integration with other services on Azure is valuable."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The setup is relatively straightforward."
"We use the solution to host IP addresses, sites like microsites."
"Integration with other Azure services is good."
"CNAME flattening is a feature that Akamai does not support."
"There are some issues with the solution's performance where improvements are needed."
"The product must provide information on which DNS or application is consuming the most budget."
"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."
"The solution lacks scalability."
"There are some latency issues that could be improved."
"The product must be integrated with additional security features."
"Azure needs to add domain registration to the DNS service."
"The support from Microsoft in India is an area of concern where improvements are required."
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 Neustar UltraDNS, whereas Azure DNS is most compared with Amazon Route 53, Cloudflare DNS, Cisco Umbrella, Infoblox DDI and IBM NS1 Connect.
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