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    Amazon Route 53

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Route 53 is a Cloud Domain Name System (DNS) offered by Amazon AWS as a reliable way to route visitors to web applications and other site traffic to locations within a company's infrastructure, which can be configured to monitor the health and performance of traffic and endpoints in the network.

    $0.40

    Per Zone Per Month

    Azure DNS

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft offers Azure DNS, a managed network of name servers supplying availability, support for migration, and DNS security.

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    Constellix

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AConstellix aims to make the Internet faster and more reliable through multi-cloud and multi-CDN management powered by intelligent traffic routing services. Constellix is a subsidiary of Tiggee, the creators of DNS Made Easy , and the provider of IP Anycast enterprise DNS services. Constellix is an Internet Traffic Optimization (ITO) company dedicated to providing next-generation traffic management solutions. The Constellix GeoDNS platform offers the most powerful and precise DNS query…N/A
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    Amazon Route 53Azure DNSConstellix
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $0.40
    Per Zone Per Month
    Queries
    $0.60
    Per Million Queries
    Additional hosted DNS zones (over 25)
    $0.10
    per zone/per month
    Additional DNS queries (over 1 billion)/month
    $0.20
    per million
    First billion DNS queries/month
    $0.40
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    First 25 hosted DNS zones
    $0.50
    per zone/per month
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    Amazon Route 53Azure DNSConstellix
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details——Constellix offers a pay per usage or "a la carte" pricing model that eliminates the need for contracts or annual subscriptions. You will only pay for what you use with Constellix, and we have designed our pricing model to reward you as you grow with us; you will automatically unlock cheaper rates as your usage increases. We would love to hear from you. Give us a ring at +1 703.880.2007 and one of our account specialists would be happy to answer your pricing related questions.
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    Amazon Route 53Azure DNSConstellix
    Considered Multiple Products
    Amazon AWS
    Chose Amazon Route 53
    We chose Amazon Route 53 over Azure DNS for its advanced routing, built-in health checks, and seamless integration with AWS services like EC2, ALB, and CloudFront. Amazon Route 53 also supports domain registration and automated failover, which Azure DNS lacks natively. Its …
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    Chose Amazon Route 53
    Both Azure DNS and GoDaddy's DNS works great, but when you use AWS services and infrastructure, it is much easier to use AWS DNS service. Using AWS DNS service you can manage and maintain your infrastructure in one place, it saves some time. If you use AWS services, you can …
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon Route 53
    Amazon Route 53 DNS service is much better than GCP and Azure or any other cloud provider DNS service due to the fact that it not only provides basic DNS service but on top of it it offers firewall DNS feature i.e. rules and policies can be defined to allow/reject certain …
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    Microsoft
    Chose Azure DNS
    As we have all our infrastructure on Azure it was much more feasible for us to use Azure DNS.
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    Chose Azure DNS
    Azure is slightly better than the competition on ease of use and simplicity of the interface. On features , I think the competition has caught on. We selected Azure for it's reliability and speed.
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    Constellix
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    Amazon Route 53
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Amazon Route 53
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Azure DNS
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
    Azure DNS
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Cloud DNS
    Score10 out of 10
    Amazon Route 53
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Amazon Route 53Azure DNSConstellix
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    User Testimonials
    Amazon Route 53Azure DNSConstellix
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    - Routing users to the closest or best-performing resources: Route 53 allows you to use geolocation and latency-based routing to route users to the resources that will give them the best performance. - Load balancing: Route 53 can be used to distribute incoming traffic across multiple resources, such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances or Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) tasks, to improve the availability and scalability of your application. - Managing domain names: Route 53 can be used to register domain names and manage DNS records, making it a one-stop solution for managing your domain name and routing traffic to your resources. Scenarios where Route 53 is less appropriate include:Applications with very high query rates: Route 53 is designed to handle millions of queries per second, but if your application generates an extremely high query rate, you may need to use a specialized DNS service.Applications that require very low latency: Route 53 is designed to provide low-latency DNS service, but if your application requires ultra-low latency, you may need to use a specialized DNS service or a self-hosted DNS solution.Applications that require advanced security features: Route 53 provides basic security features such as DNSSEC, but if your application requires advanced security features such as DDoS protection, you may need to use a specialized DNS service.
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    Microsoft
    Using Azure DNS, you can easily and quickly deploy and manage your domain DNS. It's been an excellent introduction to our web services requirements. It offers all services on a single platform and integrates with other applications. It not only offers DNS services for websites but also for your applications.
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    Constellix
    Constellix DNS is well suited for people already familiar with DNS Made Easy but want more features. Constellix is especially good for people who need ANAME records
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Uptime - Route53 is highly performant and available. We have had only 3-4 instances in the last 12 years when we had any downtime or outages due to Route53.
    • Extensive API layer on Route53 that allows integration with external tools and SDK's (Boto, Terraform, etc)
    • Closely integrated with the other AWS services. Makes it easy to operate the infra.
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    Microsoft
    • The Azure Private DNS has an option for automatic mapping which creates a DNS record automatically for all the resources in a particular Vnet, and adds new DNS entries for whenever a new resource is created.
    • The DNS entries can be shared between different VNets automatically and there is no need for manually populating it or syncing it with different networks.
    • The mapping or records is very easy as the target/source/backend is automatically populated and there is no need to keep those IP addresses handy instead you can map them using their name.
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    Constellix
    • Resiliency, they claim to have very little downtime and so far we haven't experienced any
    • ANAME Records, we haven't experienced any issues as IP addresses behind the target CNAME records have changed.
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • During initial setup when you are using Route 53 or DNS systems for very first time, there are little number of documentation from AWS which is kinda of little tough. But, once you get hold of it, its a cake walk for everyone.
    • Health checks are kinda of little costly when Compared to other big players, but that doesn't affect much when you compare its uses.
    • The logging is well structured though its costly
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    Microsoft
    • Provides Name Resolutions using Microsoft Infrastructure
    • Not required to manage server to run this Azure Service
    • Simple DNS queries and fast apply
    • Secure & High Available
    • Custom DNS quires can possible . No complex policies
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    Constellix
    • Nothing I would change. The admin interface is straightforward and easy to use.
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    You need to know what DNS is; this is a tool built for developers who already know the technology and are just looking for a DNS management tool. The tool is very usable given that. If you're not familiar with DNS, Route53 isn't really for you and you won't find it to be very usable-- you'll need to go read the documentation, and that will start with learning what DNS is
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    Microsoft
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    Constellix
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    Until today, I have never needed support to Route53 because the documentation is great. But, I have needed it for other services. And they're near perfect always. Except that they don't have Portuguese support yet and they're sometimes slow to answer (48 hours in non-critical ones, in two tickets). But usually, they're amazing!
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    Microsoft
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    Constellix
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    We chose Amazon Route 53 over Azure DNS for its advanced routing, built-in health checks, and seamless integration with AWS services like EC2, ALB, and CloudFront. Amazon Route 53 also supports domain registration and automated failover, which Azure DNS lacks natively. Its global reliability and automation capabilities made it ideal for our multi-region AWS setup, while Azure DNS is better suited for simple, Azure-only environments without complex routing needs.
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    Microsoft
    The implementation process was fairly easy, quick, and straightforward compared to other estimated timelines from competitors. The price is fair for the service, while the customer success team and engineers know what they are doing, making the entire process smooth and comfortable. Also, they are a big and known brand, which makes us more at ease with our choice
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    Constellix
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • All of our brand domain names (about 80 brands) are managed in there
    • Many non marketing or brand domains are also in there
    • There isn't any defined ROI because it's such a trivial and necessary service with impacts all business operations
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    Microsoft
    • since Azure DNS belongs to Azure Cloud environment, there is no positive impact
    • since Azure DNS belongs to Azure Cloud environment, there is no negative impact
    • there would be a negative impact if Azure DNS would be missing
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    Constellix
    • It has made our DNS easier to manage
    • It has lowered our DNS bills
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    ScreenShots

    Constellix Screenshots

    Screenshot of Our query reporting breaks down your usage by day for each of your domains and compares GeoDNS queries to your standard query usage.Screenshot of See which records are being queried the most in real-time! You can also filter historical query data by record type, name, location, or IP version. This tool is excellent for identifying traffic anomalies, like DDoS attacks.Screenshot of We offer a full suite of network monitoring services that we call Sonar. Sonar can be used as a standalone service or in tandem with our DNS services; like our Traffic Steering solution, which combines Real-User Monitoring data with synthetic monitoring metrics to inform traffic steering decisions in real-time.Screenshot of Version Control with Rollback:
Compare and revert the commit history of your domain. Each version contains an account of all record changes and gives you the ability to create historical domain recovery. If you make a mistake you are able to roll back to the previous. You can keep notes that are assigned to each committed change to keep track of your work overtime and compare up to two different commit versions side-by-side.