Google Cloud DNS vs. Oracle Dyn Managed DNS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Cloud DNS
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Google Cloud DNS is a managed DNS service, featuring a global network of anycast servers and touting reliability, availability, and performance.N/A
Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
Score 8.8 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Oracle Dyn DNS (domain name system) is an infrastructure-as-a-service that is touted by Oracle Dyne as one of the highest performance global networks existent. It is available as a managed DNS with secondary DNS available for more reliable business continuity on higher service tiers.N/A
Pricing
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Google Cloud DNSOracle Dyn Managed DNS
Considered Both Products
Google Cloud DNS
Chose Google Cloud DNS
My initial query discovered Google Cloud DNS and because we were familiar with and trusted that brand already, we didn’t even bother to evaluate the other option I’d found: Cloudflare DNS. When you are happy with a brand’s products, there is no need to waste time looking for …
Chose Google Cloud DNS
At the time Google DNS was free for most features. We already use google for a variety of needs, so it integrated well. We tried a few other products, but they were expensive (for our needs) or cumbersome. Training was simple with Google DNS, for IT adjacent staff. Other …
Chose Google Cloud DNS
We selected Google cloud DNS maily for it friendly use, now we can acces the same IP server from differet computers and that has change pur work a lot. Now our costumer joourney is more agil. Also we are able to have our own private VPN and everything is more secure
Chose Google Cloud DNS
Google Cloud is the easiest to use sharing platform available. Other platforms are not as accessible as accessing the Google drive when you are logged in with your Google account. Trello has a limited sharing capacity which I have not experienced with Google Drive. Our …
Chose Google Cloud DNS
We chose Google because it was so affordable and integrated obviously very easily with our other Google products we're already using like Google Analytics and Google Ad Manager. Using everything within Google simplifies our workflows and makes it easy to find receipts and …
Chose Google Cloud DNS
Amazon Route 53 offers almost equal or slightly more features than Google Cloud DNS; we selected Google Cloud DNS because the rest of our projects use Google Cloud Platform.
Also, since AWS is a bigger service provider, their pricing is also higher; since Google Cloud DNS …
Chose Google Cloud DNS
Google Cloud DNS is just as good as some other premium DNS services and definitely better than some (such as Godaddy). I generally choose Google Cloud DNS when I am already using other Google Cloud tools for a project as it just makes sense. From one account I can manage the …
Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
As our organization had an ample amount of DNS to manage, it was quite inconvenient when it comes to Amazon Route 53 or any other alternatives as the change propagation time was pretty much high as compared to Oracle Dyn Managed DNS. And when it comes to the huge customer base …
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
Mos of the other DNS doesn't have the Role base access. And there are few DNS providers where an update of records is restricted per day.
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
Open DNS and cloud DNS were tested and the features available with Dyn were far superior to these other products for our organization.
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
Oracle Dyn Managed DNS is much simpler to use and has no ads. Using other companies, you sometimes have pop-up ads and have difficulty getting to the zone and managing the DNS records. Since Dyn Managed DNS is only DNS, you're in, out, done. No time is wasted trying to …
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
Name.com also has DNS management but I think Dyn does a much better job. The layout of the website is more intuitive and actually loads and performs much better. Overall if you have a domain name on name.com that you use, I would transfer it to Dyn as its easier to use.
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
DYN always came greatly recommended, we knew from the start that was the only platform for us because it had great features and cost.
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
We selected Oracle Dyn Managed DNS because it has the active failover functionality that our agency needed.
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
We have been using Dyn since before it was acquired by Oracle and has never failed us. I have used other DNS providers in the past, mostly from the domain registrars, but those have lacked features and availability of certain types of DNS records. In addition, the management …
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
Oracle Dyn Managed DNS is trusted, tested, proven and widely used. This is the winning factor.
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
Oracle Dyn gave us zero downtime vs four downtimes somewhere else. 30 sec TTL vs ten min for second best.
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
We selected it for stability. It has a way better UI than UltraDNS. Oracle Dyn has a clear user interface without bloatware, and the actions don't surprise you.

Route 53 - Their main benefit is the integration with the rest of the Amazon Web Services suite, something other …
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
I do not use any other DNS, I cannot attest to differences.
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
It is just as powerful, but it lacks the AWS features that Route 53 has. But, that isn't something that Oracle Dyn Managed DNS can control.
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
Dyn was recommended to me by a colleague and based on his recommendation, no other managed DNS vendors were considered.
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
We actually use both providers, but Dyn is our primary.

In terms of feature set, both companies have very similar offerings. We've found Verisign's UI and documentation to be overall more usable, but Dyn's GeoDNS management is far simpler. Both companies offer an API, and while …
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
We like the fact that this is now an Oracle product. We keep GoDaddy for certificates and Dyn for DNS.
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
We have actually considered running our own DNS but would gladly jump ship if management allowed us to.
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
We have not evaluated any alternatives recently. Previously we managed DNS at a registrar, and their lack of options made us realize we needed to find something better.
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
We looked at other products, but DYN came across as the clear leader in our research and was the only one we ended up testing.
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
Dyn was selected prior to my arrival
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
We currently use the DNS service provided by our new host, Agathon, and it is just as good and far cheaper.
Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
The free DNS service included with a domain purchase cannot perform advanced functions like automatic failover to another IP with low TTL.
Best Alternatives
Google Cloud DNSOracle Dyn Managed DNS
Small Businesses
Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Score 8.9 out of 10
Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Score 8.9 out of 10
Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises
Amazon Route 53
Amazon Route 53
Score 8.6 out of 10
Google Cloud DNS
Google Cloud DNS
Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google Cloud DNSOracle Dyn Managed DNS
Likelihood to Recommend
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Usability
9.4
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8.6
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Support Rating
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User Testimonials
Google Cloud DNSOracle Dyn Managed DNS
Likelihood to Recommend
Google Cloud DNS is well suited in most cases - it has a clean interface, plenty of configuration options, available to view and edit on the Google console.
It may not be as well suited for novice users since the documentation about the various fields is not always available near where the fields need to be set.
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For any company that needs a robust DNS service that can handle high QPS volumes without latency or lag, Oracle Dyn is the best that I have used. I can always rely on the backend infrastructure to ensure that DNS isn't a bottleneck for website performance. I have never had to open a support ticket for any issues and published changes to DNS records are nearly instantaneous across the globe.
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Pros
  • Interface is user friendly
  • It is safe , Secure and reliable
  • It has lower pricing plans
  • They have good customer support
  • They do have good documentation to have fair ideas on their offerings
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  • One of the best features is the interface. Whether you are using the expert or simple editor it is easy to figure out on the fly.
  • We've found support to be extremely fast and knowledgeable.
  • It is consistently one of the fastest responses to DNS queries.
  • It uses role-based access to delegate as much or little access for users.
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Cons
  • It is hard for first time user to get used to it.
  • Support is restricted for 3rd party services who uses it
  • Sometimes the support people take more than 24hrs to reply to our queries, But it is not for all issues.
  • Search function could have been made easy to search records
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  • As a relatively experienced engineer, I find the UI to be incredibly obtuse and counter-intuitive. I try and use the API for most things, but for some people that may not be an option.
  • The user documentation is a bit hard to navigate. DNS in general is pretty simple, so this is a minor gripe, but it's hard to find specific info sometimes.
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Likelihood to Renew
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It does exactly what we need, its fast, secure and reliable.
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Usability
This is exceptionally simple to utilize in the event that you are as of now utilizing Google Cloud Services or you are important for the Google Ecosystem as of now. I accept this is likely the primary goal of Google Cloud DNS, to give a more complete set-up of devices to Google Cloud clients. Consequently, I would rate convenience a 9.
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I give Oracle Dyn Managed DNS's overall usability an 8/10. If you understand DNS then you should have no problem working with the Dyn DNS interface. It takes very little time to learn how to update and manage DNS for your domains. The DYN API is also easy to work with and they provide SDK's for most programming languages.
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Support Rating
In the event that you are utilizing Google Cloud Platform as your cloud supplier, Google Cloud DNS is unquestionably the DNS supplier to utilize.
I haven't required help for it yet, notwithstanding, in my experience, Google Support is incredible.
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Haven't had a need to work with the support team and DYN to date. The system has always done what we needed and the support documentation is straightforward and has answered any questions that we have had. They provide updates if there are ever any issues in a timely manner and make sure everyone knows what is going on.
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Alternatives Considered
Google Cloud is the easiest to use sharing platform available. Other platforms are not as accessible as accessing the Google drive when you are logged in with your Google account. Trello has a limited sharing capacity which I have not experienced with Google Drive. Our institution has afforded us unlimited space on the Google Cloud platform which was more of a struggle to obtain on Dropbox. Teams would select and use Dropbox voluntarily and have to arrange payments and claims. I also find that Dropbox sends a multitude of emails regarding storage and upgrades while Google Cloud is generally silent but highly effective as a storage tool
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As our organization had an ample amount of DNS to manage, it was quite inconvenient when it comes to Amazon Route 53 or any other alternatives as the change propagation time was pretty much high as compared to Oracle Dyn Managed DNS. And when it comes to the huge customer base and customer satisfaction, the organization has to be wise at choosing the right tools and the right tool which fitted our requirements was Oracle Dyn managed DNS.
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Return on Investment
  • We use GCP for all our projects so Google Cloud DNS fits perfectly
  • It is proving to scale well so good for us since we are a growing company
  • It is easy to use and doesn't require a separate team to maintain
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  • The service price is very competitive even for SMBs.
  • Every outage costs money, and with Dyn Managed DNS, service uptime is 100%.
  • You will most likely see a return on investment the same year if moving away for your own external managed DNS servers.
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