Skip to main content
TrustRadius
Amazon Route 53

Amazon Route 53

Overview

What is Amazon Route 53?

Amazon 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…

Read more
Recent Reviews

Route 53

9 out of 10
January 25, 2023
Incentivized
Ease of use and management of the amazon route 53 that is our main benefit. Our current solution was not cloud based and it would affect …
Continue reading

Amazon Route 53

10 out of 10
January 13, 2023
Incentivized
Highly Available, scriptable DNS zone management. We had issues with DOS on smaller providers (Ultra, Dyn) and Amazon Route 53 was able to …
Continue reading

How good is Route 53?

8 out of 10
January 09, 2023
Incentivized
We use Route53 as the main domain provider in our company. Although we don't purchase the domain in there for legal reasons, we do …
Continue reading
Read all reviews

Awards

Products that are considered exceptional by their customers based on a variety of criteria win TrustRadius awards. Learn more about the types of TrustRadius awards to make the best purchase decision. More about TrustRadius Awards

Return to navigation

Pricing

View all pricing

Standard

$0.40

Cloud
Per Zone Per Month

Queries

$0.60

Cloud
Per Million Queries

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Return to navigation

Product Details

What is Amazon Route 53?

Amazon Route 53 Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Amazon 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.

Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of Amazon Route 53 are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
Return to navigation

Comparisons

View all alternatives
Return to navigation

Reviews and Ratings

(63)

Attribute Ratings

Reviews

(1-10 of 10)
Companies can't remove reviews or game the system. Here's why
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our backend services run in AWS, and we need public domain to expose the services. The services are running in different geo locations as we have end users globally. But we would like to provide one single domain to end users. With the routing features from Amazon Route 53, we are able to route the requests to nearest location from the user, which reduces latency and improves user experience.
  • Routing policy support
  • Seamless integration with other AWS services
  • Support for Infrastructure as Code
  • Probably better monitoring of user traffic
Amazon Route 53 is well suited if: 1. you always use other AWS services, and need good integration for some DNS service 2. you need support for simple traffic routing, e.g. based on latency or geolocation 3. you need support for complex traffic routing 4. you want to manage DNS via code
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Amazon Route 53 to provide public DNS services for several domains for our public websites, remote access with health checks, and for other common services. We needed a global and reliable provider that had a lot of functionality and could work well with our public website, which is also hosted on AWS.
  • Reliable
  • Cost effective
  • Integrates with other AWS services
  • Flexibility
  • Usability
Great for customers who have a decent understanding of how DNS works and need a global & reliable service. Also helpful for customers looking for an integrated solution that can pair well with other AWS services, such as EC2 for website hosting. Not as good for customers that want an extremely simple, plug and play solution (don't get me wrong though, Route53 isn't SO difficult).
January 09, 2023

How good is Route 53?

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Route53 as the main domain provider in our company. Although we don't purchase the domain in there for legal reasons, we do delegate all of them to Route53 to manage them directly within the AWS console, or through the API or even through Terraform. We currently have hundreds of hosted zones, and ten of thousands of records in there.
  • Integration with other AWS services
  • Fine grainded access control using IAM policies
  • Geo-routing is particularly useful when traffic is global
  • It's quite raw, and does not protect you from making mistakes
  • It can be tricky to centralize DNS management when you have multiple AWS accounts
It's a quite decent DNS management service in its own right. The ALIAS feature that allows to point an APEX domain to another CNAME (and not necessarily to an IP address, like in standard DNS) is definitely a plus.
It's quite a technical service, so it might not be very welcoming or user friendly if a good UX/UI is what you're looking for.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Amazon Route 53 to host a few websites and their content. It is a good option for people who seek to start a website quickly and attach a domain name to it and host HTML5 and static content. You don't need to look for a server. If you are already using Amazon - it is a very good option.
  • Host a website.
  • Quickly build a website.
  • Build a website that hosts static content and HTML5 content.
  • Good option if you're already using Amazon services.
  • The user interface on Amazon is not very convenient.
  • The handling of www redirect is not optimal.
  • Lack of HTTPS support. I'm positive it is impossible to implement.
  • No website logging support.
Amazon Route 53 is well suited if:
1. You seek to create a simple website fast.
2. The site would be able to host HTML5 content and static content attach a domain name.
3. Have simple and accessible management.

Scenarios where Amazon Route 53 is less appropriate:
1. If a website needs HTTPS.
2. If you need to have extensive logging and tracing on the website.
3. If a website is designed to host dynamic content.

Gnanasekar Mani | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I have worked with AWS Route 53 in all the three of my Organizations in which I worked. Route 53 plays major role when it comes to create and serve the Website all over the world for DNS when created through Amazon web services also when you are website is hosted in less popular cloud providers. One best thing is we can use Route 53 service alone from AWS even though our website is hosted in any other Cloud Service Provider. And, as usual route 53 offers all types of Routing type which you can expect of also the cost is competitive for the scale it provides.
The main reason for backing up this service as per my advice it would be it interacts with anything service provider and setting up is kinda of easy also there isn't negligible downtime.
  • We can purchase our domain through Route 53 and can be hosted for cheaper prices in AWS.
  • There are many number of routing policies you can go ahead with and this will come into picture when the customer satisfaction is required at most, so choose routing policy accordingly.
  • As usual health checks are part of DNS systems, this is also provided at cheaper rates when total process is done in Route 53 service.
  • It can be used as standalone application from 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
When you want the setup of DNS and domain registration to be done in couple of hours this will be the first place to go also the main reason for supporting the Route 53 service will be its integration with other AWS services should has CloudFront and SES services. With Route 53 and CloudFront combined you can have two layer of protection to your systems which will be one big thing when you see in terms of Cyber attacks.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Amazon Route 53 is being used at our company as the default DNS service. This service is used both by the technical department for production and by the marketing team for the website.
  • DNS server - it just works. good availability and fast propagation.
  • Simple to use.
  • Designed to work with other AWS services.
  • If you already use AWS, you have both your server/services and DNS in one place.
  • Price, it is not expensive ... but you can find some cheaper and even free DNS solutions.
  • If you use non-AWS infrastructure, Route 53 doesn't have significant advantages on other services.
  • AWS Route 53 does not support forwarding or conditional forwarding options for domains used on an on-premise network.
AWS Route 53 is well suited for standard use (if you already use AWS) and for use with AWS services. Its Geo DNS (routing users to an endpoint, depending on detected user geography) works fine as well - can be used if you have users worldwide.

However, AWS Route 53 does not support forwarding or conditional forwarding options for domains used on an on-premise network.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As part of our Cloud migration to AWS we have started using Route 53. Being able to programmaticaly build all aspects of the deployment in general and for route 53 in particular is a life saver. Being part of the same ecosystem make deploying so much easier... As we move all on-prem to AWS, and DNS is essential, Route 53 we need to rely on R53 and it delivers.
  • Plain DNS.
  • Easy to programmatically administer.
  • There are a few limitations which we encountered but hope will be resolved soon.
  • Not R53 speficic, but naming conventions are essential.
Being in the AWS ecosystem, using Route 53 is more or less a given. There are other options out there but none are as integrated into the ecosystem as Route 53. Especially for your internal name resolving there realistically is no other viable alternative. For external name resolving there are other options out there with more options, but do you really need them.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We're using Route53 to manage all of our internal DNS entries within our company. It has allowed us to map URLs to many different IP addresses and is easier to keep track of what address points go to which server.
  • New DNS entries work almost instantly and they're very easy to setup. It's very user-friendly.
  • None that we've seen. It just works well.
Route53 is great with setting DNS entries, no matter what type they are.
Kevin Van Heusen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Route 53 provides a nice centralized location for managing our domains. It makes it easy to assign DNS records to various AWS instances, elastic load balancers or aliases to other servers not located inside AWS infrastructure. Route 53 has had great availability and ensured our DNS setup is relatively painless and not needing concern.
  • Easy setup of various DNS records, TXT, SPF, and any other type needed.
  • Facilitates creating aliases between DNS records and AWS resources (Elastic load balancer, AWS instance, etc).
  • Bulletproof and highly available, rare to run into issues with DNS lookup.
  • Would be nice if Amazon provided some troubleshooting capabilities or for a given domain run through some checks (MX record setup, etc).
  • Some of the UI could be improved when setting values for things like TXT records which aren't well described in the Route 53 interface.
  • Would be helpful to have an alternate view of Hosted zones and the records within. Sorting by recordset type helps but with many records for a given zone you can get lost.
Route 53 is the best DNS solution for those hosted in Amazon Web Services (you can easily set aliases to AWS resources): S3 Buckets, Elastic Load Balancers, etc. Any organization with multiple domains or a single domain hosted in AWS is a good fit. If you aren't hosted in AWS, it may offer fewer advantages and you may want to go with your hosting provider depending on who they are.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
DNS is a core piece of any internet backbone. Route 53 provides distributed and resilient DNS services with little effort. Moving to Route 53 is as simple as either updating your domain's name server records, or to move the domain to AWS. Route 53 provides a simple and inexpensive mechanism for managing and serving DNS traffic.
  • Distributed servers around the world. AWS handles this automatically, distributing DNS records to geographically diverse locations.
  • Simple, intuitive interface. Route 53 provides a web-based portal for viewing and modifying DNS records.
  • API services. Route 53 provides a robust API for accessing and manipulating DNS entries.
  • Integration with other AWS services. If you're using other AWS services, Route 53 integrates directly, allowing for aliases and load balancing.
  • Bulk entry of DNS records via the web interface can be difficult. Records are required to be in BIND format and can only be imported into an empty zone. Once records exist, you can no longer import in bulk via the web interface.
DNS is almost always necessary, and Route 53 does this well. Even when not using other AWS services, Route 53 provides a reliable service worth investing in. The cost to run a Route 53 instance is minimal and the reduced overhead of not having to directly manage your DNS servers is worth the investment.
Return to navigation