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AWS & AWS Route 53, It's a good combination. X & AWS Route 53, you might found other solutions.
September 17, 2020

AWS & AWS Route 53, It's a good combination. X & AWS Route 53, you might found other solutions.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Route 53

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.
  • Manage all of your infrastructure in one place if you use AWS services. Saves time.
  • Good integration with AWS services.
  • Not necessarily cost-effective, depends on your usage. Check what you can get using other services and their price.
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 integrate the DNS records and AWS services easily, compared to other solutions.
I don't have experience in the support for Route 53, but I believe the support is similar to the support of other AWS services. Good, but a little costly.

Do you think Amazon Route 53 delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Amazon Route 53's feature set?

Yes

Did Amazon Route 53 live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Amazon Route 53 go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Amazon Route 53 again?

Yes

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon CloudWatch, Microsoft Teams
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.