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."
"From a security perspective, Microsoft is much better than other cloud providers."
"Azure DNS is a user-friendly and very easy-to-manage solution."
"What I like about Azure DNS is that it doesn't have any issues and integrates quickly with other products. It has good integration, which is incredible. I also like that whenever you deploy private links and endpoints, Azure DNS gives you the option to select the Azure native DNS, private DNS, or go with the Azure custom DNS. It depends, but if you don't have any dependencies on the DNS, then, like many customers, you won't have DNS issues. Azure DNS is a very good solution that helps you with domains and other resources."
"The initial setup is straightforward and not that complex."
"Can be configured to achieve a hundred percent reliability"
"The DNS resolution is the most valuable feature."
"The setup is relatively straightforward."
"The initial setup is easy and the solution is user-friendly"
"CNAME flattening is a feature that Akamai does not support."
"What needs improvement in Azure DNS is visibility in terms of troubleshooting. It's similar to the area for improvement in Azure Network Watcher, where I can see how the source is going out if I'm troubleshooting a source destination. I can also see the destination. As for seeing how the packet travels, that's what should be improved. It's still lacking in visibility. Suppose I'm looking into backend machines, and if I'm hitting another NPM machine or any machine on the other side, there should be visibility. The tool should tell you that a specific machine is passing through a VPN gateway or route table, routing to a third-party firewall, and then dropping. Azure DNS should show an accurate answer to help the customers, which is its area for improvement."
"The licensing cost should be improved."
"There are some latency issues that could be improved."
"Azure needs to add domain registration to the DNS service."
"The product must be integrated with additional security features."
"The process of creating a virtual mission could be improved."
"The CDN integration could be improved."
"Azure DNS does provide enhanced support for applications and includes several security features to protect against threats. One of the security features it offers is the ability to detect and prevent dangling DNS records, which can be used in cyber attacks. Dangling DNS records occur when a website owner creates a domain name but forgets to remove the CNAME record, leaving the domain vulnerable to takeover by malicious actors. Azure DNS includes security measures to identify and prevent such threats, helping to keep your DNS infrastructure secure. However, if Microsoft could add more security capabilities to the DNS, that would be great to detect and identify anomalies that are happening to prevent cyber threats."
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 Quad9, whereas Azure DNS is most compared with Amazon Route 53, Cloudflare DNS, Cisco Umbrella, Infoblox DDI and Dyn.
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