Its integration with other Amazon services is a very useful feature, in my opinion. It goes well with other Amazon services. So, when we are using other Amazon services, like customer infrastructure on an Amazon cloud, we prefer to use Amazon Route 53.
Director - IT Infrastructure at INADEV CORPORATION
An easy-to-deploy solution offering useful integration capabilities to its users
Pros and Cons
- "Technical support from Amazon is very good...Overall, the product is stable."
- "Supporting DNS check is one feature missing in the solution."
What is most valuable?
What needs improvement?
Supporting DNS check is one feature missing in the solution. The DNS check support is not there in Amazon Route 53. The aforementioned details can be considered for improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
Though we don't use Amazon Route 53 regularly, we use it for a couple of projects. So, it has been running for five years. My company has a partnership with Amazon.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Overall, the product is stable.
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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
There are no such issues with the product's scalability.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support from Amazon is very good, especially for those having a business support plan who get instant support. I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The product was also easy to deploy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of the solution could be a little bit lower compared to Google DNS, which has more features than Amazon.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
A stable solution that can be used for dynamic naming and routing policy
Pros and Cons
- "We use Amazon Route 53 for dynamic naming and routing policy."
- "The solution should have a more user-friendly user interface."
What is most valuable?
We use Amazon Route 53 for dynamic naming and routing policy.
What needs improvement?
The solution should have a more user-friendly user interface.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Amazon Route 53 for three to four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Amazon Route 53 is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Amazon Route 53 is a scalable solution.
How was the initial setup?
The solution’s initial setup is easy.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented the solution through an in-house team. The solution's deployment took around 10 to 15 minutes.
What other advice do I have?
I use the latest version of Amazon Route 53. Amazon Route 53 is a cloud-based solution.
I would recommend Amazon Route 53 to other users.
Overall, I rate Amazon Route 53 a nine out of ten.
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Software Engineer at Readyly
A DNS resolution service that helps you to map your hostname to another hostname
Pros and Cons
- "Amazon Route 53 is a DNS resolution service that helps you to map your hostname to another hostname."
- "When you add a new DNS record instructing the solution to map one thing to another, it has to propagate to all the networks, which takes some time."
What is most valuable?
Amazon Route 53 is a DNS resolution service that helps you to map your hostname to another hostname. We use it to provide custom domain names for all our AWS services that come with a cryptic URL.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Amazon Route 53 for more than one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Amazon Route 53 is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Amazon Route 53 is a scalable solution.
How was the initial setup?
Amazon Route 53's initial setup is easy.
What other advice do I have?
Amazon Route 53 is user-friendly for anyone who knows to work with DNS records. Otherwise, they will have to learn about the different kinds of DNS records. Two people in our company do the solution's configuration.
I would ask users to use Amazon Route 53 because I haven't faced any problems with it.
Overall, I rate Amazon Route 53 a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Helps with DNS load balancing and WAF
Pros and Cons
- "The solution offers you the flexibility to control configuration rules."
- "The product should improve its automation."
What is our primary use case?
We use the product for DNS load balancing and WAF.
What is most valuable?
The solution offers you the flexibility to control configuration rules.
What needs improvement?
The product should improve its automation.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working the product for two years and a half.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the solution's stability a ten out of ten. It never went down for me.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the tool's scalability a ten out of ten since I didn't have any problems with it.
How was the initial setup?
The product's setup is straightforward.
What was our ROI?
We have got ROI with the tool's use since it prevented us from downtime and losing millions.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. The product is better than Cloud DNS. You should use Terraform while using Cloudflare so that you do not need to create manually anything. People usually think that they will use Cloudflare less but end up using it more. The best way to go is to follow a pipeline automated process for testing and production.
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Senior Associate Cloud Engineer at Jeevan Technologies
A stable solution that is easy to deploy and has a user-friendly dashboard
Pros and Cons
- "The solution has a user-friendly dashboard."
- "The solution’s pricing and technical support could be improved."
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Amazon Route 53 is routing, where we can set up a DR with a different kind of routing method. The solution has a user-friendly dashboard. The solution provides good stability and availability.
What needs improvement?
The solution’s pricing and technical support could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Amazon Route 53 for more than two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Amazon Route 53 is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Around 90% of domains are on Amazon Route 53 because its deployment time is very low. If you update something in Amazon Route 53, it will be reflected within one minute.
How was the initial setup?
Amazon Route 53 is very easy to deploy and integrate.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Amazon Route 53 is not an expensive solution.
What other advice do I have?
Amazon Route 53 is deployed on the cloud in our organization. I would recommend Amazon Route 53 to other users.
Overall, I rate the solution ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
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Product Owner at SecLogic Limited
Provides high availability and scalability but can't handle multiple requests at the same time
Pros and Cons
- "The scalability is the most valuable feature."
- "Route 53 would be better if it had the ability to handle multiple requests at the same time because we have a lot of users. I would like that to be optimized in the next version."
What is our primary use case?
We use Amazon Route 53 for DNS management. We're doing continuous evaluations of our policies on AWS, which is another reason why we're using Amazon Route 53.
The solution is deployed on a private cloud.
We're a startup, so less than 100 people are using this solution.
What is most valuable?
The scalability is the most valuable feature.
What needs improvement?
Route 53 would be better if it had the ability to handle multiple requests at the same time because we have a lot of users. I would like that to be optimized in the next version.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used this solution for one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's scalable.
How was the initial setup?
Initial setup is simple and easy. It took a maximum of two days to deploy. When I deployed Terraform activities, it took a maximum of half an hour.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution as seven out of ten.
Amazon Route 53 is for high availability and scalability. It works well in AWS and handles almost all of the queries.
My advice is to use Amazon Route 53, but you need to make sure that it's configured properly because your data and organization could be compromised.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
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Development Team Lead at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Excellent capabilities, proven stability, with easy setup
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is that it works very well."
- "When we are looking at the model registry, it may be not clear sometimes. For example, if you use a single grid model and group or registry, it has a different SDK in the pilot. And it may be not so comfortable to use both of them because it is two different places for keeping things in order."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case is as a tool for projects that require managing the DNS.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is that it works very well.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see more customization or interface options. When we are looking at the model registry, it may be not clear sometimes. For example, if you use a single grid model and group or registry, it has a different SDK in the pilot. And it may be not so comfortable to use both of them because it is two different places for keeping things in order.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Amazon Route 53 for the past several years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is absolutely stable and I have had no issues with it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
AWS's credibility is absolutely fantastic when it comes to scalability.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is very easy and straightforward.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Amazon Route 53 a ten out of ten.
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