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."
"The most valuable features of Azure DNS are the DNS forwarder and the DNS additional record editions."
"Data protection is paramount across cloud platforms"
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a stable product."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The solution allows you to host DNS service without using Azure's servers."
"We use the solution to host IP addresses, sites like microsites."
"The DNS resolution is the most valuable feature."
"The initial setup is easy and the solution is user-friendly"
"CNAME flattening is a feature that Akamai does not support."
"Azure DNS' documentation needs to improve."
"Azure DNS sticks mostly with the Azure native solution and doesn't scale well in a multi-cloud or hybrid environment."
"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."
"There are some latency issues that could be improved."
"While it's stable, there's always room for improvement to ensure it remains reliable."
"The product must provide information on which DNS or application is consuming the most budget."
"The technical support can be more knowledgeable."
"Azure needs to add domain registration to the DNS service."
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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