Amazon Route 53
A scalable and highly available Domain Name System (DNS) web service.
Overview
Amazon Route 53 is a highly available and scalable cloud Domain Name System (DNS) web service. It is designed to give developers and businesses an extremely reliable and cost-effective way to route end users to Internet applications by translating names like www.example.com into the numeric IP addresses like 192.0.2.1 that computers use to connect to each other.
✨ Key Features
- Domain Name Registration
- DNS Service (Authoritative and Recursive)
- Traffic Flow for sophisticated routing policies (e.g., latency-based, geo-based)
- Health Checks and DNS Failover
- Resolver for hybrid cloud DNS
- Private DNS for Amazon VPC
🎯 Key Differentiators
- 100% availability SLA
- Advanced routing policies like Traffic Flow
- Deep integration with other AWS services via Alias records, which are free of charge for AWS resources
Unique Value: Provides a highly available and scalable DNS service with advanced routing capabilities that are tightly integrated with the AWS ecosystem.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Routing users to the nearest AWS region with latency-based routing
- Automatically failing over to a backup site during an outage using health checks
- Using Alias records to point a domain to AWS resources like a CloudFront distribution or an ELB.
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Local network name resolution without AWS integration (standard DNS servers might be simpler)
- Dynamic DNS for home networks (requires custom scripting)
🏆 Alternatives
While other services may be cheaper for basic DNS, Route 53's advanced features, 100% SLA, and seamless integration with AWS services provide significant value for professional applications.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Business, Enterprise tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
Free tier: No free tier, but Alias queries to certain AWS resources are free.
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