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Compare Amazon Route 53 and DNSimple 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.3% of reviews)
Small-Business (74.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial Per Month
Amazon Route 53
Star Rating
(144)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Amazon Route 53DNSimple
Star Rating
(31)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (74.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial Per Month
Browse all 3 pricing plansAmazon Route 53 vs DNSimple
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found DNSimple easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with DNSimple overall.
- Reviewers felt that DNSimple meets the needs of their business better than Amazon Route 53.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that DNSimple is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Amazon Route 53 over DNSimple.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon Route 53
No pricing availableDNSimple
Solo
Free Trial
Per Month
Register, transfer, and renew domains.
$2 per zone per month.
- ALIAS record
- Anycast DNS
- Full API access
Free Trial
Amazon Route 53
No trial information availableDNSimple
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
97
9.2
24
Ease of Use
8.6
97
9.4
27
Ease of Setup
8.8
64
9.9
17
Ease of Admin
8.8
64
9.8
11
Quality of Support
8.8
82
9.3
20
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
59
9.7
11
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
89
8.9
22
Features by Category
Security - Domain Registrar
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Convenience and automation - Domain Registrar
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Support and service - Domain Registrar
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced management and features - Domain Registrar
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon Route 53 and DNSimple are categorized as Managed DNS Solutions
Unique Categories
Amazon Route 53 has no unique categories
DNSimple is categorized as Domain Registrars
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon Route 53
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
DNSimple
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
19.0%
Computer Software
18.3%
Financial Services
7.9%
Internet
6.3%
Retail
4.0%
Other
44.4%
Computer Software
35.5%
Information Technology and Services
16.1%
Online Media
6.5%
Consulting
3.2%
Retail
3.2%
Other
35.5%
Alternatives
Discussions
Which three main functions does Amazon Route 53 perform?
1 Comment
LP
Domain Registration,
DNS Resolving,
DNS Failover,
Geological routing & Health checksRead more
Amazon Route 53 has no more discussions with answers
What else does DNSimple integrate with?
1 Comment
LE
We integrate with Terraform, Chef, Heroku and we are currently working on Netlify. We will likely include more integrations in the future and of course...Read more
DNSimple has no more discussions with answers
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