--- title: Amazon Route 53 Reviews meta\_title: 'Amazon Route 53 Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 145 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Amazon Route 53 works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 145 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Hosting url: https://www.g2.com/categories/hosting --- # Amazon Route 53 Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Amazon Route 53 but has limited features. Are you part of the Amazon Route 53 team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Amazon Route 53 is a highly available and scalable cloud-based Domain Name System (DNS) web service designed to route end users to internet applications by translating domain names into numeric IP addresses. It enables developers and businesses to manage domain registration, DNS routing, and health checking, ensuring reliable and cost-effective connectivity for their applications. Key Features and Functionality: - Domain Registration: Allows users to search for, register, and manage domain names directly within the service. - DNS Routing: Provides globally distributed DNS servers that automatically scale to handle varying workloads, ensuring low-latency and reliable routing of end-user requests. - Traffic Management: Offers advanced routing policies, including latency-based routing, geolocation routing, and weighted round-robin, enabling fine-grained control over how traffic is directed to application endpoints. - Health Checks and Monitoring: Continuously monitors the health of application endpoints and can automatically reroute traffic to healthy resources in case of failures, enhancing application availability. - Integration with AWS Services: Seamlessly integrates with other AWS services like Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, and Amazon S3, facilitating the creation of scalable and robust architectures. Primary Value and User Solutions: Amazon Route 53 simplifies the management of domain names and DNS routing, providing a reliable and scalable solution for directing end-user traffic to internet applications. By offering advanced traffic management capabilities and health monitoring, it enhances application availability and performance. Its integration with other AWS services allows for streamlined operations and the development of resilient, scalable applications, addressing the needs of businesses seeking efficient and dependable DNS management. * * * Seller [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://www.g2.com/sellers/amazon-web-services-aws-3e93cc28-2e9b-4961-b258-c6ce0feec7dd) Discussions [Amazon Route 53 Community](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-route-53/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Danish Azad (Data and information visualization | Tableau | PowerBi | SSRS | Sigma ) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Return on Investment 8 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-route-53/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![ClouDNS](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "ClouDNS") ClouDNS 4.7/5(71) ](https://www.g2.com/products/cloudns/reviews) [ ![GoDaddy Premium DNS](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "GoDaddy Premium DNS") GoDaddy Premium DNS 4.2/5(29) ](https://www.g2.com/products/godaddy-premium-dns/reviews) [ ![Google Cloud DNS](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Google Cloud DNS") Google Cloud DNS 4.5/5(27) ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-dns/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-route-53/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 145 real user reviews. Implementation Time 2 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Amazon Route 53 Integrations (8) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. 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What do you dislike about Amazon Route 53? sometimes is not clear to navigate between the hosted zones Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Amazon Route 53: this is a good choice to manage the hosted zones, very easy to configure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Route 53 solving and how is that benefiting you? providing the authentication fo the SSL configuration, we provide a CNAME for them and we just have to wait to propagate thru internet Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") UF Verified User in Financial Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/27/2018 "Better UI search for route 54 entries" 4/5 What do you like best about Amazon Route 53? I like the different routing options (e.g., geo, latency based, etc) . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Route 53? The search in the UI leaves a lot to be desired. wildcard searches don't work well. I usually end up querying all our entries via CLI, piping it to a file, and then searching with a text edior. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Route 53 solving and how is that benefiting you? basic DNS based routing with health checks et al. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") AC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/27/2018 "Route 53" 4/5 What do you like best about Amazon Route 53? Easy of DNS Management, keeping our DNS consitent and straight. Notifications about DNS. In order to get a better score I have to keep typing. This is not really the best thing for Route 53 because there isnt that much to say abou it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Route 53? Its solid, keep it up. I have nothing else to say. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Route 53 solving and how is that benefiting you? centeralized DNS management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness") AH Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/27/2018 "DNS made easy" 5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Route 53? DNS can be daunting. Honestly, starting out it's really confusing. However, RT53 makes DNS alot simpler and has tons of documentation on how to make it simple. Also, AWS uses aliases vs. using IP addresses which can change over time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Route 53? There isn't much that i dislike about the service it is really easy to work with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Route 53 solving and how is that benefiting you? Simplified DNS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign CM Carlo M. Software Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/26/2018 "Great Product" 5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Route 53? Easy to use great User interface and straig forward Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Route 53? No complaints yet everything has been great so far Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Route 53 solving and how is that benefiting you? Domain routing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") AI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/27/2018 "SImple, yet powerful" 5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Route 53? Simply manage internal and external zones, including between multple VPCs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Route 53? We have had some challenges with DNS resolution between vpcs for Amazon workspaces due to custom configurations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Amazon Route 53: Route 53 provides a cost effective, easy to use solution for DNS management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Route 53 solving and how is that benefiting you? The consistent platform allows supporting multiple VPCs and domains with a limited staff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Verified User in Banking](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Banking") AB Verified User in Banking Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/29/2018 "A real dynamic experience...." 5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Route 53? Ability to dynamically reference object in AWS without worrying about lag. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Route 53? Some of route53 addresses are beginning to get a tad long, complicated, and require copy/pasting from the browser Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Amazon Route 53: Imagine DNS reworked in the way it should be for the cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Route 53 solving and how is that benefiting you? It's ability to efficiently provide static references for dynamnic objects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Verified User in Internet](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Internet") AI Verified User in Internet Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/29/2018 "One of the best storage " 4.5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Route 53? Who doesn't love infinite scalability and how easy to use this product is! This product is awesome Have i mentioned it's cheap? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Route 53? Update, copy, and puts can be bit slow and linear. If we can make that more parallel it would be perfect Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Route 53 solving and how is that benefiting you? Archival data storage, athena, db backups, and etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") AI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/5/2018 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "DNS Review" 5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Route 53? The best part of Route53 is the various policies available for routing the traffic. We moved from our existing provider to Route53. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Route 53? There is nothing to dislike about the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Amazon Route 53: NA Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Route 53 solving and how is that benefiting you? Multiple available options for routing traffic, because of that we migrated from existing provider to Route53. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Verified User in Media Production](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Media Production") UM Verified User in Media Production Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/27/2018 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "S3" 4/5 What do you like best about Amazon Route 53? Very easy to use. Holds large amounts of files supplying flexibility for storing files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Route 53? It's not like a traditional cloud storage. It would be nice if you could easliy mount it and move files via Linux or Windows explorer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Route 53 solving and how is that benefiting you? My Companies uses it but I do bot have active involvement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. 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