Cloudflare vs Route53 DNS feature list
| Feature | Route53 | Cloudflare |
|---|---|---|
| Domain registrar | Yes | Yes |
| APIs and SDK | Yes | Yes |
| Argo Smart Routing | No | Yes |
| Load balancing | Yes | Yes |
| Geolocation routing | Yes | No |
| Latency routing | Yes | No |
| Weighted routing | Yes | No |
| Failover routing | Yes | No |
| IP based routing | Yes | No |
| VPC routing | Yes | No |
Domain registration fees
Route53 domain registration charges
- Route53 takes $13.00 for a .com domain.
Cloudflare domain registration charges
- Cloudflare takes $9.77 for a .com domain.
Domain registration pricing table
| Domain | Route53 | Cloudflare |
|---|---|---|
| .io | $71 | $37 |
| .com | $13 | $9.77 |
| .org | $12 | $10.11 |
| .app | N/A | $12.18 |
| .dev | N/A | $10.18 |
| .in | $15 | N/A |
| .uk | $9 | $5 |
My advice: If you’ve money to spare and all your resources are in AWS then go for Route53. If you’re broke like me go to Porkbun.com and get the cheapest domain of your choice.
Pointers
- When was it made?
- Why Route53 name?
- What does DNS do?
- Domain registration (Domain Registrar)
- Route53 integration with AWS (WAF, Cloudfront, S3, ALB, API Gateway, EC2)
- Cloudflare integration with Cloudflare Pages and worker, optimisation with proxy, DDoS
AWS offers numerous services like EC2, Lambda, S3, API Gateway and many more. Route53 is one of the core services which is DNS.
Cloudflare and Route53 history
Route 53: Released on December 5, 2010 Cloudflare: July 2009
Price comparison: Route53 vs Cloudflare
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