53 Scalable domain name system (DNS)

Reduce Amazon Route 53 costs with these tips

Amazon Route 53 cost saving tips

Optimize your Amazon Route 53 costs with these tips

Analyze DNS Usage

Right-size your Route 53 resources like hosted zones, records, health checks based on your needs. Route 53 charges are based on feature use.

Use Alias Records

Use alias records for CloudFront distributions, S3 buckets, etc. provided by Route 53 at no additional cost to save money.

Review Configurations

Regularly delete unused records, hosted zones, etc. to avoid charges. Refer to AWS documentation for best resources optimization practices.

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Service information & pricing

About Amazon Route 53

About Amazon Route 53

Amazon Route 53 provides features like Resolver, DNS Firewall, and Resolver on Outposts endpoints. It includes an Application Recovery Controller, Traffic Flow, Latency-Based Routing, Geo DNS, Private DNS for Amazon VPC, and IP-Based Routing. It offers domain registration, DNSSEC, DNS failover, monitoring, and health checks, plus supports CloudFront Zone Apex, S3 Zone Apex, and Amazon ELB integration using Weighted Round Robin for global traffic management.

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Amazon Route 53 pricing

Amazon Route 53 operates on a pay-per-use basis with no upfront fees. Costs arise from managing hosted zones (monthly fee per zone), serving DNS queries (excluding Alias A records/AWS services), and an annual domain name fee. There's no prorating for partial months in hosted-zone pricing. Each zone includes 10,000 records, with extra fees for additional records, queries, and health checks. Pricing for different services can be found on AWS's website.

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