Below is the comparison of the best cloud DNS Providers from Alibaba to Amazon to Azure to Google to IBM
| Features | Alibaba Cloud | Amazon Route 53 | Azure DNS | Google Cloud DNS | IBM Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of regions | 20 | 22 | 56 | 21 | 6 |
| Management of DNS | Alibaba Cloud console | AWS Management Console | Azure portal | • Google Cloud Platform Console • gcloud command-line tool • REST API |
IBM Cloud console |
| Anycast DNS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NA |
| Private DNS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NA |
| Domain Name Registration | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Pricing Model | • Fee-free DNS • VIP DNS |
Pay-per-use | Pay-per-use | Pay-per-use | IBM Cloud DNS Pricing |
| Pricing (by hosted zones) | Alibaba Cloud DNS Pricing | • $0.50/zone/month (first 25) • $0.10/zone/month (over 25) |
• $0.50/zone/month (first 25) • $0.10/zone/month (over 25) |
• $0.20/zone/month (0-25) • $0.10/zone/month (26-10,000) • $0.03/zone/month (over 10,000) |
IBM Cloud DNS Pricing |
| Pricing (by standard queries) | Alibaba Cloud DNS Pricing | • $0.40/million/month (first billion) • $0.20/million/month (over 1 billion) |
• $0.40/million/month (first billion) • $0.20/million/month (over 1 billion) |
• $0.40/million/month (first billion) • $0.20/million/month (over 1 billion) |
IBM Cloud DNS Pricing |
| Supported Record Types | A AAAA CNAME MX NS SRV TXT |
A AAAA CNAME CAA MX NAPTR NS PTR SOA SPF SRV TXT |
A AAAA CAA CNAME MX NS PTR SOA SRV TXT |
A AAAA CAA CNAME DNSKEY DS IPSECVPNKEY MX NS NAPTR SPF SRV PTR SSHFP TLSA TXT |
A AAAA CNAME MX SRV TXT |