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alternatives to

Amazon Route 53

AWS managed DNS service for hosted zones, domain registration and health-checked routing. A closed product from Amazon Web Services.

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ToolFitStarsLicenceTermsSelf-hostedLanguageLatestLast push
CoreDNSPartial14kApache-2.0Open sourceYesGov1.14.72026-10-05
PowerDNSPartial4.5kGPL-2.0Open sourceYesC++rec-5.4.72026-10-06

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2 alternatives

CoreDNSPartial

CoreDNS is a DNS server that chains plugins

Serves zones from files, etcd or Kubernetes through plugins, without domain registration or health-checked routing.

Language
Go
Licence
Apache-2.0
Stars
14k
Latest
v1.14.7
Last push
2026-10-05
PowerDNSPartial

PowerDNS Authoritative, PowerDNS Recursor, dnsdist

Authoritative server with an HTTP API and database backends, without domain registration.

Language
C++
Licence
GPL-2.0
Stars
4.5k
Latest
rec-5.4.7
Last push
2026-10-06

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About Amazon Route 53

Vendor
Amazon Web Services

Amazon Route 53 website ↗