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I was thinking the same thing upon first inspection. We have about 200 domains with DNS Made Easy. We don't even get close to the allotted queries for the accou

by 8ig8 16y ago

I was thinking the same thing upon first inspection. We have about 200 domains with DNS Made Easy. We don't even get close to the allotted queries for the account. I think we pay about $180 per year for all 200. I'll need to read up on this a bit more. It does appear to be significantly more economical to stay with DNS/ME.

RyanGWU82 16y ago
It's a lot more favorable when you have few domains and many queries. We have many tens-of-millions of queries per month, on only two domains. This would cut 75% off our DNS hosting.
- haploid 16y ago
  Same here. This would be a nice little cost saver, except it appears they don't support anycast. As such, it's a nonstarter for us.
  - moe 16y ago
    Just to clarify: All sources I've read claim it is anycast.
  - jgreen10 16y ago
    "The query resolution functionality of Route 53 is based on anycast, which will route the request automatically to the DNS server that is the closest." http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2010/12/dns_amazon_route_53.html http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2010/12/dns_amazon_route...
inovica 16y ago
I'm the same as you, and have a few hundred domains that I use with DNS Made Easy. I had just started looking for an alternative to them to try to lower our costs, so I was excited to see this until I saw the price. This will work well for people with a few domains that receive a large number of queries. Anyone know a cheaper alternative to DNS Made Easy?
- lamnk 16y ago
  I host a ccTLD domain with Godaddy's Off-site DNS. I'm amazed by the fact that it's completely free even for domains not purchased from Godaddy, in compare to other DNS hosting services like DynDNS or Nettica. They limit 40 records per domain but i don't think you'll use more than that. The service fits perfectly if you have a domain portfolio with low traffic. http://help.godaddy.com/article/4041 http://help.godaddy.com/article/4041 Disclaimer: I don't know/care about support since my site is non-critical but Godaddy promises premium service coming soon. My site is running smoothly serving 10+ mil. pageviews per month. Time using Godaddy's DNS until now: 3 months

by 8ig8 16y ago

RyanGWU82 16y ago

It's a lot more favorable when you have few domains and many queries. We have many tens-of-millions of queries per month, on only two domains. This would cut 75% off our DNS hosting.

haploid 16y ago
Same here. This would be a nice little cost saver, except it appears they don't support anycast. As such, it's a nonstarter for us.
- moe 16y ago
  Just to clarify: All sources I've read claim it is anycast.
- jgreen10 16y ago
  "The query resolution functionality of Route 53 is based on anycast, which will route the request automatically to the DNS server that is the closest." http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2010/12/dns_amazon_route_53.html http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2010/12/dns_amazon_route...

inovica 16y ago

I'm the same as you, and have a few hundred domains that I use with DNS Made Easy. I had just started looking for an alternative to them to try to lower our costs, so I was excited to see this until I saw the price. This will work well for people with a few domains that receive a large number of queries. Anyone know a cheaper alternative to DNS Made Easy?

lamnk 16y ago
I host a ccTLD domain with Godaddy's Off-site DNS. I'm amazed by the fact that it's completely free even for domains not purchased from Godaddy, in compare to other DNS hosting services like DynDNS or Nettica. They limit 40 records per domain but i don't think you'll use more than that. The service fits perfectly if you have a domain portfolio with low traffic. http://help.godaddy.com/article/4041 http://help.godaddy.com/article/4041 Disclaimer: I don't know/care about support since my site is non-critical but Godaddy promises premium service coming soon. My site is running smoothly serving 10+ mil. pageviews per month. Time using Godaddy's DNS until now: 3 months