So you don't use AWS simply because you can't host dns there? Oddly almost everyone I know using AWS refuses to use Route53. You'd of been fine to use AWS with

So you don't use AWS simply because you can't host dns there? Oddly almost everyone I know using AWS refuses to use Route53. You'd of been fine to use AWS without route53, it's basically the standard. As discussed in this thread, separation of concerns is wise.