Smart DNS (GeoDNS) service comparation
Why make such comparison?
In order to deploy load balancing based on geographic location, I need to choose one GeoDNS service, so I write this post which compares different GeoDNS offers from price, number of PoPs, GeoDNS level.
Comparison
| Company | Price | Number of DNS servers（cheapest offer） | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| DNSPod(CN) | Free | More than 8 DNS nodes(In Shang Hai and Nan Jing), can solve based on route (Telecom, Unicom, Mobile, Education Network, Radio and Television, Tietong, Domestic, Overseas) and search engine (Baidu, Google, Youdao, Bing, Sogou, Qihoo). | https://price.dnspod.cn/dns https://docs.dnspod.cn/dns/dns-node/ https://docs.dnspod.cn/dns/dns-record-line/ |
| DNSPod(Global) | Free | I did not find the number of DNS server, so I assume it is the same as CN version, which is more than 8. Split zones by country, continent and search engine are supported. | https://www.dnspod.com/buy/package_details?login_jump=yes |
| HUAWEI cloud(Global) | Free | DNS services deployed in more than 20 countries or regions. In China, split zones by provinces is supported. In oversea, split zones by country is supported. | https://www.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/product/dns.html https://support.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/usermanual-dns/dns_usermanual_0021.html |
| Alibaba Cloud(CN) | Free | 4 DNS nodes in the Chinese mainland. 0 DNS node outside the Chinese mainland. Can resolve based on route(Lines of China Unicom, China Telecom, China Mobile, China Education and Research Network (CERNET), and Oversea). | https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/zh/dns/details?spm=a2c63.p38356.0.i5 |
| Bunny.net | $1 Monthly Minimum. First 1 million query is free, $0.3/million after 1 million. | 36+ global DNS PoPs. Resolution level cannot be found on official webpage. | https://bunny.net/pricing/dns/ https://bunny.net/dns/ |
| gcore.com | Free | There are global network of over 180 Anycast DNS servers. Split zone by Continents, Countries, ASNs are supported. | https://gcore.com/dns https://gcore.com/pricing/edge-network#dns |
| Oracle | $0.85/million queries | Number of DNS nodes is not found on official webpage. The level of resolution based on geoip is not found on official webpage. | https://www.oracle.com/cloud/networking/dns/pricing/ https://www.oracle.com/cloud/networking/dns/ |
| AWS Route53 | $0.70 first 1 billion queries per month), $0.35 per million queries over 1 billion queries per month | There are 93 DNS servers over the world(on all continents except Antarctica). Geo DNS provides three levels of geographic granularity: continent, country, and state, and Geo DNS also provides a global record which is served in cases where an end user’s location doesn’t match any of the specific Geo DNS records you have created. | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2014/07/31/amazon-route-53-announces-domain-name-registration-geo-routing-and-lower-pricing/ https://aws.amazon.com/route53/pricing/ https://aws.amazon.com/route53/features/ |
| cloudns.net | $9.95/month | There are 64 Global PoPs. GeoDNS has 4 Anycast DNS servers. Geo DNS provides three levels of geographic granularity: continent, country, and regions(Currently only for United States and Canada are available), and Geo DNS also provides a global record which is served in cases where an end user’s location doesn’t match any of the specific Geo DNS records you have created. | https://www.cloudns.net/ https://www.cloudns.net/wiki/article/185/ https://www.cloudns.net/data-centers/ |
| ns1 | Free | Global scale with 26 PoP locations. The level of resolution based on geoip is not found on official webpage. | https://www.ibm.com/products/ns1-connect/pricing?step2=true |
What did I choose in the end?
Finally, I chose AWS Route53 as my smart DNS provider.