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AWS Route 53 vs Cloudflare

A side-by-side look at AWS Route 53 and Cloudflare. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

AWS Route 53

AWS Route 53

Network & Admin

AWS Route 53 is a highly available and scalable cloud Domain Name System (DNS) web service. It connects user requests to infrastructure running in AWS like EC2 instances, S3 buckets, and other AWS services. Route 53 can route users based on latency, geo-location, and health checks.

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Cloudflare

Cloudflare

Security & Privacy

Cloudflare is a content delivery network and DDoS protection service that aims to make websites faster and more secure. It acts as a reverse proxy, sitting between visitors and a website's server to cache static assets, apply security filters, and distribute traffic globally.

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