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DNS Cost Forecast

Amazon Route 53 Pricing Calculator

Estimate hosted zone and DNS query charges before your traffic scales.

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  • ~2 min
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Zone footprint

us-east-1 list rates, pricing as of 2026-06-16. Domain registration and Resolver endpoints excluded. Source: AWS public pricing .

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Who This Tool Is For

Teams running customer-facing domains and service discovery endpoints.

Why We Built This Tool

Route 53 is low per unit, but massive DNS volume and many hosted zones become meaningful line items.

What Problem It Solves

  • Portfolio planning. Forecast zone and health-check spend.
  • Traffic growth. Model DNS query costs at scale.
  • Query mix. See premium-routing impact.

Frequently Asked Questions

What rates are used?

AWS published Route 53 list rates (AWS Route 53 pricing) as of 2026-06-16: hosted zones, standard queries, latency/geolocation queries, and health checks.

Does this include domain registration?

No, registrar and TLD renewal costs are excluded.

Are private hosted zones included?

This model is for public hosted-zone style pricing assumptions.

What about Resolver endpoints?

Resolver endpoint pricing is not included in this estimator.

How accurate is this?

Useful for planning and prioritization. Validate with current AWS pricing before procurement.

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