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Amazon Route 53 vs DNSimple: which is more reliable? (2026)
Amazon Route 53 and DNSimple are effectively tied on reliability (89.2 vs 90.4). Over the last 90 days Amazon Route 53 reported 1 incident and DNSimple reported 2, with effective uptime of 100% and 99.94% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
VS
| Metric | Amazon Route 53 | DNSimple |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 89.2 | 90.4 |
| Rank (CDN & DNS providers) | #3 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 99.94% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 1 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 4h 5m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Amazon Route 53 and DNSimple differ
- DNSimple reported 2× as many incidents as Amazon Route 53 over the last 90 days (2 vs 1).
- Amazon Route 53's longest incident on record lasted 35m (May 22, 2026); DNSimple's lasted 6h 12m (Feb 10, 2026).
90-day uptime
Amazon Route 53
DNSimple
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Amazon Route 53 incidents
- Degraded performanceSep 15, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Service is operating normally: [RESOLVED] Amazon Route 53 Operational Issue
Recent DNSimple incidents
- Degraded performanceSep 6, 2026 · resolved in 2h 45m
Edge network disruption in Warsaw EU region
Affected: Name Servers
- Degraded performanceAug 8, 2026 · resolved in 5h 26m
Degraded service in London region
Affected: Name Servers
Other CDN & DNS providers to consider
- Amazon CloudFront · #2 · 100% uptime
- Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS · #4 · 99.85% uptime
- Bunny.net · #5 · 99.83% uptime
- Fastly · #6 · 99.59% uptime