Cloudflare vs Amazon Route 53
On the 334 extensions both sell, Cloudflare renews cheaper on 322, Amazon Route 53 on 4, and 8 cost the same. Across the 20 most registered of them, a year of renewals adds up to $400.17 at Cloudflare and $549.00 at Amazon Route 53.
Who is cheaper, extension by extension
334 extensions both sell- Renewal 322 Cloudflare Amazon Route 53 4 8 the same
- First year 326 Cloudflare Amazon Route 53 4 4 the same
- Transferwhere both publish a transfer price 332 Cloudflare Amazon Route 53 1 1 the same
96 extensions only at Cloudflare · 40 extensions only at Amazon Route 53 · a price within half a cent counts as the same
The extensions people hold
renewal a year, before ICANN's $0.20 where it applies · the 20 most registered both sell- .com Cloudflare: $10.26 first year $10.26 Amazon Route 53: $16.00 first year $16.00 $5.74 less at Cloudflare 36% cheaper
- .net Cloudflare: $11.66 first year $11.66 Amazon Route 53: $17.00 first year $17.00 $5.34 less at Cloudflare 31% cheaper
- .org Cloudflare: $11.00 first year $8.30 Amazon Route 53: $16.00 first year $16.00 $5.00 less at Cloudflare 31% cheaper
- .xyz Cloudflare: $11.00 first year $12.10 Amazon Route 53: $19.00 first year $19.00 $8.00 less at Cloudflare 42% cheaper
- .shop Cloudflare: $30.00 first year $30.00 Amazon Route 53: $43.00 first year $43.00 $13.00 less at Cloudflare 30% cheaper
- .info Cloudflare: $21.00 first year $21.00 Amazon Route 53: $30.00 first year $30.00 $9.00 less at Cloudflare 30% cheaper
- .online Cloudflare: $27.50 first year $4.79 Amazon Route 53: $28.00 first year $28.00 $0.50 less at Cloudflare 2% cheaper
- .site Cloudflare: $27.50 first year $4.79 Amazon Route 53: $28.00 first year $28.00 $0.50 less at Cloudflare 2% cheaper
- .co Cloudflare: $30.00 first year $30.00 Amazon Route 53: $38.00 first year $38.00 $8.00 less at Cloudflare 21% cheaper
- .ca Cloudflare: $9.19 first year $9.19 Amazon Route 53: $14.00 first year $14.00 $4.81 less at Cloudflare 34% cheaper
- .cc Cloudflare: $8.00 first year $8.00 Amazon Route 53: $12.00 first year $12.00 $4.00 less at Cloudflare 33% cheaper
- .store Cloudflare: $42.00 first year $4.79 Amazon Route 53: $42.00 first year $42.00 the same price
- .vip Cloudflare: $15.00 first year $15.00 Amazon Route 53: $21.00 first year $21.00 $6.00 less at Cloudflare 29% cheaper
- .us Cloudflare: $6.50 first year $6.50 Amazon Route 53: $11.00 first year $11.00 $4.50 less at Cloudflare 41% cheaper
- .app Cloudflare: $14.00 first year $8.00 Amazon Route 53: $20.00 first year $20.00 $6.00 less at Cloudflare 30% cheaper
- .pro Cloudflare: $21.00 first year $21.00 Amazon Route 53: $30.00 first year $30.00 $9.00 less at Cloudflare 30% cheaper
- .biz Cloudflare: $18.00 first year $18.00 Amazon Route 53: $26.00 first year $26.00 $8.00 less at Cloudflare 31% cheaper
- .io Cloudflare: $50.00 first year $32.00 Amazon Route 53: $71.00 first year $71.00 $21.00 less at Cloudflare 30% cheaper
- .lol Cloudflare: $20.00 first year $25.00 Amazon Route 53: $36.00 first year $36.00 $16.00 less at Cloudflare 44% cheaper
- .me Cloudflare: $16.56 first year $16.56 Amazon Route 53: $31.00 first year $31.00 $14.44 less at Cloudflare 47% cheaper
Where the gap is widest
renewal a year, among the most registered extensionsCheaper at Cloudflare
Beyond the price
How the honesty score works| Fact | Cloudflare | Amazon Route 53 |
|---|---|---|
| Honesty score | 98/100 | 85/100 |
| WHOIS privacy | free on eligible TLDs | free on eligible TLDs |
| EU VAT | not established — assume it may be added | not established — assume it may be added |
| Accepts | Cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link, UnionPay | Cards |
| Expired names | neutral — unprovenpre-release disposition is not proven | neutral — unprovenpre-release disposition is not proven |
| Extensions we price | 430 | 374 |
| Coupon codes | none we can verify | none we can verify |
| Based | San Francisco, US, since 2018 | Seattle, US, since 2014 |
Cloudflare
Cloudflare Registrar sells domains at registry wholesale cost plus the ICANN fee — no markup, no promos, no games. The catch: your domain must use Cloudflare's nameservers, and not every TLD is supported.
Where it wins
- At-cost pricing, permanently
- Renewal equals registration — no cliff
- Free WHOIS privacy and solid DNS
Where it costs you
- Requires Cloudflare nameservers
- Smaller TLD catalog
- No promos — first year is rarely the cheapest
Amazon Route 53
AWS publishes registration, renewal and transfer in an official public price document and enables WHOIS privacy by default where the registry permits it. The important extra cost is outside the domain price: registering through Route 53 automatically creates a hosted zone with its own monthly charge.
Where it wins
- Official public document publishes registration, renewal and transfer
- WHOIS privacy at no additional charge where supported
- Useful for portfolios already billed through AWS
Where it costs you
- A new registration automatically creates a separately billed hosted zone
- Purchasing and managing domains still requires an AWS account
- Console is infrastructure-first, not a domainer marketplace
Prices fetched from each shop's own published list — Cloudflare's on 1 Nov 2026, Amazon Route 53's on 1 Nov 2026 — in US dollars before tax; the currency switcher converts them. How prices are read
Cloudflare and Amazon Route 53, answered
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- Epik 98% renewed cheaper by Cloudflare
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- Spaceship 98% renewed cheaper by Cloudflare
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Amazon Route 53 against
- Gandi 99% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- 101domain 99% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- IONOS 97% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- INWX 95% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Hover 95% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- one.com 94% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Hostinger 89% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Squarespace 77% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Infomaniak 46% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- OVHcloud 18% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- NameSilo 16% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Epik 14% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- DreamHost 12% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Sav.com 8% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- WordPress.com 8% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Porkbun 6% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Dynadot 6% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Spaceship 6% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53