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Biggest jumps at renewal first year, then the renewal at the same shop

  1. .dealer $4.99 $2473.00 ×496
  2. .nl $0.11 $29.04 ×264
  3. .tech $0.31 $43.24 ×139

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
  1. Renewal 322 Cloudflare Amazon Route 53 4 8 the same
  2. First year 326 Cloudflare Amazon Route 53 4 4 the same
  3. 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
  1. .com Cloudflare: $10.26 first year $10.26 Amazon Route 53: $16.00 first year $16.00 $5.74 less at Cloudflare 36% cheaper
  2. .net Cloudflare: $11.66 first year $11.66 Amazon Route 53: $17.00 first year $17.00 $5.34 less at Cloudflare 31% cheaper
  3. .org Cloudflare: $11.00 first year $8.30 Amazon Route 53: $16.00 first year $16.00 $5.00 less at Cloudflare 31% cheaper
  4. .xyz Cloudflare: $11.00 first year $12.10 Amazon Route 53: $19.00 first year $19.00 $8.00 less at Cloudflare 42% cheaper
  5. .shop Cloudflare: $30.00 first year $30.00 Amazon Route 53: $43.00 first year $43.00 $13.00 less at Cloudflare 30% cheaper
  6. .info Cloudflare: $21.00 first year $21.00 Amazon Route 53: $30.00 first year $30.00 $9.00 less at Cloudflare 30% cheaper
  7. .online Cloudflare: $27.50 first year $4.79 Amazon Route 53: $28.00 first year $28.00 $0.50 less at Cloudflare 2% cheaper
  8. .site Cloudflare: $27.50 first year $4.79 Amazon Route 53: $28.00 first year $28.00 $0.50 less at Cloudflare 2% cheaper
  9. .co Cloudflare: $30.00 first year $30.00 Amazon Route 53: $38.00 first year $38.00 $8.00 less at Cloudflare 21% cheaper
  10. .ca Cloudflare: $9.19 first year $9.19 Amazon Route 53: $14.00 first year $14.00 $4.81 less at Cloudflare 34% cheaper
  11. .cc Cloudflare: $8.00 first year $8.00 Amazon Route 53: $12.00 first year $12.00 $4.00 less at Cloudflare 33% cheaper
  12. .store Cloudflare: $42.00 first year $4.79 Amazon Route 53: $42.00 first year $42.00 the same price
  13. .vip Cloudflare: $15.00 first year $15.00 Amazon Route 53: $21.00 first year $21.00 $6.00 less at Cloudflare 29% cheaper
  14. .us Cloudflare: $6.50 first year $6.50 Amazon Route 53: $11.00 first year $11.00 $4.50 less at Cloudflare 41% cheaper
  15. .app Cloudflare: $14.00 first year $8.00 Amazon Route 53: $20.00 first year $20.00 $6.00 less at Cloudflare 30% cheaper
  16. .pro Cloudflare: $21.00 first year $21.00 Amazon Route 53: $30.00 first year $30.00 $9.00 less at Cloudflare 30% cheaper
  17. .biz Cloudflare: $18.00 first year $18.00 Amazon Route 53: $26.00 first year $26.00 $8.00 less at Cloudflare 31% cheaper
  18. .io Cloudflare: $50.00 first year $32.00 Amazon Route 53: $71.00 first year $71.00 $21.00 less at Cloudflare 30% cheaper
  19. .lol Cloudflare: $20.00 first year $25.00 Amazon Route 53: $36.00 first year $36.00 $16.00 less at Cloudflare 44% cheaper
  20. .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 extensions

Cheaper at Cloudflare

  1. .mx $30.70 vs $67.00 $36.30 less
  2. .io $50.00 vs $71.00 $21.00 less
  3. .mobi $40.00 vs $57.00 $17.00 less
  4. .lol $20.00 vs $36.00 $16.00 less
  5. .me $16.56 vs $31.00 $14.44 less

Cheaper at Amazon Route 53

Nowhere: Cloudflare renews every extension both sell for the same or less.

Beyond the most registered

  1. .realty $199.00 vs $280.00 $81.00 less
  2. .rest $19.00 vs $25.00 $6.00 less
  3. .casa $9.00 vs $10.00 $1.00 less
  4. .love $19.00 vs $20.00 $1.00 less
Fact Cloudflare Amazon Route 53
Honesty score 98/10085/100
WHOIS privacy free on eligible TLDsfree on eligible TLDs
EU VAT not established — assume it may be addednot established — assume it may be added
Accepts Cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link, UnionPayCards
Expired names neutral — unprovenpre-release disposition is not provenneutral — unprovenpre-release disposition is not proven
Extensions we price 430 374
Coupon codes none we can verifynone we can verify
Based San Francisco, US, since 2018Seattle, 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

4 questions
Is Cloudflare cheaper than 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. On the first year alone, Cloudflare is cheaper on 326 and Amazon Route 53 on 4: a first-year discount says little about the years after it.
Which is cheaper for a .com domain, Cloudflare or Amazon Route 53?
Cloudflare renews .com at $10.26 a year and Amazon Route 53 at $16.00. Three years — the first year, then two renewals, with the ICANN fee — come to $31.38 at Cloudflare and $48.60 at Amazon Route 53.
Do Cloudflare and Amazon Route 53 include WHOIS privacy?
Cloudflare: free on eligible TLDs. Amazon Route 53: free on eligible TLDs. Registry rules can make privacy unavailable on a particular extension at either.
How do I move a domain from Amazon Route 53 to Cloudflare?
Unlock the domain at Amazon Route 53, ask it for the transfer (auth) code, and start a transfer at Cloudflare with that code. A transfer usually adds a year to the registration and is paid at the new shop's transfer price — $10.26 for a .com at Cloudflare today. A domain registered or transferred in the last 60 days usually cannot move yet.

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