# Amazon Route 53 pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (Usage-Based). Among the 10 dns hosting we track it is the cheapest; median entry $0/mo.
**Domain:** aws.amazon.com
**Free tier:** No
**Compliance:** HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** AWS ELB, AWS CloudFront, AWS API Gateway, AWS S3, AWS EC2, Terraform, CloudFormation
**Best for:** AWS-native architectures; HIPAA-covered workloads on AWS; high-availability multi-region routing

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Usage-Based | $0 | — | flat | No base fee. Hosted zones: $0.50/zone/month for first 25 zones; $0.10/zone/month for 26+. Standard queries: $0.40/million (first 1B/month), $0.20/million (over 1B). Latency-based routing: $0.60/million (first 1B), $0.30/million (over 1B). Geolocation/Geoproximity: $0.70/million (first 1B), $0.35/million (over 1B). IP-Based Routing: $0.80/million (first 1B), $0.40/million (over 1B). Alias queries to AWS services are free. Traffic Flow: $50/policy record/month. Health checks: $0.50/check/month (AWS endpoints), $0.75/check/month (non-AWS). | aws.amazon.com |

**Key features:** HIPAA-eligible service covered under AWS BAA; Deep AWS service integration (alias records free to AWS targets); Health checks with automatic failover; Latency, geolocation, weighted, and IP-based routing.

**Plan limits:** $0.50/hosted zone/month minimum charge; No free tier for hosted zones; Traffic Flow policy records: $50/policy record/month.

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-15
Provenance: Fetched aws.amazon.com/route53/pricing/ on 2026-06-15; all figures confirmed exactly. Route 53 is listed on the AWS HIPAA-eligible services reference (covered under the AWS BAA), confirmed via WebSearch. Usage-based — no flat monthly base.
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Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Amazon Route 53's entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-15 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/dns-hosting/amazon-route-53/
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