How are Amazon Route 53 DNS queries billed, and what factors affect the cost?
Amazon Route 53 DNS queries are billed based on two factors: the number of hosted zones and the volume of queries. Hosted zone pricing includes a monthly charge per hosted zone and an additional cost for every million queries beyond the first billion. Query pricing depends on the type of query (standard, latency-based, or GeoDNS) and the region from which it originates.
Costs can be affected by several factors, including the number of domains managed, traffic patterns, usage of advanced features like health checks, and data transfer out to the internet. To minimize costs, consider consolidating similar records, using caching, and optimizing query routing.
