How do I migrate DNS from Route 53 to Cloudflare?
Create a Cloudflare account, add your domain, export DNS records from Route 53, import them into Cloudflare, update nameservers at your registrar to Cloudflare's, wait for propagation (1-24 hours), verify all records work, then delete the Route 53 hosted zone.
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More FAQs in AWS Route 53 vs Cloudflare DNS Which DNS Provider for Your Node.js App?
Use Cloudflare for free DNS, CDN, DDoS protection, and a simple UI. Use Route 53 if your app is deeply integrated with AWS, you need advanced routing (latency, geolocation), health checks, or you use Terraform. For most Node.js developers, Cloudflare is the better choice.
Cloudflare DNS is completely free. No cost for DNS hosting, DNS queries, CDN (basic), DDoS protection, or SSL. Advanced features like WAF, Workers, and Load Balancing are paid. For most projects, the free plan is sufficient.
Route 53 costs $0.50 per hosted zone per month, $0.40 per million DNS queries, and $0.50 per health check per month. For a small app with one domain, that's about $2/month. For 10 domains, about $20/month.
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