Replaces Amazon Route 53
European alternatives to Amazon Route 53
Managed authoritative DNS from European operators
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Amazon Route 53 is the managed DNS service of Amazon Web Services. It hosts your authoritative zones on a global anycast network and adds routing logic on top: health checks with failover, latency and geography based answers, weighted records and DNSSEC signing. Because it plugs straight into the rest of AWS, teams already running workloads there tend to let it handle domain registration and record management as well.
DNS is the switch that decides where every request for your domain goes, so many organisations want that control and the contract inside their own jurisdiction. Picking a European alternative to Amazon Route 53 also unties your zones from a single US cloud account. ClouDNS and RcodeZero offer managed authoritative DNS with anycast serving, deSEC focuses on an open and API driven approach, and Bunny DNS sits alongside Bunny CDN if you want delivery and DNS from one supplier.
European options
| service | Country | Hosting | Open source | Free plan | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 deSEC |
 Germany |
✓ | ✓ | EU controlled | |
 Scaleway DNS |
 France |
EU hosted | — | — | EU controlled |
 Scaleway |
France |
— | — | EU controlled |
deSEC
Free nonprofit managed DNS from Germany
deSEC is a managed DNS provider run as a nonprofit in Germany. Its focus is security: DNSSEC and DANE are central to the service, and it supports a wide range of modern record types. The software behind it is open source.
GermanyOpen sourceFree planEU controlled
Scaleway DNS
Managed DNS from French provider Scaleway
FranceEU hosted♻EU controlled
Scaleway
Cloud computing platform from France
France♻EU controlledServices without verified European control
Kept here for transparency, but excluded from the European options and totals. How we classify services →
ClouDNS
Managed DNS from Bulgaria
BulgariaFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
Bunny DNS
Managed DNS on Bunny's global network
Slovenia Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
Bunny CDN
Global content delivery from a Slovenian operator
Slovenia Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
RcodeZero
Managed DNS from Austria
AustriaEU hosted Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
DNScale
Managed anycast DNS from Estonia
EstoniaEU hostedFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
Nanelo
Managed DNS provider from Germany
GermanyEU hosted♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
EuroDNS DNS
Managed DNS from Luxembourg
Luxembourg Ownership reviewed, controller unresolvedQuestions
How hard is it to migrate zones away from Route 53?
You export your records, load them into the new provider, and then repoint the nameservers at your registrar. ClouDNS, deSEC and Scaleway DNS all accept zone imports and offer APIs, so the record work can be scripted.
Do these providers support DNSSEC?
DNSSEC support is common among managed European operators, and RcodeZero and deSEC both put signing at the centre of what they do. Confirm on the provider's own page which algorithms and workflows they support for your registrar.
Can I get failover and traffic steering elsewhere?
Some of the listed operators offer health checks and geographic answers as part of their managed plans, ClouDNS and Nanelo among them. Compare the exact routing features you rely on today before you move production traffic.