Amazon Route 53
Amazon Route 53 is a highly available and scalable Domain Name System (DNS) web service that provides DNS routing, domain name registration, and health checking capabilities. Route 53 connects user requests to internet applications running on AWS or on-premises infrastructure, and can be used to route traffic based on latency, geolocation, geoproximity, and weighted round-robin policies.
Amazon Route 53 publishes 11 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Health Checks API, Hosted Zones API, Resource Record Sets API, and 8 more. Tagged areas include Amazon Web Services, DNS, Domain Registration, Health Checks, and Routing.
The Amazon Route 53 catalog on APIs.io includes 2 JSON-LD contexts and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
Amazon Route 53’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, support, engineering blog, GitHub presence, signup flow, and 80 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 1
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domains and DNS (registrars, registries, DNS) | undeclared | - | - | - |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
Standards implemented 2
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 11
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Amazon Route 53 Health Checks API
Operations for managing health checks.
Amazon Route 53 Hosted Zones API
Operations for managing DNS hosted zones.
Amazon Route 53 Resource Record Sets API
Operations for managing DNS resource record sets.
Amazon Route 53 Route 53 Cidrcollection API
The Route 53 Cidrcollection API from Amazon Route 53 — 3 operation(s) for route 53 cidrcollection.
Amazon Route 53 Route 53 Delegationset API
The Route 53 Delegationset API from Amazon Route 53 — 2 operation(s) for route 53 delegationset.
Amazon Route 53 Route 53 Operations API
The Route 53 Operations API from Amazon Route 53 — 30 operation(s) for route 53 operations.
Amazon Route 53 Route 53 Queryloggingconfig API
The Route 53 Queryloggingconfig API from Amazon Route 53 — 2 operation(s) for route 53 queryloggingconfig.
Amazon Route 53 Route 53 Tags API
The Route 53 Tags API from Amazon Route 53 — 2 operation(s) for route 53 tags.
Amazon Route 53 Route 53 Trafficpolicy API
The Route 53 Trafficpolicy API from Amazon Route 53 — 3 operation(s) for route 53 trafficpolicy.
Amazon Route 53 Route 53 Trafficpolicyinstance API
The Route 53 Trafficpolicyinstance API from Amazon Route 53 — 2 operation(s) for route 53 trafficpolicyinstance.
Amazon Route 53 Route 53 Trafficpolicyinstances API
The Route 53 Trafficpolicyinstances API from Amazon Route 53 — 3 operation(s) for route 53 trafficpolicyinstances.
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Postman Collections 3
Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.
Open Collections 4
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Amazon Route 53 Health Checks API
OPEN COLLECTIONAmazon Route 53 Health Checks Hosted Zones API
OPEN COLLECTIONAmazon Route 53 Health Checks Resource Record Sets API
OPEN COLLECTIONAmazon Route 53 API
OPEN COLLECTIONAmazon Route 53 API pricing
Prices published by Amazon Route 53, read 2026-10-28 from aws.amazon.com/route53/pricing/.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Hosted zones (first 25) | $0.50 per hosted zone per month for the first 25 hosted zones Includes: up to 10,000 records per hosted zone |
| Standard DNS queries (AWS Regions) | $0.40 per million queries (first 1 billion queries per month) Includes: first 1 billion queries per month |
| Latency-Based Routing Queries | $0.60 per million queries (first 1 billion queries per month) |
| Geolocation and Geoproximity Queries | $0.70 per million queries (first 1 billion queries per month) |
| IP-Based Routing Queries | $0.80 per million queries (first 1 billion queries per month) Includes: storage of up to 1,000 IP (CIDR) blocks |
| GovCloud Standard Queries | $0.50 per million queries (first 1 billion queries per month) |
| GovCloud Latency-Based Routing Queries | $0.72 per million queries (first 1 billion queries per month) |
| GovCloud Geolocation and Geoproximity Queries | $0.84 per million queries (first 1 billion queries per month) |
All 22 plans, limits and sources →
Rate limits
- Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
- Pro Tier Default: 120 requests per minute
Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Amazon Route 53's documentation. Rate-limit details →
Billed by: million queries · FinOps profile →
Pricing Plans 2
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Amazon Route 53 Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSService Levels 1
Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.
FinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Amazon Route 53 Finops
FINOPSSemantic Vocabularies 2
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Amazon Route 53 Context
JSON-LDAmazon Route 53 Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Amazon Route 53 — jsonschema rules
SPECTRALAmazon Route 53 API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 18
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
Amazon Route 53 Hosted Zone
JSON SCHEMAChangeInfo
JSON SCHEMAChangeResourceRecordSetsRequest
JSON SCHEMAChangeResourceRecordSetsResponse
JSON SCHEMACreateHealthCheckRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateHealthCheckResponse
JSON SCHEMACreateHostedZoneRequest
JSON SCHEMACreateHostedZoneResponse
JSON SCHEMADelegationSet
JSON SCHEMADeleteHostedZoneResponse
JSON SCHEMAGetHealthCheckResponse
JSON SCHEMAGetHostedZoneResponse
JSON SCHEMAHealthCheck
JSON SCHEMAHostedZone
JSON SCHEMAListHealthChecksResponse
JSON SCHEMAListHostedZonesResponse
JSON SCHEMAListResourceRecordSetsResponse
JSON SCHEMAResourceRecordSet
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JSON Structure 18
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Amazon Route 53 Hosted Zone Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Route 53 Openapi Change Info Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Route 53 Openapi Delegation Set Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Route 53 Openapi Health Check Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Route 53 Openapi Hosted Zone Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAmazon Route 53 Openapi Resource Record Set Structure
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Examples 18
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
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Security Posture 4
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 5
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 20
Reference material describing how the API behaves
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Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 22
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
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Build 20
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
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Access & Security 6
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Learn 1
Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance
Operate 5
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 4
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 1
The organization behind the API
Other 2
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
Amazon Route 53 API — frequently asked questions
Does Amazon Route 53 have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 11 APIs from Amazon Route 53, including Amazon Route 53 Health Checks API, Amazon Route 53 Hosted Zones API and Amazon Route 53 Resource Record Sets API, and 8 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Amazon Route 53 API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 11 OpenAPI specifications for Amazon Route 53, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Amazon Route 53 API?
Amazon Route 53 uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Amazon Route 53 Authentication.
How much does the Amazon Route 53 API cost?
Amazon Route 53 publishes its prices; its Hosted zones (first 25) plan is $0.50 per hosted zone per month for the first 25 hosted zones as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 22 pricing plans for Amazon Route 53, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the Amazon Route 53 API ready for AI agents?
Amazon Route 53 has a Kin Score of 56.9 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 27.7 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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