# Amazon Route 53

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/amazon-route-53/  
**Website:** https://aws.amazon.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 3

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.

## Kin Score — 58.2 / 100 (strong)

Scored 2026-08-17 under rubric 0.11.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 58.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 40.7 |
| Contract Quality | 70.9 |
| Governance | 68.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 52.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 39.1 |
| Commercial Clarity | 78.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 45.0 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 32.2 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | documented |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Free · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (3)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Amazon Route 53 Agentic Access** — 9 operations · 4 acting

## Security (4)

- **Amazon Route 53 Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Amazon Route 53 Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Amazon Route 53 Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Amazon Route 53 Trust Center** — PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

## Plans (1)

- **Amazon Route 53 Plans Pricing**

## Tags

DNS, Domain Registration, Health Checks, Routing

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/amazon-route-53/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.