Akamai Edge DNS vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS

Akamai Edge DNS9.0Visit Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS8.8Visit

Higher score Akamai Edge DNS #4 in Managed DNS Services 9.0/10 Pricing on request ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Akamai

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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS #6 in Managed DNS Services 8.8/10 From $1.11 ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Oracle DNS

• Akamai Edge DNS fits best

  Large enterprises needing global DNS infrastructure

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS fits best

  Teams routing public and private DNS across regions

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Side by side

Feature	Akamai Edge DNS 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.8
Ranking	#4 in Managed DNS Services	#6 in Managed DNS Services
Best for	Large enterprises needing global DNS infrastructure	Teams routing public and private DNS across regions
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	From $1.11
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Features Akamai Edge DNS 4/4 · Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS 4/4
DNSSEC support	✓	✓
DNS health checks	✓	✓
API access	✓	✓
Secondary DNS	✓	✓
Specs
Included zones	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Traffic steering	Advanced	Advanced
Our review
Pros	Supports primary, secondary and alias zones with AXFR and IXFR transfers Combines Anycast, DNSSEC, health-based failover and traffic routing Offers API and Terraform automation with DNS traffic and security analytics	Steers traffic by geography, IP prefix, ASN, weights, and priority Supports DNSSEC, health-check failover, and load balancing Offers primary and secondary configurations with zone transfers
Cons	Pricing is handled through sales rather than a public price list No free plan is offered Its enterprise DNS scope may exceed the needs of smaller deployments	Requires a paid OCI account; there is no product free plan Traffic management queries are priced separately Focused on DNS management rather than a broader application platform
Our verdict	Akamai Edge DNS provides authoritative DNS for organizations managing internet-facing applications and APIs. Its global IP Anycast infrastructure and support for primary, secondary and alias zones make it a fit for large enterprises that… Read the review →	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS is a managed service for public, internet-facing DNS and private DNS for internal name resolution. It is suited to organizations operating applications across regions that need DNS-based traffic distribution… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Akamai Edge DNS — where it wins

  • Supports primary, secondary and alias zones with AXFR and IXFR transfers
  • Combines Anycast, DNSSEC, health-based failover and traffic routing
  • Offers API and Terraform automation with DNS traffic and security analytics

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is handled through sales rather than a public price list
  • No free plan is offered
  • Its enterprise DNS scope may exceed the needs of smaller deployments

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS — where it wins

  • Steers traffic by geography, IP prefix, ASN, weights, and priority
  • Supports DNSSEC, health-check failover, and load balancing
  • Offers primary and secondary configurations with zone transfers

  Where it doesn't

  • Requires a paid OCI account; there is no product free plan
  • Traffic management queries are priced separately
  • Focused on DNS management rather than a broader application platform

• Akamai Edge DNS9.0/10 · Pricing on request

  Enterprise DNS with traffic steering, failover and automation; pricing is sales-led.

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• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure DNS8.8/10 · From $1.11

  Usage-priced DNS with advanced traffic steering, failover, and zone-transfer support.

  Visit Oracle DNSFull verdict →