easyDNS Failover DNS vs Cloudflare Load Balancing

easyDNS Failover DNS8.8Visit Cloudflare Load Balancing8.7Visit

Higher score easyDNS Failover DNS #5 in DNS Failover Services 8.8/10 Paid ✓ 1 of 2 features Visit easyDNS

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Cloudflare Load Balancing #6 in DNS Failover Services 8.7/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Cloudflare

• easyDNS Failover DNS fits best

  Very inexpensive single-host failover

• Cloudflare Load Balancing fits best

  Cloudflare-centered traffic failover

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Side by side

Feature	easyDNS Failover DNS 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Cloudflare Load Balancing 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.7
Ranking	#5 in DNS Failover Services	#6 in DNS Failover Services
Best for	Very inexpensive single-host failover	Cloudflare-centered traffic failover
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$15.30/device/yr	$5/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Phone, Docs	Docs
Integrations	4 integrations	5 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features easyDNS Failover DNS 1/2 · Cloudflare Load Balancing 0/2
API access	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Terraform provider	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Monitored endpoints	1 endpoints	Not checked yet
Check interval	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Failover methods	Dns record	Not checked yet
Check regions	7 regions	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Monitors HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, ping, and SSH/SFTP Supports response matching, thresholds, rollback, and URL redirection Connects with AWS Route 53, Linode, DigitalOcean, and CIRA D-Zone	Automatic failover with configurable regional health monitoring Latency, geographic, proximity, and HTTP request routing Integrates with Spectrum, Tunnel, Argo Smart Routing, and WAF
Cons	No free plan is available Failover depends on DNS record updates Pricing scales with the number of monitored hosts	No free plan is available Usage-based DNS query and additional allocation charges may apply Layer 4 load balancing requires Cloudflare Spectrum
Our verdict	easyDNS Failover DNS is a cloud service for monitoring web, mail, FTP, ping, and SSH/SFTP services, then directing traffic to a backup IP address or redirect destination when a failure occurs. It is suited to small teams, mid-market… Read the review →	Cloudflare Load Balancing is a managed service for distributing application traffic across healthy endpoints, servers, data centers, and cloud environments. It is aimed at organizations running multi-region or multi-cloud applications that… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• easyDNS Failover DNS — where it wins

  • Monitors HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, ping, and SSH/SFTP
  • Supports response matching, thresholds, rollback, and URL redirection
  • Connects with AWS Route 53, Linode, DigitalOcean, and CIRA D-Zone

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • Failover depends on DNS record updates
  • Pricing scales with the number of monitored hosts

• Cloudflare Load Balancing — where it wins

  • Automatic failover with configurable regional health monitoring
  • Latency, geographic, proximity, and HTTP request routing
  • Integrates with Spectrum, Tunnel, Argo Smart Routing, and WAF

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • Usage-based DNS query and additional allocation charges may apply
  • Layer 4 load balancing requires Cloudflare Spectrum

• easyDNS Failover DNS8.8/10 · Paid

  A low-cost failover service for monitoring one or more hosts.

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• Cloudflare Load Balancing8.7/10 · Paid

  A Cloudflare-centered failover service with routing control and health analytics.

  Visit CloudflareFull verdict →