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    Oracle Dyn Managed DNS

    Score8.8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Oracle Dyn DNS (domain name system) is an infrastructure-as-a-service that is touted by Oracle Dyne as one of the highest performance global networks existent. It is available as a managed DNS with secondary DNS available for more reliable business continuity on higher service tiers.N/A
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    Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
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    Oracle
    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    As our organization had an ample amount of DNS to manage, it was quite inconvenient when it comes to Amazon Route 53 or any other alternatives as the change propagation time was pretty much high as compared to Oracle Dyn Managed DNS. And when it comes to the huge customer base …
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    Mos of the other DNS doesn't have the Role base access. And there are few DNS providers where an update of records is restricted per day.
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    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    Open DNS and cloud DNS were tested and the features available with Dyn were far superior to these other products for our organization.
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    Oracle Dyn Managed DNS is much simpler to use and has no ads. Using other companies, you sometimes have pop-up ads and have difficulty getting to the zone and managing the DNS records. Since Dyn Managed DNS is only DNS, you're in, out, done. No time is wasted trying to …
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    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    Name.com also has DNS management but I think Dyn does a much better job. The layout of the website is more intuitive and actually loads and performs much better. Overall if you have a domain name on name.com that you use, I would transfer it to Dyn as its easier to use.
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    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    DYN always came greatly recommended, we knew from the start that was the only platform for us because it had great features and cost.
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    We selected Oracle Dyn Managed DNS because it has the active failover functionality that our agency needed.
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    There are a lot of alternatives now, I feel like Dyn is in the top 3
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    We have been using Dyn since before it was acquired by Oracle and has never failed us. I have used other DNS providers in the past, mostly from the domain registrars, but those have lacked features and availability of certain types of DNS records. In addition, the management …
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    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    Oracle Dyn Managed DNS is trusted, tested, proven and widely used. This is the winning factor.
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    Oracle Dyn gave us zero downtime vs four downtimes somewhere else. 30 sec TTL vs ten min for second best.
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    We selected it for stability. It has a way better UI than UltraDNS. Oracle Dyn has a clear user interface without bloatware, and the actions don't surprise you.

    Route 53 - Their main benefit is the integration with the rest of the Amazon Web Services suite, something other …
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    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    I do not use any other DNS, I cannot attest to differences.
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    It is just as powerful, but it lacks the AWS features that Route 53 has. But, that isn't something that Oracle Dyn Managed DNS can control.
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    Dyn was recommended to me by a colleague and based on his recommendation, no other managed DNS vendors were considered.
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    We actually use both providers, but Dyn is our primary.

    In terms of feature set, both companies have very similar offerings. We've found Verisign's UI and documentation to be overall more usable, but Dyn's GeoDNS management is far simpler. Both companies offer an API, and while …
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    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    Price, features and security were better than competitor offerings.
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    I have not used any other providers.
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    We like the fact that this is now an Oracle product. We keep GoDaddy for certificates and Dyn for DNS.
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    We have actually considered running our own DNS but would gladly jump ship if management allowed us to.
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    We have not evaluated any alternatives recently. Previously we managed DNS at a registrar, and their lack of options made us realize we needed to find something better.
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    We looked at other products, but DYN came across as the clear leader in our research and was the only one we ended up testing.
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    Dyn was selected prior to my arrival
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    We currently use the DNS service provided by our new host, Agathon, and it is just as good and far cheaper.
    Incentivized
    Chose Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    The free DNS service included with a domain purchase cannot perform advanced functions like automatic failover to another IP with low TTL.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    User Ratings
    Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (103 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (101 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (99 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Oracle Dyn Managed DNS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oracle
    Oracle managed DNS becomes very heavy when there is an ample amount of DNS being managed. However, the DNS creation and updating takes very less time to propagate and is very easy to use. So, for an organization, where there is a modest amount of DNS to manage, it works very well and gives a splendid experience. So, considering the complexity of managing the DNS for an IT company Oracle Dyn managed DNS is the best option to opt.
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    Pros
    Oracle
    • The portal management is very easy to use in comparison to other companies for DNS management.
    • The have expert mode that allows for multiple edits on records and allows you to make notes for each edit on a zone.
    • The have TTLs that are as low as 30 seconds.
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    Cons
    Oracle
    • Simpler billing interface
    • More responsive sales team to provide relevant QBRs to ensure proper and best practice use of the product/platform
    • Integration of the Dyn ECT Managed DNS with Dyn Domain Registration would be a nice feature as currently I have to manage two consoles and billing accounts.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Oracle
    It does exactly what we need, its fast, secure and reliable.
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    Usability
    Oracle
    This is the only real gripe we have with Dyn; their web-UI can be remarkably painful to use. In the "simple" editor, DNS records are arranged in a kind of "node" view, where each record is a node and any records of the same name or longer (i.e. all records called "record.example.com" or "other.record.example.com") fall under it. This creates an odd sort of hierarchical view that's not really representative of the zone file. The "expert" editor doesn't have an actual delete button, just a checkbox. If you want to update conflicting record types (for example, replacing an A record with a CNAME) you have to check the box for the record being deleted, save changes, create the new record, save changes, and finally publish changes. Dyn uses a publish model for changes, where all changes you make are staged and can be reverted or published all at once. This is fine, except that the publish/revert dialog is in a different page. This is nice when you have many changes, but very annoying when you're changing just one or two records across multiple zones. These are relatively minor issues in an otherwise good platform; annoyances more than deal breakers.
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    Support Rating
    Oracle
    The support team at Dyn has always been very helpful and have tried to answer our questions to the best of their knowledge. We have never had any issues from support tickets and they are often resolved in a few hours
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    Alternatives Considered
    Oracle
    We use both Oracle Dyn Managed DNS and Amazon Route 53. We like having our main DNS provider outside our cloud provider in case there's an issue with Amazon and we need to point things somewhere else temporarily. But for all the smaller stuff and internal stuff, we use Route 53 successfully.
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    Return on Investment
    Oracle
    • For the law firm its being used for, it keeps their remote users working. For law firms, time is money, usually every 15 minutes lost can be a big deal to them.
    • Sometimes it has switched when its not supposed to, and causes downtime. No real way to inform users when the switch is happening, it would be great to have an email alert we can not only send to ourselves but a notification to primary and technical partners in the firm so they don't have to yell at us like something is broken, instead they are aware it had to change.
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