# Route 53 and Cloudflare DNS

> Whichever platform hosts the app.

- Verdict: My default
- Vendor: AWS / Cloudflare
- Layer: [Networking and hosting](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/layers/network.md). Job: DNS
- Last reviewed: 18 October 2026, by Nicolas Dao (Cloudless Labs, Sydney)
- Web page: https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/dns/. The whole stack in one file: https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/brief.md

No strong preference: DNS lives next to the app.

## Use it when

- Route 53 for AWS-hosted apps, Cloudflare DNS for anything behind Cloudflare.

## Provisioning

Official Pulumi package · Official Terraform provider

## Related

- [Networking and hosting](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/layers/network.md): every tool in this layer, with its verdict
- [The whole stack in one file](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/brief.md): every use case and tool, for questions that span many
- [Map of every Markdown file on cloudlesslabs.com, with what each one answers](https://ask.cloudlesslabs.com)