Route 53 Charges

Question

So I've been thinking of using Route 53 for redirecting my domains (DNS) so I thought I would go in and test 1 domain. Couldn't get it to resolve wildcard subdomains so I gave up until my system admin could look at it.  Read: I didn't use your service yet I was charged $.50 for two days of having the host records for 1 domain. I think I actually redirected some traffic for a total of 1 hour, before I switched my server back to Cloudflare.

This doesn't seem right, and thank goodness I didn't import all 100 of my domain zone and actually operate them!

Questions: 
1. Is there a free tier for Route 53, much in the same way for Cloudflare? I'm looking for a Cloudflare altenative.
2. Why aren't prices clearly posted for Route 53

We all don't have endless pockets, Amazon. Come on.

Answer

Here is the Route53 pricing page. for your reference https://aws.amazon.com/route53/pricing/

The reason you got charged $.50 because you created the hosted zone for more than 12 hours. It is mentioned clearly in the documentation .

"A hosted zone is charged at the time it's created and on the first day of each subsequent month. To allow testing, a hosted zone that is deleted within 12 hours of creation is not charged, however, any queries on that hosted zone will still incur charges"

Regarding your questions:
1. Is there a free tier for Route 53, much in the same way for Cloudflare? I'm looking for a Cloudflare altenative.  ------------- As per my knowledge and from the documentation, there is no free tier for Route53. You can find all the free tier services information on this page 
https://aws.amazon.com/free
2. Why aren't prices clearly posted for Route 53 ------ I believe AWS has explained Route53 in great depth on Route53 pricing page https://aws.amazon.com/route53/pricing/

I am using AWS Route53 service for my customers and for my personal use. I never had issues with AWS Route53 services.  AWS Route53 is very well integrated with other AWS services and provides lot of customization and configurations.

I hope this answers your query.

Route 53 Charges

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