> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tensor9.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cloud DNS costs > Compare Cloud DNS backend choices using explicit service-adapter planning assumptions. Tensor9 Cloud Adapter planning comparisons for `google::1.0.0::dns`, with backend choices shown together. Read [how Tensor9 estimates service-adapter costs](https://docs.tensor9.com/cloud-adapter-early-access/costs/overview.md) for price scope and capacity qualification, or return to [additional services](https://docs.tensor9.com/cloud-adapter-early-access/costs/additional-services.md). ## Authoritative DNS zones and queries (Cloud DNS) → Azure DNS Origin API: `google::1.0.0::dns`. Target backend: `azure::1.0.0::dns`. **Designed mapping.** This cost model describes an intended adapter. Its estimated price does not establish a delivered or selectable backend. ### Authoritative DNS zones and queries (Cloud DNS) · Authoritative DNS queries per second Feature: Authoritative DNS zones and queries (Cloud DNS). Estimated monthly service charges by Authoritative DNS queries per second. Adapter hosting and Tensor9 fees are excluded. Source: us-central1; target: eastus; currency: USD. ![Authoritative DNS zones and queries (Cloud DNS) · Authoritative DNS queries per second: monthly service charges by Authoritative DNS queries per second. Exact values are in the following table.](https://docs.tensor9.com/images/cloud-adapter-early-access/diagrams/service-cost/54a33ea3aec74bf953eef372e2a8b5b107887d5da07ad1b18e90c0b68b9a9ef3-light.svg) ![Authoritative DNS zones and queries (Cloud DNS) · Authoritative DNS queries per second: monthly service charges by Authoritative DNS queries per second. Exact values are in the following table.](https://docs.tensor9.com/images/cloud-adapter-early-access/diagrams/service-cost/c3485cda518d8a9f4c6d4939117451569b9e6e12c38c2749bd63f908543df4b9-dark.svg) Comparison pills describe all sampled scale points; amounts beside each service are for the named workload. Costs The Same means within 20% at every point. Costs Depend includes mixed results and unpriced samples. Sampled monthly charges in USD, rounded to cents. Difference means target minus origin; a positive difference means the target costs more. | Authoritative DNS queries per second (queries/s) | Cloud DNS | Azure DNS | Difference | | -: | -: | -: | -: | | 0 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.30 | | 1 | 1.25 | 1.55 | 0.30 | | 10 | 10.71 | 11.01 | 0.30 | | 100 | 105.32 | 105.62 | 0.30 | | 1,000 | 1,051.40 | 726.10 | -325.30 | | 10,000 | 10,512.20 | 5,456.50 | -5,055.70 | | 100,000 | 105,120.20 | 52,760.50 | -52,359.70 | **Curve assumptions** | Assumption | Value | Unit | | - | -: | - | | Origin list price · Hosted zone allocation | 0.2 | USD/zone-month | | Origin list price · Authoritative DNS queries | 0.0000004 | USD/Queries | | Origin list price · DNS management requests | 0 | USD/Requests | | Target price guess · read | 0 | USD/read | | Target price guess · write | 0 | USD/write | | Target list price · provider operation | 0.0000004 | USD/provider operation | | Target price guess · GiB-month | 0 | USD/GiB-month | | Target price guess · published GiB | 0 | USD/published GiB | | Target price guess · delivered GiB | 0 | USD/delivered GiB | | Target price guess · network GiB | 0 | USD/network GiB | | Target price guess · replica GiB-month | 0 | USD/replica GiB-month | | Target price guess · vCPU-hour | 0 | USD/vCPU-hour | | Target price guess · GiB-hour | 0 | USD/GiB-hour | | Target price guess · resource-hour | 0 | USD/resource-hour | | Target list price · resource-month | 0.5 | USD/resource-month | | Target price guess · input token | 0 | USD/input token | | Target price guess · output token | 0 | USD/output token | | Target monthly base charge | 0 | USD/month | | Approximate target service minimum | 0 | USD/month | | Minimum primary CPU | 2 | vCPU | | Minimum primary RAM | 8 | GiB | | Minimum primary disk | 100 | GiB | | Additional full-price standby copy | 0 | 0 or 1 | | Allocated share of provisioned cost | 1 | fraction | | Read/write work per vCPU-second | 1,500 | operations/vCPU-second | | Planning peak / mean work | 2 | multiplier | | Planning primary CPU utilization | 0.7 | fraction | | Resident state reserved in RAM | 0.1 | fraction | | Planning disk utilization | 0.8 | fraction | | Maintenance and log disk reserve | 20 | GiB | | Staging database CPU unit-price guess | 0.0413 | USD/vCPU-hour | | Staging database RAM unit-price guess | 0.007 | USD/GiB-hour | | Staging database disk unit-price guess | 0.17 | USD/GiB-month | | Dependent object sink storage price guess | 0.023 | USD/GiB-month | | Dependent object sink write price guess | 0.000005 | USD/write | * Only this native meter varies; all other source usage and translation assumptions retain the displayed defaults. Other native meters and workload assumptions retain their explicitly displayed default quantities. Workload translation and capacity assumptions are not benchmark measurements. * Native monthly usage priced at the cited provider list prices; listed target allowances apply where present, excluding invoice credits, taxes and negotiated discounts. Rates as of 2026-10-22: us-central1 → eastus, USD/month. * Source prices are reference charges, not an invoice. Target lines cover selected service usage/configuration only; adapter hosting and Tensor9 fees are excluded. * Samples of explicit prices are not performance measurements or capacity qualification. No interpolation or break-even guarantee is implied. * Variant assumptions show the first axis sample; any axis-dependent configuration is described by this curve's workload note. * Rates are cited provider list prices, editable for discounts, commitments or another region. Workload translation and capacity coefficients remain editable planning assumptions, not benchmark measurements or a commercial quote. * Default-zero rates are explicit assumptions, not evidence that the deployed service or resource is free. * Provisioned-unit minimums use an editable approximate allocation floor. Modeled target service cost is max(usage/allocation, minimum), with billable network, durable staging and dependent sinks added separately; actual RU/TU sizing, scaling increments and throughput remain unqualified. * Durable staging is priced once: provisioned targets include adapter state in their selected allocation; native targets add a separate staging allocation when required. Adapter hosting is a separate allocation and must exclude resources already priced as staging, workers or target capacity. * A declared adapter mapping and cost model do not establish implementation availability or service equivalence. * This exact directed mapping has a design profile. Cost modeling does not establish an implemented or deployable adapter. * Origin unit prices are cited provider list prices; capacity coefficients and translation assumptions are editable authored planning guesses, not measured capacity or a provider quote. * Management requests do not reveal resource allocation or workload traffic. Provisioned resources and traffic are independent inputs. * This compares authoritative zones and query meters; resolver forwarding has a different allocation and price. * A cost scenario does not establish live-qualified runtime DNS propagation or public authority. * Zone-months and authoritative queries are billed independently; management calls are free. Azure DNS public zones and queries; zone and query prices step down after 25 zones and one billion queries. * Cloud DNS pricing: [https://cloud.google.com/dns/pricing](https://cloud.google.com/dns/pricing) * Azure Retail Prices API: [https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices](https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices) Cost scope: Modeled target native service and explicitly modeled state allocation; hosting and Tensor9 fees only when supplied. Excluded costs and workload features: * Health checks, DNSSEC premiums, resolver endpoints, query logs, domain registration and routing-policy premiums. * Taxes, discounts, credits and free-tier allowances not explicitly listed by this model. * Unmodeled dependent services, task execution and operations outside the selected workload family. List prices read: 2026-10-22. Model: `plan-6a1f3e0fcf12a62887b36090fd47289189f686b5` / `2026-10-22.planning.2`. Curve: `workload-1`. Sources: [Cloud DNS pricing](https://cloud.google.com/dns/pricing), [Azure Retail Prices API](https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices). ## Authoritative DNS zones and queries (Cloud DNS) → Route53 Origin API: `google::1.0.0::dns`. Target backend: `aws::1.0.0::route53`. **Designed mapping.** This cost model describes an intended adapter. Its estimated price does not establish a delivered or selectable backend. ### Authoritative DNS zones and queries (Cloud DNS) · Authoritative DNS queries per second Feature: Authoritative DNS zones and queries (Cloud DNS). Estimated monthly service charges by Authoritative DNS queries per second. Adapter hosting and Tensor9 fees are excluded. Source: us-central1; target: us-east-1; currency: USD. ![Authoritative DNS zones and queries (Cloud DNS) · Authoritative DNS queries per second: monthly service charges by Authoritative DNS queries per second. Exact values are in the following table.](https://docs.tensor9.com/images/cloud-adapter-early-access/diagrams/service-cost/ebe5bcfe091d50e95ad41aba9e9ef232fa22b93a55b4e58de7ecb4f24ea3cd2e-light.svg) ![Authoritative DNS zones and queries (Cloud DNS) · Authoritative DNS queries per second: monthly service charges by Authoritative DNS queries per second. Exact values are in the following table.](https://docs.tensor9.com/images/cloud-adapter-early-access/diagrams/service-cost/5dc2b9e834eb861662608e7509f84d042dc529e8fbc4a7b048e9db1a610cf6c9-dark.svg) Comparison pills describe all sampled scale points; amounts beside each service are for the named workload. Costs The Same means within 20% at every point. Costs Depend includes mixed results and unpriced samples. Sampled monthly charges in USD, rounded to cents. Difference means target minus origin; a positive difference means the target costs more. | Authoritative DNS queries per second (queries/s) | Cloud DNS | Route53 | Difference | | -: | -: | -: | -: | | 0 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.30 | | 1 | 1.25 | 1.55 | 0.30 | | 10 | 10.71 | 11.01 | 0.30 | | 100 | 105.32 | 105.62 | 0.30 | | 1,000 | 1,051.40 | 726.10 | -325.30 | | 10,000 | 10,512.20 | 5,456.50 | -5,055.70 | | 100,000 | 105,120.20 | 52,760.50 | -52,359.70 | **Curve assumptions** | Assumption | Value | Unit | | - | -: | - | | Origin list price · Hosted zone allocation | 0.2 | USD/zone-month | | Origin list price · Authoritative DNS queries | 0.0000004 | USD/Queries | | Origin list price · DNS management requests | 0 | USD/Requests | | Target price guess · read | 0 | USD/read | | Target price guess · write | 0 | USD/write | | Target list price · provider operation | 0.0000004 | USD/provider operation | | Target price guess · GiB-month | 0 | USD/GiB-month | | Target price guess · published GiB | 0 | USD/published GiB | | Target price guess · delivered GiB | 0 | USD/delivered GiB | | Target price guess · network GiB | 0 | USD/network GiB | | Target price guess · replica GiB-month | 0 | USD/replica GiB-month | | Target price guess · vCPU-hour | 0 | USD/vCPU-hour | | Target price guess · GiB-hour | 0 | USD/GiB-hour | | Target price guess · resource-hour | 0 | USD/resource-hour | | Target list price · resource-month | 0.5 | USD/resource-month | | Target price guess · input token | 0 | USD/input token | | Target price guess · output token | 0 | USD/output token | | Target monthly base charge | 0 | USD/month | | Approximate target service minimum | 0 | USD/month | | Minimum primary CPU | 2 | vCPU | | Minimum primary RAM | 8 | GiB | | Minimum primary disk | 100 | GiB | | Additional full-price standby copy | 0 | 0 or 1 | | Allocated share of provisioned cost | 1 | fraction | | Read/write work per vCPU-second | 1,500 | operations/vCPU-second | | Planning peak / mean work | 2 | multiplier | | Planning primary CPU utilization | 0.7 | fraction | | Resident state reserved in RAM | 0.1 | fraction | | Planning disk utilization | 0.8 | fraction | | Maintenance and log disk reserve | 20 | GiB | | Staging database CPU unit-price guess | 0.0413 | USD/vCPU-hour | | Staging database RAM unit-price guess | 0.007 | USD/GiB-hour | | Staging database disk unit-price guess | 0.17 | USD/GiB-month | | Dependent object sink storage price guess | 0.023 | USD/GiB-month | | Dependent object sink write price guess | 0.000005 | USD/write | * Only this native meter varies; all other source usage and translation assumptions retain the displayed defaults. Other native meters and workload assumptions retain their explicitly displayed default quantities. Workload translation and capacity assumptions are not benchmark measurements. * Native monthly usage priced at the cited provider list prices; listed target allowances apply where present, excluding invoice credits, taxes and negotiated discounts. Rates as of 2026-10-22: us-central1 → us-east-1, USD/month. * Source prices are reference charges, not an invoice. Target lines cover selected service usage/configuration only; adapter hosting and Tensor9 fees are excluded. * Samples of explicit prices are not performance measurements or capacity qualification. No interpolation or break-even guarantee is implied. * Variant assumptions show the first axis sample; any axis-dependent configuration is described by this curve's workload note. * Rates are cited provider list prices, editable for discounts, commitments or another region. Workload translation and capacity coefficients remain editable planning assumptions, not benchmark measurements or a commercial quote. * Default-zero rates are explicit assumptions, not evidence that the deployed service or resource is free. * Provisioned-unit minimums use an editable approximate allocation floor. Modeled target service cost is max(usage/allocation, minimum), with billable network, durable staging and dependent sinks added separately; actual RU/TU sizing, scaling increments and throughput remain unqualified. * Durable staging is priced once: provisioned targets include adapter state in their selected allocation; native targets add a separate staging allocation when required. Adapter hosting is a separate allocation and must exclude resources already priced as staging, workers or target capacity. * A declared adapter mapping and cost model do not establish implementation availability or service equivalence. * This exact directed mapping has a design profile. Cost modeling does not establish an implemented or deployable adapter. * Origin unit prices are cited provider list prices; capacity coefficients and translation assumptions are editable authored planning guesses, not measured capacity or a provider quote. * Management requests do not reveal resource allocation or workload traffic. Provisioned resources and traffic are independent inputs. * This compares authoritative zones and query meters; resolver forwarding has a different allocation and price. * A cost scenario does not establish live-qualified runtime DNS propagation or public authority. * Zone-months and authoritative queries are billed independently; management calls are free. Route 53 public hosted zones and standard queries; zone and query prices step down after 25 zones and one billion queries. Alias queries to AWS resources are free, and latency, geo and weighted routing queries cost more. * Cloud DNS pricing: [https://cloud.google.com/dns/pricing](https://cloud.google.com/dns/pricing) * AWS Price List API: [https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonRoute53/current/aws-other/index.json](https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonRoute53/current/aws-other/index.json) Cost scope: Modeled target native service and explicitly modeled state allocation; hosting and Tensor9 fees only when supplied. Excluded costs and workload features: * Health checks, DNSSEC premiums, resolver endpoints, query logs, domain registration and routing-policy premiums. * Taxes, discounts, credits and free-tier allowances not explicitly listed by this model. * Unmodeled dependent services, task execution and operations outside the selected workload family. List prices read: 2026-10-22. Model: `plan-ce4ac7e6ecaa7ffb421ec5546d2fc57f6fbefebd` / `2026-10-22.planning.2`. Curve: `workload-1`. Sources: [Cloud DNS pricing](https://cloud.google.com/dns/pricing), [AWS Price List API](https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonRoute53/current/aws-other/index.json). See the [service catalog](https://docs.tensor9.com/cloud-adapter-early-access/service-catalog/aws/catalog.md) for operation coverage, supported directions and backend limitations. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.