{
  "id": "azure-dns-vs-google-cloud-dns",
  "ids": [
    "azure-dns",
    "google-cloud-dns"
  ],
  "title": "Azure DNS vs Google Cloud DNS: DNS zones, private names and delegation",
  "heading": "Azure DNS vs Google Cloud DNS",
  "kicker": "Software architecture comparison",
  "deck": "Azure DNS and Cloud DNS can host public zone records, but private DNS and cloud integration requirements need a separate check. Choose the provider that fits the operating environment while preserving the complete web and mail zone.",
  "description": "Compare Azure DNS vs Google Cloud DNS for DNS zones, private names and delegation.",
  "answerHeading": "Which option fits the requirement?",
  "answer": "Azure DNS and Cloud DNS can host public zone records, but private DNS and cloud integration requirements need a separate check. Choose the provider that fits the operating environment while preserving the complete web and mail zone.",
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-25",
  "researchTag": "Deployment, compatibility and cost scope",
  "researchLimit": "Official product material reviewed. Acceptance checks are proposed exercises, not completed product trials, performance measurements or reliability guarantees.",
  "datasetDescription": "Seven technical differences and four proposed acceptance checks for Azure DNS vs Google Cloud DNS.",
  "type": "workflow-buying",
  "sharedBuyingNeed": "Evaluate alternative approaches to DNS zones, private names and delegation.",
  "rows": [
    [
      "Provider context",
      "Microsoft Azure",
      "Google Cloud"
    ],
    [
      "Public DNS",
      "Managed DNS zones and records",
      "Managed DNS zones and records"
    ],
    [
      "Private DNS context",
      "Azure private DNS requirements are a separate configuration decision",
      "Private zones for Google Cloud networks"
    ],
    [
      "Administration",
      "Azure roles and DNS APIs",
      "Google Cloud IAM and DNS APIs"
    ],
    [
      "Routing review",
      "Selected Azure DNS and related routing service design",
      "Selected Cloud DNS routing policies"
    ],
    [
      "Migration unit",
      "Zone records and delegation",
      "Zone records and delegation"
    ],
    [
      "Cost components",
      "Hosted zones, queries and required related services",
      "Managed zones, queries and required features"
    ]
  ],
  "scenarios": [
    {
      "name": "Zone records",
      "question": "Can the team compare all source and destination records?",
      "left": "With Azure DNS, compare all source and destination records.",
      "right": "With Google Cloud DNS, compare all source and destination records.",
      "note": "No required web, mail or verification records are missing."
    },
    {
      "name": "Authoritative answers",
      "question": "Can the team query the new authoritative service before delegation?",
      "left": "With Azure DNS, query the new authoritative service before delegation.",
      "right": "With Google Cloud DNS, query the new authoritative service before delegation.",
      "note": "Answers match the approved zone data."
    },
    {
      "name": "Private names",
      "question": "Can the team resolve a test private name from the intended network?",
      "left": "With Azure DNS, resolve a test private name from the intended network.",
      "right": "With Google Cloud DNS, resolve a test private name from the intended network.",
      "note": "The name is visible only in the intended network context."
    },
    {
      "name": "Delegation plan",
      "question": "Can the team review registrar delegation and DNSSEC changes?",
      "left": "With Azure DNS, review registrar delegation and DNSSEC changes.",
      "right": "With Google Cloud DNS, review registrar delegation and DNSSEC changes.",
      "note": "The change and rollback have an accountable owner."
    }
  ],
  "exampleTable": {
    "caption": "Proposed checks using authorised non-production resources. Record the actual account, region, version, configuration and observed outcome.",
    "headers": [
      "Requirement",
      "Proposed exercise",
      "Accept when"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "Zone records",
        "Compare all source and destination records.",
        "No required web, mail or verification records are missing."
      ],
      [
        "Authoritative answers",
        "Query the new authoritative service before delegation.",
        "Answers match the approved zone data."
      ],
      [
        "Private names",
        "Resolve a test private name from the intended network.",
        "The name is visible only in the intended network context."
      ],
      [
        "Delegation plan",
        "Review registrar delegation and DNSSEC changes.",
        "The change and rollback have an accountable owner."
      ]
    ]
  },
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "scope-and-architecture",
      "title": "Scope and architecture",
      "paragraphs": [
        "Azure DNS and Cloud DNS can host public zone records, but private DNS and cloud integration requirements need a separate check. Choose the provider that fits the operating environment while preserving the complete web and mail zone.",
        "Changing authoritative DNS does not move the website or email service. Preserve the complete zone and distinguish public DNS, private DNS and provider-specific routing features before changing delegation."
      ],
      "links": [
        {
          "url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/dns",
          "label": "Azure DNS product information"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/dns/docs?hl=en",
          "label": "Google Cloud DNS product information"
        }
      ],
      "navLabel": "Architecture"
    },
    {
      "id": "cost-and-migration",
      "title": "Cost and migration planning",
      "paragraphs": [
        "For Azure DNS, include hosted zones, queries and required related services. For Google Cloud DNS, include managed zones, queries and required features. Use the same workload and resilience assumptions, then confirm current vendor terms for the selected configuration.",
        "Compare exported records, query the new authoritative service directly and prepare a registrar rollback plan. Include mail, verification, DNSSEC and provider-specific routing requirements rather than checking only the website's address."
      ],
      "navLabel": "Costs & migration"
    }
  ],
  "faqs": [
    {
      "question": "How should we choose between Azure DNS and Google Cloud DNS?",
      "answer": "Azure DNS and Cloud DNS can host public zone records, but private DNS and cloud integration requirements need a separate check. Choose the provider that fits the operating environment while preserving the complete web and mail zone."
    },
    {
      "question": "Which costs belong in the comparison?",
      "answer": "For Azure DNS, include hosted zones, queries and required related services. For Google Cloud DNS, include managed zones, queries and required features. Use the same workload and resilience assumptions, then confirm current vendor terms for the selected configuration."
    },
    {
      "question": "What should we validate before a production move?",
      "answer": "Compare exported records, query the new authoritative service directly and prepare a registrar rollback plan. Include mail, verification, DNSSEC and provider-specific routing requirements rather than checking only the website's address."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/dns",
      "facts": "Official product scope, deployment and integration context used for DNS zones, private names and delegation."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/dns/docs?hl=en",
      "facts": "Official product scope, deployment and integration context used for DNS zones, private names and delegation."
    }
  ],
  "relatedLinks": [
    {
      "path": "/categories/cloud-devops/",
      "title": "Cloud Devops software"
    },
    {
      "path": "/categories/network-management/",
      "title": "Network Management software"
    },
    {
      "path": "/guides/cloud-cost-checklist/",
      "title": "Cloud workload and cost checklist"
    }
  ]
}