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Amazon Route 53 is a scalable Domain Name System (DNS) web service that routes end-user requests to infrastructure running in AWS. It is specifically designed to host domain names and manage DNS records, making it the ideal service for hosting the domain name of a public website. AWS Lambda, CloudFront, and Direct Connect serve different functions and are not DNS hosting services.

Savings Plans offer cost savings for predictable, steady workloads over a one or three-year term, with flexibility in instance family and size, making them suitable for critical workloads on EC2 instances that will run for a long term like three years. Spot Instances are more cost-effective but not suitable forcritical, predictable workloads due to potential interruptions. Dedicated Hosts and On-Demand Instances would be more costly.

Cost Explorer enables visualization and analysis of AWS costs and usage over specific time periods. It provides detailed reports, trends, and forecasts for cost management. Consolidated billing and AWS Organizations are useful for billing management across accounts, while AWS Budgets helps set spending thresholds but does not provide visualization tools for cost and usage.