Bunny.net

Overview

Bunny.net, founded in 2012, offers a suite of services centered on content delivery and storage. Its primary offerings include Bunny CDN, Bunny Stream for video, Bunny Storage for object storage, Bunny Optimizer for image and code optimization, and Bunny DNS. The platform is designed to provide global content distribution capabilities, focusing on performance, scalability, and cost efficiency for a range of use cases.

Bunny CDN utilizes a global network of Points of Presence (PoPs) to cache and deliver content closer to end-users, which can reduce latency and improve load times for websites and applications. This is particularly relevant for businesses with an international user base, where content needs to be served quickly across different geographies. The CDN supports various features such as custom SSL, real-time logging, and DDoS protection, which are standard requirements for content delivery infrastructure.

Bunny Stream provides a video platform for encoding, storage, and delivery of video content, supporting adaptive bitrate streaming. This service is intended for applications requiring video on demand or live streaming capabilities, such as e-learning platforms, media portals, or user-generated content sites. Bunny Stream integrates with the CDN for global distribution and offers features like video chapters, subtitles, and customizable player options.

Bunny Storage is an object storage solution designed to integrate with the CDN for origin storage, allowing users to store static assets, backups, or media files. It offers different storage tiers, including Standard Storage for frequently accessed data and Edge Storage, which caches data closer to the CDN PoPs for faster retrieval. This tiered approach, including Block Storage for more persistent needs, aims to balance performance and cost for various data storage requirements.

The platform targets small to medium businesses, developers, and enterprises that require global content delivery without needing to manage complex infrastructure. Its pay-as-you-go pricing model is designed to offer flexibility by charging based on bandwidth consumption and storage usage, which can be beneficial for workloads with fluctuating demands. The developer experience is supported by a comprehensive REST API and documentation with code examples in multiple languages, facilitating integration into existing applications and workflows.

For example, a common use case involves a web application serving static assets like images, CSS, and JavaScript files. By integrating with Bunny CDN, these assets can be cached at edge locations worldwide, reducing the load on the origin server and delivering content faster to users. This strategy aligns with principles of distributed systems, where geographically dispersed resources improve resilience and performance, as discussed in various architectural patterns on resources like Martin Fowler's website.

Key features

• Global CDN with 120+ PoPs: Content caching and delivery network optimized for low latency and high throughput across six continents.
• Bunny Stream: Video encoding, storage, and adaptive bitrate streaming for video-on-demand and live content. Includes features like video chapters, subtitles, and customizable players.
• Bunny Storage: Object storage with multiple tiers (Standard, Edge, Block Storage) for various access patterns and cost requirements, integrated with the CDN.
• Bunny Optimizer: Real-time image optimization, WebP conversion, and minification of JavaScript and CSS to reduce file sizes and accelerate page loads.
• Bunny DNS: Global DNS service designed for low latency and high availability with DNSSEC support.
• Custom Rules and Edge Logic: Configure CDN behavior with custom rules for caching, security, and routing at the edge.
• Real-time Analytics and Logging: Monitor traffic, performance metrics, and access logs in real-time.
• DDoS Protection and Security Features: Built-in safeguards against common web threats, including origin shield and token authentication.
• Comprehensive REST API: Programmatic control over all services, enabling automation and integration with existing systems.
• Pay-as-you-go Pricing: Flexible billing based on actual usage for bandwidth and storage across all services.

Pricing

Bunny.net operates on a pay-as-you-go model across its services, with pricing tiers based on usage volume and geographic regions. The following table provides a summary as of May 2026, based on information from the Bunny.net pricing page. Actual costs will vary based on specific configurations, traffic patterns, and storage needs.

Common integrations

• WordPress: Plugins available for integrating Bunny CDN to accelerate WordPress sites.
• Magento: Direct integration options for e-commerce platforms to serve static assets via CDN.
• Cloudflare: Can be used in conjunction with Cloudflare for additional security and caching layers.
• Custom Applications: Extensive REST API for integration with any custom-built web application or service.
• S3-compatible storage: Bunny Storage provides an S3-compatible API, allowing integration with tools and libraries designed for Amazon S3.
• Video Players: Bunny Stream integrates with various video players and provides embed codes for easy deployment.

Alternatives

• Cloudflare: Offers a wide range of CDN, security, and edge computing services, often including a free tier for basic CDN and DDoS protection.
• KeyCDN: A CDN provider focused on performance and simplicity, offering pay-as-you-go pricing similar to Bunny.net.
• StackPath: Provides CDN, WAF, and edge computing services, targeting enterprise-level performance and security requirements.
• Amazon CloudFront: AWS's global CDN service, integrated with other AWS services like S3 and EC2, offering extensive customization options.
• Google Cloud CDN: Google Cloud's CDN, leveraging Google's global network, integrated with Google Cloud Load Balancing.

Getting started

To get started with Bunny.net's CDN service, you typically create a Pull Zone, which instructs the CDN to pull content from your origin server. Here's a basic example using Python and the requests library to interact with the Bunny.net API to list existing pull zones. This assumes you have an API key from your Bunny.net dashboard.

import requests
import json

# Replace with your actual Bunny.net API Key
API_KEY = "YOUR_BUNNY_NET_API_KEY"
BASE_URL = "https://api.bunny.net/pullzone"

headers = {
    "AccessKey": API_KEY,
    "Accept": "application/json"
}

def list_pull_zones():
    try:
        response = requests.get(BASE_URL, headers=headers)
        response.raise_for_status() # Raise an exception for HTTP errors (4xx or 5xx)
        pull_zones = response.json()
        print("Successfully retrieved pull zones:")
        for zone in pull_zones:
            print(f"  ID: {zone['Id']}, Name: {zone['Name']}, Hostnames: {zone['Hostnames'][0]['Value'] if zone['Hostnames'] else 'N/A'}")
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        print(f"Error listing pull zones: {e}")
        if response.status_code == 401:
            print("Check your API key. It might be invalid or unauthorized.")
    except json.JSONDecodeError:
        print("Error decoding JSON response.")
        print(f"Response content: {response.text}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    list_pull_zones()

This script connects to the Bunny.net Pull Zone API endpoint to fetch a list of all pull zones associated with your account. You would replace "YOUR_BUNNY_NET_API_KEY" with your actual API key, which can be found in your Bunny.net account settings. After running, it will print the IDs, names, and primary hostnames of your configured pull zones. This is a foundational step for managing CDN resources programmatically.