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Bunny DNS

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The most recommended of 5 DNS hosts

Fast, solid DNS with an API, scripting and load balancing, and queries are now free. Critics point to a $1/month minimum spend and a credit card requirement.

Fast, solid DNS with an API, scripting and load balancing, and queries are now free. Critics point to a $1/month minimum spend and a credit card requirement.

55 people gave an opinion

recommend it
38
criticize it
17
approval share
69%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 6 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: recommended
  7. May 2026: recommended
  8. June 2026: recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: recommended
  11. September 2026: recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Owned for 1 year

Median of the 3 owners who said how long they have had it.

Each square is one year.

Why it carries the badge

  • 38 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
  • 2.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • DNS queries now free

    “One of the services, that would previously have incurred a cost, now does not. It is free.”

    Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

    “I'm glad to hear the queries are free now! ... so thanks Bunny!”

    Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

    “DNS itself no longer incurs any usage-based charges.”

    Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”
  • Responsive, helpful support

    “both times they replied within an hour and resolved things”

    Comment from 13 May 2026 in “I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe”

    “They have awesome community and support is top-notch.”

    Comment from 20 Feb 2026 in “I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure”
  • Fast, reliable DNS

    “I've found it solid. Good latency and fast propagation.”

    Comment from 4 Feb 2026 in “Bunny Database”

    “Only positive experiences - fast & rock solid.”

    Comment from 4 Feb 2026 in “Bunny Database”
  • Scriptable with an API

    “I can finally automate our wildcard certs. Our current DNS host doesn’t have an API.”

    Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

    “Their DNS is also scriptable, it's not just a name server”

    Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

What people warn about

Each mark is one comment

  • Requires $1/month minimum spend

    “it is $1/month minimum spend. Big difference between a one-time cost vs. a recurring cost.”

    Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

    “There is no option to pay only what you've used, but the minimum necessary is a 10er.”

    Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

    “Besides $1 means you need to give them your credit card from day one.”

    Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”
  • Confusing billing, can go negative

    “My website traffic was a couple megabytes per month. I paid them for about 3 years for neglegible usage.”

    Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

    “Why should it be my problem that they have problems understanding billing and building billing systems?”

    Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

    “It's not purely prepaid otherwise I wouldn't be charged into negative”

    Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”
  • Privacy policy inconsistencies

    “Make your privacy policy less shady so we're sure you're not sending data to Hyperscalers subject to Cloud Act”

    Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

    “Their privacy page even says they'll remove data if you withdraw consent, but they don't ask for consent.”

    Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

    “it shows that what Bunny says can't be taken at face value”

    Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”
  • Zone import and export problems

    “the import from a zone file can drop records silently, and the export will fail to export some of your records”

    Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

    “really excited for bunny, i am sure things (dns import) would be fixed eventually”

    Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

Other DNS hosts people recommend

The four most recommended other DNS hosts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.

Bunny DNS compared with 4 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
Bunny DNSThis page381769%61 yr3 ownersApproved
deSEC20677%7—Approved
Amazon Route 53161062%10——
Amazon Route 5360100%4——
Hurricane Electric DNS5183%4——
See all 5 DNS hosts, ranked

What people said

40 of the 63 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“Bunny DNS[0] is "free" – i.e. only subject to their minimum $1/month account spend fee.”

RecommendsComment from 4 Sep 2026 in “deSEC – Free Secure DNS”

“alternate providers will also give you every single feature you could ever need and more”

RecommendsComment from 16 Aug 2026 in “Tell HN: Cloudflare silently injects its analytics when you switch nameservers”

“it is $1/month minimum spend. Big difference between a one-time cost vs. a recurring cost.”

CriticizesComment from 25 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“Just switched over a domain to Bunny with ping-based latency routing successfully.”

MixedComment from 25 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“anything more than $0.00 is in my opinion too much to ask for”

CriticizesComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“Make your privacy policy less shady so we're sure you're not sending data to Hyperscalers subject to Cloud Act”

CriticizesComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“If they’d offer that they’d be a serious contender to replace Cloudflare and AWS/GCP DNS”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“I've used around 140 gigs of bandwidth the last two months and my costs has only been <$2.”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“Why should it be my problem that they have problems understanding billing and building billing systems?”

CriticizesComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“don't sell me a credit based system if it can go in the negative”

CriticizesComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“really excited for bunny, i am sure things (dns import) would be fixed eventually”

MixedComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“I think it is a step in the right direction for bunny to be a competitive for the people on hobby/self hosting.”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“One of the services, that would previously have incurred a cost, now does not. It is free.”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“I can finally automate our wildcard certs. Our current DNS host doesn’t have an API.”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“I wish for the sme. Right now I‘ve created specialized edge functions to e.g. make a deployment which has the global access key.”

MixedComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“Compliance in particular was the biggest issue.”

MixedComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“That's pretty cool. Learned something new today.”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“It's not purely prepaid otherwise I wouldn't be charged into negative”

CriticizesComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“Great news, but CDN doesn't have free tier like Cloudflare's unfortunately”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“My website traffic was a couple megabytes per month. I paid them for about 3 years for neglegible usage.”

CriticizesComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“getting a human answer at all when spending single-digit euros a month seems impressive enough”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“There is no option to pay only what you've used, but the minimum necessary is a 10er.”

CriticizesComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“DNS itself no longer incurs any usage-based charges.”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“This is smart. Ensures you have valid payment information, which implies a financial institution is running KYC on your customer.”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“Besides $1 means you need to give them your credit card from day one.”

CriticizesComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“it shows that what Bunny says can't be taken at face value”

CriticizesComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“Their privacy page even says they'll remove data if you withdraw consent, but they don't ask for consent.”

CriticizesComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“Now it becomes economic for us to make the move!”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“a free dns service? wow that's insane.”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“Damn, you're right. Ugh, everything else is truly molasses.”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“the import from a zone file can drop records silently, and the export will fail to export some of your records”

CriticizesComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“I'm glad to hear the queries are free now! ... so thanks Bunny!”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“Their DNS is also scriptable, it's not just a name server”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“I'm choosing it because it's a good company that is providing a good service.”

RecommendsComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“it's been mostly unremarkable (which is a very good thing for a DNS provider)”

MixedComment from 24 Jun 2026 in “We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself”

“both times they replied within an hour and resolved things”

RecommendsComment from 13 May 2026 in “I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe”

“You can use Bunny for DNS-only, it works well”

RecommendsComment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Dropping Cloudflare for Bunny.net”

“They have awesome community and support is top-notch.”

RecommendsComment from 20 Feb 2026 in “I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure”

“Only positive experiences - fast & rock solid.”

RecommendsComment from 4 Feb 2026 in “Bunny Database”

“I've found it solid. Good latency and fast propagation.”

RecommendsComment from 4 Feb 2026 in “Bunny Database”

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