Most databases still live in one building. Your users don't. That mismatch is what bunny.net is trying to fix with Bunny Database. It's a more interesting bet than it first looks, because it comes from a company best known for selling bandwidth at about a cent a gigabyte.
Bunny.net started life as BunnyCDN, a lean content delivery network out of Slovenia. Over the years it has added video hosting, storage, DNS, security and edge compute. The database is the piece meant to tie all of that together, and in 2026 it's where the company is pushing hardest.
The fact sheet
| Product | Bunny Database, from bunny.net |
|---|---|
| Operator | BunnyWay d.o.o. |
| Company founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Founders | Dejan Grofelnik Pelzel (CEO) and Lovrenc Gregorcic |
| Team size | About 105 employees (2026) |
| Database type | Managed, serverless, SQLite-compatible |
| Protocol and SDKs | libSQL, with SDKs for TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, Rust and .NET |
| Database regions | More than 41 |
| CDN footprint | More than 119 points of presence in 82 countries |
| Other products | CDN, Bunny Stream, Magic Containers, DNS, Storage, Shield, Optimizer |
| Pricing model | Pay as you go, no contracts, $1 monthly minimum |
| Free trial | 14 days, no credit card |
| Icon Polls rating | 4.1 out of 5 |
SQLite, spread across the planet
Bunny Database is a managed, serverless SQL service built on libSQL, the open source fork of SQLite that Turso also uses. You create a database, choose a primary region and connect. When nobody is querying it, the database spins down and you pay only for storage. When traffic comes back, it scales up on its own.
The clever part is replication. You start in one region, then add read replicas in any of more than 41 locations as your audience grows, without rearchitecting the app. Official SDKs cover TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, Rust and .NET, and a plain HTTP API handles everything else.
That makes it a natural home for read-heavy data: product catalogues, user profiles, app configuration and metadata lookups. These are the tables that get read a thousand times for every write.
Where it falls over
The SQLite heritage cuts both ways. If your system hammers the database with constant writes, such as a busy order ledger or a chat backend, this is the wrong tool. Pick a conventional transactional database and don't look back.
Maturity is the other question. As of mid 2026 the service was in public preview and free to use during that period. Preview means things can change, including pricing, which is expected to follow the same usage-based model as the rest of bunny.net. Production use is possible, but read the changelog before you bet anything important on it.
The CDN that pays the bills
The CDN is still the company's strongest card. More than 119 points of presence across 82 countries deliver an average global latency of around 25 milliseconds, and bunny.net regularly appears among the fastest providers in CDNPerf's independent tests.
The pricing is what wins people over. Standard Network rates start at $0.01 per GB in North America and Europe, with higher rates in places like Asia Pacific and South America. The Volume Network drops to a flat $0.005 per GB for the first 500TB. Image optimisation, edge rules, DDoS protection, URL signing, cache purging and access controls all come with every account. There are no premium tiers to unlock, and that's rarer than it should be.
Video, and now live video
Bunny Stream handles video on demand. You upload a file, and it's transcoded into resolutions from 240p up to 4K (4K needs the premium encoding tier), replicated across storage regions and served through an embeddable player. Standard transcoding is free, a real saving against services such as Mux that bill encoding separately. You can restyle the player or take the raw HLS URLs to your own.
Live streaming arrived as a preview for Stream customers in 2026. It supports RTMP ingest, scheduling, countdown timers, DVR and recording to on-demand video, with a control room and full API access once you're approved. Storage costs $0.01 per GB, delivery starts at $0.005 per GB, and DRM and token authentication are included. Anyone paying Vimeo or Wistia prices should run the numbers.
Magic Containers: the big swing
Magic Containers lets you deploy Docker images across more than 40 locations, with automatic scaling that places your app near your users and expands when traffic spikes. Each container runs isolated on NVMe storage and high-frequency CPUs, so noisy neighbours shouldn't be a problem.
Bunny claims up to five times the savings of traditional edge hosting. Treat that as a ceiling, because real savings depend on your workload. Application templates arrived in March 2026, some with a sidecar database. In July, the Bunny CLI gained on-demand cloud sandboxes with Node.js, Bun, Python and Claude Code preinstalled. It's promising, but less battle-tested than Fly.io or AWS ECS.
About a hundred people in Ljubljana
BunnyWay d.o.o. was founded in 2015 by Dejan Grofelnik Pelzel and Lovrenc Gregorcic. It raised a $6 million Series A in October 2022, led by Runa Capital and Capital Genetics, and opened its first physical office in Ljubljana in 2024 after years of remote work. With roughly 105 staff, it's tiny next to Cloudflare or Akamai. Being an EU company also makes GDPR compliance simpler for European customers.
Living with it day to day
Setup is where bunny.net earns most of its goodwill. A CDN pull zone takes minutes, the dashboard stays uncluttered, and the database needs no Kubernetes and no DevOps team. Users regularly report support replies within minutes. The documentation is decent but thin in places, especially for the database and Magic Containers. Billing accepts PayPal, major cards and cryptocurrency.
If bunny.net has made your shortlist, tell us how it compares with the bigger names in our vote for the best web hosting companies.
Our verdict: 4.1 out of 5
Icon Polls rates Bunny Database and the wider bunny.net platform 4.1 out of 5. The CDN is excellent value, the database is a smart fit for edge apps that mostly read, and Stream undercuts the usual suspects. Points come off for the preview status, the documentation gaps and a smaller network than Cloudflare. For developers and small teams who want speed without enterprise invoices, it's an easy one to recommend.
Before you sign up
Is Bunny Database free?
It was free during its public preview in mid 2026. Usage-based pricing is expected afterwards, and the platform has a $1 monthly minimum once the 14-day trial ends.
Is bunny.net better than Cloudflare?
On price per GB and simplicity, often yes. Cloudflare still has the larger network, a more mature security stack and a generous free tier.
How is it different from Turso?
Both use libSQL. Bunny Database runs on bunny.net's own network, so it plugs straight into the CDN, Edge Scripting and Magic Containers.
