{"slug": "bunny-dns", "name": "Bunny DNS", "category": "networking", "category_name": "Networking and VPN", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 6, "warners": 2, "score": 1.242, "rising": 0.35, "first": "2026-06-24", "latest": "2026-09-04", "why": "I've checked it out and I really like the interface.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 2}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I've checked it out and I really like the interface.", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "bunny.net", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://bunny.net/dns/", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Bunny DNS"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 793089392, "item_id": 49568087, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49568087", "by": "traceroute66", "date": "2026-09-04", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Bunny DNS[0] is \"free\" \u2013 i.e. only subject to their minimum $1/month account spend fee.", "excerpt": "> We found deSEC to be the only affordable DNS supplier in the EU that complies with state of the art secure DNSSEC. I mean, if your definition of \"affordable\" is free, then sure. But for the record there are other affordable EU suppliers who do DNSSEC: - Bunny DNS[0] is \"free\" \u2013 i.e. only subject to their minimum $1/month account spend fee. - RcodeZero is very affordable[1] plus added bonus it is run by the `.at` re", "context": "", "use_case": "DNS hosting with DNSSEC", "switched_from": "", "story": "deSEC \u2013 Free Secure DNS"}, {"id": 778872000, "item_id": 48679500, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48679500", "by": "tdondich", "date": "2026-06-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I've checked it out and I really like the interface.", "excerpt": "Pretty awesome move by the bunny team. I've checked it out and I really like the interface. But one thing I really like is the scripting ability to script DNS responses. Good choice opening this up in the product portfolio, even if you still need to use $1 a month in spend in order to support this. That being said, their monitoring is a little light. I'm the founder at DNS Spy and having an external tool that can mon", "context": "", "use_case": "DNS hosting", "switched_from": "", "story": "We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself"}, {"id": 778526928, "item_id": 48657933, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48657933", "by": "chaz6", "date": "2026-06-24", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This is good news!", "excerpt": "This is good news! For anybody wondering, there is a terraform provider available. https://registry.terraform.io/providers/BunnyWay/bunnynet/latest/docs", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 778534960, "item_id": 48658435, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48658435", "by": "1dom", "date": "2026-06-24", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "I can't open an account and get free DNS from them is jarring and verging on dishonest.", "excerpt": "The mismatch between how great Bunny is giving away free DNS, and the actual reality that I can't open an account and get free DNS from them is jarring and verging on dishonest. Saying stuff is free when it's not in the small print feels like a distinctly American Tech thing to do, which is an odd angle for a company trying to be an EU alternative to cloudflare.", "context": "", "use_case": "DNS", "switched_from": "", "story": "We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself"}, {"id": 778521440, "item_id": 48657590, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48657590", "by": "JdeBP", "date": "2026-06-24", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "badly written examples that don't check the question type", "excerpt": "For the people asking what kind of DNS service this is, content or proxy: You have to look 'Bunny DNS' up in the products menu and from there follow the hyperlink to the doco. * https://docs.bunny.net/dns So it's content DNS service; with server-side resource record shuffling; and with JavaScript, and badly written examples that don't check the question type, just to make it weird.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself"}]}], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["dns hosting with dnssec", "dns hosting", "dns"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48657030", "title": "We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself", "mentions": 5}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49566193", "title": "deSEC \u2013 Free Secure DNS", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"warn": 2, "recommend": 2, "neutral": 1}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 793089392, "item_id": 49568087, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49568087", "by": "traceroute66", "date": "2026-09-04", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Bunny DNS[0] is \"free\" \u2013 i.e. only subject to their minimum $1/month account spend fee.", "excerpt": "> We found deSEC to be the only affordable DNS supplier in the EU that complies with state of the art secure DNSSEC. I mean, if your definition of \"affordable\" is free, then sure. But for the record there are other affordable EU suppliers who do DNSSEC: - Bunny DNS[0] is \"free\" \u2013 i.e. only subject to their minimum $1/month account spend fee. - RcodeZero is very affordable[1] plus added bonus it is run by the `.at` re", "context": "", "use_case": "DNS hosting with DNSSEC", "switched_from": "", "story": "deSEC \u2013 Free Secure DNS"}, {"id": 778872000, "item_id": 48679500, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48679500", "by": "tdondich", "date": "2026-06-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I've checked it out and I really like the interface.", "excerpt": "Pretty awesome move by the bunny team. I've checked it out and I really like the interface. But one thing I really like is the scripting ability to script DNS responses. Good choice opening this up in the product portfolio, even if you still need to use $1 a month in spend in order to support this. That being said, their monitoring is a little light. I'm the founder at DNS Spy and having an external tool that can mon", "context": "", "use_case": "DNS hosting", "switched_from": "", "story": "We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself"}, {"id": 778571584, "item_id": 48660724, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48660724", "by": "KomoD", "date": "2026-06-24", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "if you have zones, then you get billed \u20ac1/mo", "excerpt": "> ALL SaaS software I've used before that had a top up option would notify me when my credits where about to run out. Bunny doesn't. \"Our system will automatically send multiple warning emails if your account balance drops beyond a certain point\" from https://bunny.net/faq I don't know what that \"certain point\" is, though. > There is no option to pay only what you've used, but the minimum necessary is a 10er. Yeah, a", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself"}, {"id": 778534960, "item_id": 48658435, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48658435", "by": "1dom", "date": "2026-06-24", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "I can't open an account and get free DNS from them is jarring and verging on dishonest.", "excerpt": "The mismatch between how great Bunny is giving away free DNS, and the actual reality that I can't open an account and get free DNS from them is jarring and verging on dishonest. Saying stuff is free when it's not in the small print feels like a distinctly American Tech thing to do, which is an odd angle for a company trying to be an EU alternative to cloudflare.", "context": "", "use_case": "DNS", "switched_from": "", "story": "We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself"}, {"id": 778526928, "item_id": 48657933, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48657933", "by": "chaz6", "date": "2026-06-24", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This is good news!", "excerpt": "This is good news! For anybody wondering, there is a terraform provider available. https://registry.terraform.io/providers/BunnyWay/bunnynet/latest/docs", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself"}, {"id": 778521440, "item_id": 48657590, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48657590", "by": "JdeBP", "date": "2026-06-24", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "badly written examples that don't check the question type", "excerpt": "For the people asking what kind of DNS service this is, content or proxy: You have to look 'Bunny DNS' up in the products menu and from there follow the hyperlink to the doco. * https://docs.bunny.net/dns So it's content DNS service; with server-side resource record shuffling; and with JavaScript, and badly written examples that don't check the question type, just to make it weird.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself"}]}