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We’re making Bunny DNS free (bunny.net)
submitted 1 day ago by Eyekaytee@aussie.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] mereo@piefed.ca 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The important part:

So, we’ve eliminated DNS query fees entirely.

Bunny DNS no longer charges for DNS queries and includes free DNS hosting for up to 500 domains per account. There are no query limits, no per-request billing, and no critical features hidden behind enterprise plans. (Yes, that includes smart records and health monitoring too.)

As with all bunny.net services, accounts using the platform are subject to our standard $1/month minimum spend, but DNS itself no longer incurs any usage-based charges.

Basically it costs $1 per month. They no longer charge per requests, it's now unlimited.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who are they?

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Bunny is a European CDN provider, eg. Cloudflare/Akamai but headquartered in Slovenia, Europe

You can read more about it here:

https://europeanpurpose.com/tool/bunny-net

PING europeanpurpose.com (54.253.94.210) 56(84) bytes of data.

whois 54.253.94.210

Organization: Amazon Technologies Inc. (AT-88-Z)

I always love it when "Helping you find privacy-focused European alternatives to popular digital services." is itself hosted on Amazon, what a joke

[–] zutto@lemmy.fedi.zutto.fi 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think you pinged the wrong host here? Europeanpurpose.com != bunny.net.

spoilerbunny.net has address 185.135.85.154

`

% This is the RIPE Database query service. % The objects are in RPSL format. % % The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions. % See https://docs.db.ripe.net/terms-conditions.html

% Note: this output has been filtered. % To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag.

% Information related to '185.135.85.0 - 185.135.85.255'

% Abuse contact for '185.135.85.0 - 185.135.85.255' is 'abuse@melbicom.net'

inetnum 185.135.85.0 - 185.135.85.255 netname LT-MELBICOM-20160120-2 country LV org ORG-MU30-RIPE admin-c MN11960-RIPE tech-c MN11960-RIPE status ASSIGNED PA mnt-by MELBICOM-MNT created 2020-12-29T13:09:54Z last-modified 2020-12-29T13:09:54Z source RIPE

organisation ORG-MU30-RIPE org-name Melbikomas UAB country LT reg-nr 304130898 org-type LIR address Svitrigailos g. 11B address LT-03228 address Vilnius address LITHUANIA phone +370 (5) 208 4428 admin-c MN11960-RIPE tech-c MN11960-RIPE abuse-c AR34659-RIPE mnt-ref RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT mnt-ref MELBICOM-MNT mnt-ref cyber-mnt mnt-ref network-support-mnt mnt-by RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT mnt-by MELBICOM-MNT created 2015-12-14T08:56:33Z last-modified 2026-05-13T07:05:23Z source RIPE # Filtered

role Melbicom NCC address Svitrigailos g. 11B address LT-03228 address Vilnius, LITHUANIA phone +370 (5) 208 4428 nic-hdl MN11960-RIPE mnt-by MELBICOM-MNT created 2018-02-14T10:19:51Z last-modified 2026-03-10T19:01:58Z source RIPE # Filtered

% Information related to '185.135.85.0/24AS56630'

route 185.135.85.0/24 origin AS56630 mnt-by MELBICOM-MNT created 2020-10-12T15:06:43Z last-modified 2020-10-12T15:06:43Z source RIPE

% This query was served by the RIPE Database Query Service version 1.122.1 (SHETLAND) `

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago

Sorry for the confusion, fixed up the wording

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If it's free, you're the product.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

The other response already clarified why its not free but there's also a $1 USD min spend per month to have an account on their platform meaning it's $1 USD/mo at minimum. It's just free if you're already spending that with them

[–] vic_rattlehead@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

After reading the link, it looks like it's not a free product, they're mostly trying to smooth out surprise traffic increases from generating unexpectedly high bills.

[–] ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

My theory is that is the result of complaints from customers after they get a visit from AI crawlers

[–] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

I've used them until last week when I switched back to cloudflare because I lost my bunny.net 2FA and couldn't be bothered to ask them about it as it might require IDs and such.

They are fast and good ,no complaints. I might go back with another account as using Cloudflare doesn't make me happy as an European.