GoKawiilAt bunny.net, our mission has always been ambitious but focused: help make the internet hop faster.
To do that, we’ve built a massive global network spanning 119 locations and counting. Today, this network powers over 1.5 million websites and consistently delivers some of the fastest content delivery around the globe. But while deploying thousands of servers globally is an impressive feat on its own, the hardware itself does not explain how bunny.net is able to deliver such an impressive level of performance.
The real secret hides under the hood, embedded in the routing engine that directs every request, every user, and sends traffic exactly where it needs to go. That engine is Bunny DNS.
From internal engine to 200 billion customer queries per month
Originally, Bunny DNS was built with one simple goal: to build the most advanced routing engine possible, capable of analyzing every DNS query and directing it to the optimal destination for serving your content. Even to this day, it’s what makes Bunny CDN achieve it’s exceptional performance.
Four years ago, we took everything we had learned from designing and running this system and turned it into a product our users could use themselves. With Bunny DNS, we’ve upgraded DNS from being a basic record lookup table into a globally distributed, smart routing engine. Instead of just returning static records, it allows developers to use latency data, health checks, and even JavaScript to dynamically determine exactly where requests should go.
We applied our traditional mantra. We made it affordable, scalable, and added a generous free tier. The response was incredible, and today, Bunny DNS powers over 300,000 domains and handles nearly 200 billion queries every single month.
But as we looked closer at our mission, we realized something needed to change.
Why DNS shouldn't cost extra
Dealing with infrastructure costs is already notoriously complex. You shouldn't have to stress about pricing tiers or whether a sudden spike of a million queries is going to result in an unpredictable bill.
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