Bunny.net
Low-cost CDN with edge storage, image optimisation and a video streaming library.
why this verdict
Keep paying — OpenAI has not replaced it
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the dev tools job, so this one still earns its $1/mo.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Cloudflare's free tier setting a price of zero for basic content delivery. OpenAI, June 3, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers not the job editorial call
- Parts of it. The job still needs the tool to get finished.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 1 of 3 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Cloudflare.
- What the call is worth $12/yr
- $1/mo at the entry paid tier — $12 a year per seat.
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- June 3, 2025
- List price
- $1/mo
- Per year
- $12
The backstory
Bunny.net competes on price and clarity: pay-as-you-go delivery at a fraction of the enterprise CDNs, plus image optimisation and a video platform that undercuts specialist vendors. Cloudflare's free tier makes the basic case hard for anyone. Bunny survives by selling the things Cloudflare charges for, namely video hosting, edge storage and image processing, at prices that make sense for indie developers and small media businesses who reliably choose transparent per-gigabyte billing.
Escape hatches
Free CDN tier that is hard to compete with on price
cloudflare.com open_in_new
Higher performance ceiling for demanding workloads
fastly.com open_in_new
Deeper media transformation pipeline
cloudinary.com open_in_new1 of 3 replacements have a usable free tier.
