Is BunnyCDN (bunny.net) profitable in 2026?

Bunny.net has not disclosed profitability figures. It is bootstrapped, raised a single $6M round in October 2022 led by Runa Capital and Capital Genetics, and has taken no further funding since, which the company frames as disciplined growth rather than a loss-making struggle.

Could AI replace Bunny.net's CDN service?

Unlikely soon. Bunny.net's core value is physical infrastructure, 119 PoPs and 250 Tbps+ capacity as of October 2025, that AI cannot replicate. But AI-driven routing and support automation is becoming industry standard, eroding the simplicity edge Bunny markets against rivals.

Who is Bunny.net's biggest competitor?

Cloudflare. It already ships every product in Bunny's line, including Workers, R2, D1, Stream, and Images, and dominates the same self-serve, developer-friendly, low-price CDN segment Bunny.net occupies, with no structural wall preventing Cloudflare from squeezing margins.

Has Bunny.net raised any new funding since 2022?

No new round has been publicly reported since its $6 million raise in October 2022, led by Runa Capital and Capital Genetics. As of mid-2026 that is over 45 months without disclosed funding, which the company has framed as bootstrapped, self-serve growth.

How reliable is Bunny.net's CDN service?

Outage tracker isdown.app recorded 179 total incidents since July 2020 and 49 in the trailing 12 months as of June 21, 2026, including a roughly two-hour DNS-related outage on May 21, 2026 that took down its dashboard, API, and DNS.

What is Bunny Shield and how big is it?

Bunny Shield is bunny.net's WAF, DDoS, and bot-protection suite, launched in preview April 15, 2025 and reaching general availability October 30, 2025. In its first three months it processed 9.7 billion requests and blocked 35.3 million malicious requests, per the company.

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BunnyCDN

bunny.net ↗

Bootstrapped, developer-friendly CDN and edge platform serving 55K+ paying customers.

Losing its protection

Assessed 22 July 2026 · Evidence as of 22 July 2026

The structural protection is eroding.

On the recordSince 22 July 2026 · Checkable from October 2027 · Every call on the record Checkpoint: 60 months since last disclosed funding round (Oct 2022 $6M) with no new round or profitability disclosure

The call

A profitable niche CDN operating next to a much bigger rival that already sells the same thing, with reliability and funding signals still unresolved.

BunnyCDN runs a service that speeds up websites and stores files by spreading them across data centers worldwide. It is profitable and has real customers, but Cloudflare already does everything BunnyCDN does and charges less, which makes it very hard for BunnyCDN to compete on price or features. The company could stay afloat if it fixes its outages (it had 49 in one year) or if Cloudflare raises its prices, but if Cloudflare cuts prices further or BunnyCDN keeps having reliability problems, customers will switch.

Why

AI pressure: None apparent. No AI product directly targets CDN delivery, though AI crawler traffic adds load that Bunny Shield already filters. Could AI do the core job? Only partly.

Bigger players: Cloudflare. Cloudflare already ships every product Bunny sells (CDN, storage, security) at the same self-serve, low-price tier. Could a giant copy it? Yes, easily.

What protects it. Bunny survives in a low-margin niche Cloudflare doesn't bother squeezing, backed by 10 years of profitable bootstrapping.

What would change this call

Cloudflare announces new free-tier or standalone CDN pricing undercutting Bunny's per-GB rates. Would show the one rival with reach into Bunny's niche is squeezing its margin floor.
Bunny.net outage count over next 12 months compared to the prior 49-in-12-months pace. Would show whether reliability is improving or continuing to erode trust.
Bunny.net discloses new funding round or profitability statement before the 60-month mark since its 2022 raise. Would show whether the company is growing on its own terms or has stalled.

Key numbers

55,000+ paying customers (2025-01-09)
119 edge PoPs across 77 countries (2025-10-03)
49 network outages in trailing 12 months (2025-10-03)

Named risks

Cloudflare could match or undercut Bunny's self-serve CDN pricing floor at any time. Severity: high
49 tracked outages in trailing 12 months as of June 2026 threaten reliability trust. Severity: medium
No new funding disclosed since October 2022, over 45 months, signals possible slowed growth. Severity: medium
Thin commodity margins typical of CDN infrastructure business. Severity: medium
Industry consolidation (Edgio collapse) could favor larger incumbents absorbing displaced customers instead of Bunny. Severity: low

Rivals, as read in July 2026

Rival	Direction	Evidence
Cloudflare	contesting	Already ships Workers, R2, D1, Stream, Images matching Bunny's full product line as of 2026
Akamai	gaining on	Absorbed displaced Edgio customer relationships after Edgio's Chapter 11 wind-down, early 2025
Edgio	losing to	Filed Chapter 11 late 2024, network fully wound down by January 2025
Fastly	contesting	Adjacent incumbent CDN competing for same developer traffic as of 2026
Gcore, KeyCDN, CDN77	contesting	Grouped with Bunny.net in same value/developer-friendly CDN tier per 2026 buyer's guide

Questions people ask

Is BunnyCDN (bunny.net) profitable in 2026?: Bunny.net has not disclosed profitability figures. It is bootstrapped, raised a single $6M round in October 2022 led by Runa Capital and Capital Genetics, and has taken no further funding since, which the company frames as disciplined growth rather than a loss-making struggle.
Could AI replace Bunny.net's CDN service?: Unlikely soon. Bunny.net's core value is physical infrastructure, 119 PoPs and 250 Tbps+ capacity as of October 2025, that AI cannot replicate. But AI-driven routing and support automation is becoming industry standard, eroding the simplicity edge Bunny markets against rivals.
Who is Bunny.net's biggest competitor?: Cloudflare. It already ships every product in Bunny's line, including Workers, R2, D1, Stream, and Images, and dominates the same self-serve, developer-friendly, low-price CDN segment Bunny.net occupies, with no structural wall preventing Cloudflare from squeezing margins.
Has Bunny.net raised any new funding since 2022?: No new round has been publicly reported since its $6 million raise in October 2022, led by Runa Capital and Capital Genetics. As of mid-2026 that is over 45 months without disclosed funding, which the company has framed as bootstrapped, self-serve growth.
How reliable is Bunny.net's CDN service?: Outage tracker isdown.app recorded 179 total incidents since July 2020 and 49 in the trailing 12 months as of June 21, 2026, including a roughly two-hour DNS-related outage on May 21, 2026 that took down its dashboard, API, and DNS.
What is Bunny Shield and how big is it?: Bunny Shield is bunny.net's WAF, DDoS, and bot-protection suite, launched in preview April 15, 2025 and reaching general availability October 30, 2025. In its first three months it processed 9.7 billion requests and blocked 35.3 million malicious requests, per the company.

Timeline

2026-07-09S3-compatible API enters public preview plus new Sydney storage region
2026-06-24Bunny DNS made free of usage charges, handling ~200B queries/month, 300K+ domains
2026-05-21DNS-registrar-related outage takes down dashboard, API, DNS for ~2 hours
2026-03-09Company blog states team size is around 90 people
2026-01-27New OpenAPI-driven developer documentation platform launched
2025-10-30Bunny Shield reaches general availability
2025-10-03Burrow Smart Routing launched; company cites 1.5M+ sites, 119 PoPs
2025-10-02Bunny Database announced in open preview alongside Magic Containers expansion
2025-04-15Bunny Shield launches in preview
2025-01-09Company announces crossing 55,000th paying customer milestone
2022-10-04Raises $6M round led by Runa Capital and Capital Genetics
2021-01-12Rebrands from BunnyCDN to bunny.net

Revision history

22 July 2026

First assessed. Losing its protection. The text above is fixed as of this date and is not edited afterwards.

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