Bunny.net drops DNS query fees, makes its smart-routing DNS free

Bunny.net is eliminating usage-based charges for Bunny DNS, the routing engine that originally powered its CDN before becoming a standalone product four years ago. The service now handles roughly 200 billion queries a month across more than 300,000 domains, and going forward it carries no query limits, no per-request billing, and free hosting for up to 500 domains per account. Smart records and health monitoring, previously the kind of features often reserved for higher tiers, are included. The only catch is the company’s standard $1/month account minimum, which applies platform-wide rather than to DNS specifically.

The move is strategic as much as generous: bunny.net is positioning DNS as the connective layer that funnels users into the rest of its stack. New automatic zone scanning reconstructs an existing domain’s records during migration (BIND import is also supported), and once records are in place, 1-Click Acceleration provisions a CDN pull zone and 1-Click Security enables its Bunny Shield WAF/DDoS filtering directly from the DNS panel. Making the entry point free lowers the barrier to adopting those paid edge services.

Alongside the pricing change, the platform has picked up steady technical upgrades. Nameservers now resolve over both IPv4 and IPv6 by default, and DNSSEC is supported using NSEC Black Lies, which provides tamper protection without exposing the full zone to enumeration (zone walking). Bunny has also added modern record types—HTTPS and SVCB for connection hints, TLSA for DANE-based certificate validation, and CDS/CDNSKEY to automate DNSSEC key rotation.