200+ Tbps for events, not only sites
Game patches, VOD and live in the 0.5-4 s range share the same network. A budget pull zone that is fine for a brochure site is a different machine.
Aptranet vs Bunny.net
What Bunny.net is — and what Aptranet is instead.
Bunny.net is a sharp budget CDN: simple pull zones, aggressive price, good developer experience. It is the right first CDN for many sites. It is not a 200+ Tbps delivery network with architectural DNS.
Where Aptranet wins
Why teams leave Bunny.net for Cloud CDN and Cloud DNS.
Origin Shield on the miss path
When TTLs expire or a launch warms, 210+ edges do not all open the origin. That is the difference between a cache and a well-behaved cache.
DNS that can fail over
Cloud DNS: Anycast, GeoDNS, health checks, 1-second TTL. Bunny is a CDN. When the origin dies, you still need DNS that stops handing out the corpse.
Peering and IXPs as a published fact
14,000+ peers, 120+ IXPs, 30 ms average latency. The map is not only a marketing city list.
Be precise
Where Bunny.net still wins.
Switching because of a slogan is how you buy the wrong edge. These are the honest concessions.
They win on sticker price
Bunny is often quoted near $0.01/GB. Aptranet Starter is €35/month with 500 GB. If raw price-per-GB is the only requirement, they are hard to beat.
They are easy to try
Pull zones are quick. So is Aptranet — but we do not pretend to be the cheapest byte on the internet. We pretend to survive a launch.
Side by side
Aptranet and Bunny.net, on the facts we will stand behind.
| Topic | Aptranet | Bunny.net |
|---|---|---|
| Positioning | Global CDN + DNS | Budget pull-zone CDN |
| Capacity | 200+ Tbps | Not published as a single Tbps figure |
| PoPs | 210+ | Growing; smaller than the largest platforms |
| Origin Shield | Yes | Standard pull-zone cache |
| Live / 4K video | Yes, 0.5-4 s live latency | Stream product; different shape |
| Authoritative DNS | Cloud DNS with GeoDNS and health | Not a full authoritative DNS platform |
| Min DNS TTL | 1 second | n/a as a DNS architecture product |
| Pricing | EUR plans from €35/month | Very low per-GB rates |
Choose Aptranet if
- Campaigns, live, games or software downloads can spike
- You need DNS failover and GeoDNS, not only a pull zone
- Origin must be shielded from a thundering herd
- You want one vendor for CDN and authoritative DNS
Stay with Bunny.net if
- A small site where $0.01/GB is the whole brief
- You are happy with a pull zone and registrar DNS
- There is no live event, game launch or DNS failover story
Other comparisons
Frequently Asked Questions
Usually not on pure per-GB. Starter is €35 for 500 GB. Compare that to your Bunny invoice, then add what an origin incident costs on launch day.
Yes. Validate on an Aptranet hostname, lower TTLs, then cut over. See the CDN migration guide.
No. Aptranet is CDN and DNS. Keep your origin; we pull it.