We’re making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won’t build itself

suut · June 26

@vovler said:
I like this change. Will give it a try for sure.

Not sure about people complaining as if $1/m is the end of the world, especially when it's most likely used to remove inactive accounts and to deactivate their zones to keep things snappy, prevent multiple accounts/abuse which is known to happen when you offer free services.

$1 after payment processor fees won't make them millionaires and won't make you poor. And the amount of service they are offering is more than worth it.

Imagine if a provider said they offered a free VPS with 1 core and 1 GB of RAM, but charged a $20 account management fee per year.

What people dislike is the wordplay, not the one dollar.

Levi · June 26

@vovler said:
I like this change. Will give it a try for sure.

Not sure about people complaining as if $1/m is the end of the world, especially when it's most likely used to remove inactive accounts and to deactivate their zones to keep things snappy, prevent multiple accounts/abuse which is known to happen when you offer free services.

$1 after payment processor fees won't make them millionaires and won't make you poor. And the amount of service they are offering is more than worth it.

What a naive vovler… Today is 1$, tomorrow it is 2$, the day after tomorrow it is 0$, but free service is now 19.99$/month with minimum 12 months contract. Capish?

iKeyZ · June 26

@suut said:

@vovler said:
I like this change. Will give it a try for sure.

Not sure about people complaining as if $1/m is the end of the world, especially when it's most likely used to remove inactive accounts and to deactivate their zones to keep things snappy, prevent multiple accounts/abuse which is known to happen when you offer free services.

$1 after payment processor fees won't make them millionaires and won't make you poor. And the amount of service they are offering is more than worth it.

Imagine if a provider said they offered a free VPS with 1 core and 1 GB of RAM, but charged a $20 account management fee per year.

What people dislike is the wordplay, not the one dollar.

This article was from their own site, likely aimed at users of Bunny already.. in that case, it would be "free" and would save existing users money.

emgh · June 26

@iKeyZ said:

@suut said:

@vovler said:
I like this change. Will give it a try for sure.

Not sure about people complaining as if $1/m is the end of the world, especially when it's most likely used to remove inactive accounts and to deactivate their zones to keep things snappy, prevent multiple accounts/abuse which is known to happen when you offer free services.

$1 after payment processor fees won't make them millionaires and won't make you poor. And the amount of service they are offering is more than worth it.

Imagine if a provider said they offered a free VPS with 1 core and 1 GB of RAM, but charged a $20 account management fee per year.

What people dislike is the wordplay, not the one dollar.

This article was from their own site, likely aimed at users of Bunny already.. in that case, it would be "free" and would save existing users money.

No, they knew it sound spread based on the title. Otherwise it would have been an announcement in logged in view or an email to existing clients, not a public blog post.

Not only did it end up on LET; it was top of Hacker News.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48657030

nghialele · June 26

@VTCuong said: which the VNNIC didn't like.

HieuPC is angri at you

iKeyZ · June 26

@emgh said:

@iKeyZ said:

@suut said:

@vovler said:
I like this change. Will give it a try for sure.

Not sure about people complaining as if $1/m is the end of the world, especially when it's most likely used to remove inactive accounts and to deactivate their zones to keep things snappy, prevent multiple accounts/abuse which is known to happen when you offer free services.

$1 after payment processor fees won't make them millionaires and won't make you poor. And the amount of service they are offering is more than worth it.

Imagine if a provider said they offered a free VPS with 1 core and 1 GB of RAM, but charged a $20 account management fee per year.

What people dislike is the wordplay, not the one dollar.

This article was from their own site, likely aimed at users of Bunny already.. in that case, it would be "free" and would save existing users money.

No, they knew it sound spread based on the title. Otherwise it would have been an announcement in logged in view or an email to existing clients, not a public blog post.

Not only did it end up on LET; it was top of Hacker News.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48657030

Unsure on the backlash here though - the title is fine, it's "We’re making Bunny DNS free" not "We’re making Bunny free". They even mention the minimum charge within the post itself, it's not like anything is misleading or hidden.

People like to overreact on everything. Hardly anyone is even commenting on that point on HN..

budi1413 · June 26

@DataRecovery said:

@sillycat said: As with all bunny.net services, accounts using the platform are subject to our standard $1/month minimum spend, but DNS itself no longer incurs any usage-based charges

@budi1413 said: but they will exclude dns from now on, so if you just use dns only, you will not get the $1 charge. because there is no minimum usage.

@budi1413 said: 2 domain zones.
< 100k queries per zone per month.
let's see how it goes.

@budi1413 so you have actually registered to check whether they will charge or not?

Guys, has anyone tried to do the same?

I wouldn't mind having an extra slave DNS (don't need Geo), but not for $12/yr.

@emgh said: At Cloudflare, free means free. I prefer this version of the word free.

Cloudflare is free until they decide they have replaced sufficient part of the internet with themselves and it's time to recover the expenditure (which is extensive).

i have been using them for around 1 year

suut · June 26

@iKeyZ said:

@emgh said:

@iKeyZ said:

@suut said:

@vovler said:
I like this change. Will give it a try for sure.

Not sure about people complaining as if $1/m is the end of the world, especially when it's most likely used to remove inactive accounts and to deactivate their zones to keep things snappy, prevent multiple accounts/abuse which is known to happen when you offer free services.

$1 after payment processor fees won't make them millionaires and won't make you poor. And the amount of service they are offering is more than worth it.

Imagine if a provider said they offered a free VPS with 1 core and 1 GB of RAM, but charged a $20 account management fee per year.

What people dislike is the wordplay, not the one dollar.

This article was from their own site, likely aimed at users of Bunny already.. in that case, it would be "free" and would save existing users money.

No, they knew it sound spread based on the title. Otherwise it would have been an announcement in logged in view or an email to existing clients, not a public blog post.

Not only did it end up on LET; it was top of Hacker News.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48657030

Unsure on the backlash here though - the title is fine, it's "We’re making Bunny DNS free" not "We’re making Bunny free". They even mention the minimum charge within the post itself, it's not like anything is misleading or hidden.

People like to overreact on everything. Hardly anyone is even commenting on that point on HN..

I only found out after receiving the deduction that they claimed DNS was free.

emgh · June 26

@iKeyZ said: Unsure on the backlash here though - the title is fine, it's "We’re making Bunny DNS free" not "We’re making Bunny free". They even mention the minimum charge within the post itself, it's not like anything is misleading or hidden.

So 1 USD for 500 domains is free?

Is 5 USD for 10 domains free?

Is 100 USD for 1 domain free?

At what point exactly does free mean free in your view?

Choms · June 26

@emgh said:

@iKeyZ said: Unsure on the backlash here though - the title is fine, it's "We’re making Bunny DNS free" not "We’re making Bunny free". They even mention the minimum charge within the post itself, it's not like anything is misleading or hidden.

So 1 USD for 500 domains is free?

Is 5 USD for 10 domains free?

Is 100 USD for 1 domain free?

At what point exactly does free mean free in your view?

it's 1$ minimum spend, you can spend that 1$ in any of their other services and the DNS becomes absolutely free, don't you think?

jimaek · June 26

The product Bunny DNS is free
The Bunny account costs $12/year
Other Bunny products have their own prices

All of these can be true at the same time.

Seems pretty simple and clear, no?

network · June 26

@emgh said:

@iKeyZ said: Unsure on the backlash here though - the title is fine, it's "We’re making Bunny DNS free" not "We’re making Bunny free". They even mention the minimum charge within the post itself, it's not like anything is misleading or hidden.

So 1 USD for 500 domains is free?

Is 5 USD for 10 domains free?

Is 100 USD for 1 domain free?

At what point exactly does free mean free in your view?

Edit: Ok I misread.

iKeyZ · June 26

@emgh said:

@iKeyZ said: Unsure on the backlash here though - the title is fine, it's "We’re making Bunny DNS free" not "We’re making Bunny free". They even mention the minimum charge within the post itself, it's not like anything is misleading or hidden.

So 1 USD for 500 domains is free?

Is 5 USD for 10 domains free?

Is 100 USD for 1 domain free?

At what point exactly does free mean free in your view?

I'm using Bunny Storage, Stream etc. I pay $1 minimum to use my Bunny account. I now add Bunny DNS, I pay 0 extra. It's a free addition to an account which has a standing account charge on it.

So 1 USD for 500 domains is free?

Is 5 USD for 10 domains free?

Is 100 USD for 1 domain free?

These are completely irrelevant. It even shows it, right at the top of their general pricing page - https://bunny.net/pricing/

zed · June 26

guys dont fall for this marketing bs, cloudflare is actually free!

emgh · June 26

@iKeyZ said:

@emgh said:

@iKeyZ said: Unsure on the backlash here though - the title is fine, it's "We’re making Bunny DNS free" not "We’re making Bunny free". They even mention the minimum charge within the post itself, it's not like anything is misleading or hidden.

So 1 USD for 500 domains is free?

Is 5 USD for 10 domains free?

Is 100 USD for 1 domain free?

At what point exactly does free mean free in your view?

I'm using Bunny Storage, Stream etc. I pay $1 minimum to use my Bunny account. I now add Bunny DNS, I pay 0 extra. It's a free addition to an account which has a standing account charge on it.

So 1 USD for 500 domains is free?

Is 5 USD for 10 domains free?

Is 100 USD for 1 domain free?

These are completely irrelevant. It even shows it, right at the top of their general pricing page - https://bunny.net/pricing/

You didn’t answer my question. I’ll reply back if you let me know at what price for how many domains the charge stops being free.

vovler · June 26

@Levi said:

@vovler said:
I like this change. Will give it a try for sure.

Not sure about people complaining as if $1/m is the end of the world, especially when it's most likely used to remove inactive accounts and to deactivate their zones to keep things snappy, prevent multiple accounts/abuse which is known to happen when you offer free services.

$1 after payment processor fees won't make them millionaires and won't make you poor. And the amount of service they are offering is more than worth it.

What a naive vovler… Today is 1$, tomorrow it is 2$, the day after tomorrow it is 0$, but free service is now 19.99$/month with minimum 12 months contract. Capish?

They introduced the $1 min monthly spend in July 22, 2019. Its been almost 7 years. As I said, I see it as an anti abuse/clearing up unused zones measure rather than profit making.

iKeyZ · June 26

@emgh said:

@iKeyZ said:

@emgh said:

@iKeyZ said: Unsure on the backlash here though - the title is fine, it's "We’re making Bunny DNS free" not "We’re making Bunny free". They even mention the minimum charge within the post itself, it's not like anything is misleading or hidden.

So 1 USD for 500 domains is free?

Is 5 USD for 10 domains free?

Is 100 USD for 1 domain free?

At what point exactly does free mean free in your view?

I'm using Bunny Storage, Stream etc. I pay $1 minimum to use my Bunny account. I now add Bunny DNS, I pay 0 extra. It's a free addition to an account which has a standing account charge on it.

So 1 USD for 500 domains is free?

Is 5 USD for 10 domains free?

Is 100 USD for 1 domain free?

These are completely irrelevant. It even shows it, right at the top of their general pricing page - https://bunny.net/pricing/

You didn’t answer my question. I’ll reply back if you let me know at what price for how many domains the charge stops being free.

It's free for existing users of Bunny services. It's really not difficult to understand.

Levi · June 26

@vovler said:

@Levi said:

@vovler said:
I like this change. Will give it a try for sure.

Not sure about people complaining as if $1/m is the end of the world, especially when it's most likely used to remove inactive accounts and to deactivate their zones to keep things snappy, prevent multiple accounts/abuse which is known to happen when you offer free services.

$1 after payment processor fees won't make them millionaires and won't make you poor. And the amount of service they are offering is more than worth it.

What a naive vovler… Today is 1$, tomorrow it is 2$, the day after tomorrow it is 0$, but free service is now 19.99$/month with minimum 12 months contract. Capish?

They introduced the $1 min monthly spend in July 22, 2019. Its been almost 7 years. As I said, I see it as an anti abuse/clearing up unused zones measure rather than profit making.

Ou, it is time to revise the fee then.

emgh · June 26

@iKeyZ said:

@emgh said:

@iKeyZ said:

@emgh said:

@iKeyZ said: Unsure on the backlash here though - the title is fine, it's "We’re making Bunny DNS free" not "We’re making Bunny free". They even mention the minimum charge within the post itself, it's not like anything is misleading or hidden.

So 1 USD for 500 domains is free?

Is 5 USD for 10 domains free?

Is 100 USD for 1 domain free?

At what point exactly does free mean free in your view?

I'm using Bunny Storage, Stream etc. I pay $1 minimum to use my Bunny account. I now add Bunny DNS, I pay 0 extra. It's a free addition to an account which has a standing account charge on it.

So 1 USD for 500 domains is free?

Is 5 USD for 10 domains free?

Is 100 USD for 1 domain free?

These are completely irrelevant. It even shows it, right at the top of their general pricing page - https://bunny.net/pricing/

You didn’t answer my question. I’ll reply back if you let me know at what price for how many domains the charge stops being free.

It's free for existing users of Bunny services. It's really not difficult to understand.

This wasn’t my question but thanks for clearifying something that I didn’t ask.

Tion · June 26

Did they drop the minimum balance exception for grandfathered accounts? I remember being on a truly free account in the past. Now my account is suspended due to credit balance. https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/175036/bunny-net-removes-the-top-up-criteria-and-account-credit-is-for-lifetime-now/p1

emgh · June 26

Hello I'm offering free 1c2g VPS

1 VPS per account, an account costs 100/month

JohnFilch123 · June 26

@emgh said: 1 VPS per account, an account costs 100/month

Not very relevant example but ok.

emgh · June 26

@JohnFilch123 said:

@emgh said: 1 VPS per account, an account costs 100/month

Not very relevant example but ok.

ok so 1 per account then its not free but 500 per account it is free

2 vps per account now

is it free then?

JohnFilch123 · June 26

@emgh said: is it free then?

I understand you have got a lot of free time coding with AI but the point is very simple. DNS usage is free, account is $1/m.

emgh · June 26

@JohnFilch123 said:

@emgh said: is it free then?

I understand you have got a lot of free time coding with AI but the point is very simple. DNS usage is free, account is $1/m.

at exactly how many domains per account is it free if my example wasn't to your liking?

emgh · June 26

Scenario	Result
$1/month account, 500 DNS zones	“Free DNS”
$100/month account, 1 VPS	“Not free VPS”
$5/month account, 10 domains	unclear
$1/month account, 1 domain	unclear
$100/month account, 500 domains	unclear

kdjma · June 26

Maybe misleading blog post or shitty sales, but I'm happy to get unlimited geodns and weighted DNS, health check DNS, scripted DNS and custom nameservers for the price of $12 per year ?
You don't get that on CF.

Or $2 if you have 6 domains.

And you can use that $12 on other products, say if the health checks see your site down to serve a static maintenance page that is hosted on bunny?

vovler · June 26

I don't understand the need to argue semantics in this case. The min spend fee is something that was introduced 7 years ago. This change has nothing directly to do with it. This change is good and reduces costs if you already were using them, a rare change for 2026.

You are correct semantically. Product is not fully free if having an account open is not free, however it's still a good change.

zed · June 26

@vovler said: You are correct semantically.

you guys are cracking me up, lol.

fidlikant · June 26

dnscale.eu is quite nice and free as well

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