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Bunny.net vs PocketBase

Ridiculously affordable CDN + video streaming + edge compute
vs. Open-source backend in a single Go binary

Bunny.net website ↗PocketBase (OSS) ↗

Pricing tiers

Bunny.net

CDN Volume — 1-2 PB
$0.002/GB at 1-2 PB volume.
$0/mo
CDN Volume — First 500 TB
$0.005/GB Volume Network (10 PoPs) for high-volume.
$0/mo
CDN Standard — EU/NA
$0.01/GB. 119 PoPs Standard Network in Europe + North America.
$0/mo
CDN Standard — Asia + Oceania
$0.03/GB.
$0/mo
CDN Standard — South America
$0.045/GB.
$0/mo
CDN Standard — ME/Africa
$0.06/GB.
$0/mo
Monthly Minimum
Minimum $1/month.
$1/mo
Bunny.net website ↗

PocketBase

Self-Hosted
MIT-licensed single binary. Run on any VPS / Docker / bare metal. No usage caps — only limited by your server.
$0 base (usage-based)
PocketBase (OSS) ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing volume-1pb-2pb on Bunny.net vs self-hosted on PocketBase.

MetricBunny.netPocketBase
No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers.

Features

Bunny.net · 14 features

  • Bunny CDN — Standard + Volume networks. 119 PoPs globally.
  • Bunny Database — Edge-distributed key-value DB.
  • Bunny DNS — Free anycast DNS.
  • Bunny Optimizer — On-the-fly image + video optimization.
  • Bunny Shield (WAF + DDoS) — DDoS protection + WAF + bot defense.
  • Bunny Stream — Video hosting + transcoding + HLS delivery.
  • Custom Hostname — Use yourdomain.com with CDN.
  • Edge Scripting — JavaScript at the edge (like CF Workers).
  • Edge Storage — Object storage replicated across regions.
  • Free Let's Encrypt SSL — Auto cert issuance/renewal.
  • Hot-linking Protection — Block unauthorized embeds.
  • Instant Purge — Global invalidation.
  • Magic Containers — Serverless containers at edge.
  • Real-Time Analytics — Per-zone + per-country usage stats.

PocketBase · 12 features

  • Access Rules — Record-level access rules (filter expressions) referencing @request and @collect…
  • Admin Dashboard — Built-in web UI for schema + data management.
  • Auth — Email+password, OAuth2 (Google, GitHub, Facebook, Apple, Discord, Microsoft, etc…
  • Backups — Built-in backup/restore with S3 upload option.
  • Built-in Mailer — SMTP integration for verification, password reset, magic link emails.
  • Collections — Schema-defined record types with fields, validations, and record/admin/auth acce…
  • Embedded JS Engine — JavaScript VM (goja) lets you write hooks in JS without recompiling.
  • Extend as Go Library — Embed PocketBase in a larger Go app, add custom routes and events.
  • File Storage — Local filesystem or S3-compatible storage with access rules.
  • Hooks — Server-side Go or JavaScript hooks that run on CRUD events (OnRecordBeforeCreate…
  • Migrations — JS/Go migration scripts applied on startup.
  • Realtime Subscriptions — SSE-based subscriptions to collection changes.

Developer interfaces

KindBunny.netPocketBase
SDKbunnycdn.js (community)Go API (extend as library), pocketbase (Dart), pocketbase (JS SDK)
RESTBunny.net APIREST API
OTHERBunny Dashboard, CDN HTTP base URL, Edge ScriptingAdmin Dashboard, Realtime SSE
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