Bunny.net vs Postmark
Ridiculously affordable CDN + video streaming + edge compute
vs. Reliable transactional email with fast delivery
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
Postmark
Free
100 emails/month forever. No credit card. Side projects and testing.
Free
Basic — 10k
10,000 emails/month. Overage $1.80/1k. Unlimited emails/day.
$15/mo
Pro — 10k
10,000 emails/month. Overage $1.30/1k. Inbound email + message streams.
$17/mo
Platform — 10k
10,000 emails/month. Overage $1.20/1k. Team collab, more domains.
$18/mo
Enterprise (>1.5M)
Custom for senders exceeding 1.5M/month.
Custom
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing volume-1pb-2pb on Bunny.net vs free on Postmark.
| Metric | Bunny.net | Postmark |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Postmark · 12 features
- Activity Search — Full-text search over sent messages for 45-365 days.
- Bounce Handling — Automatic hard/soft bounce detection + suppression management.
- Broadcast Messages — Via separate Broadcast Message Stream. Bulk sends with throttling.
- DKIM + SPF — One-click verification + auto-renewal of DKIM keys.
- Inbound Email — Route inbound emails to your webhook. Parse attachments, threads.
- Message Streams — Isolate transactional from marketing for separate deliverability reputation.
- Open + Click Tracking — Configurable at template or send level.
- Raw API Access — 100+ endpoints for bounces, servers, tags, templates, stats.
- Servers — Multi-tenant isolation: each "server" has its own API token + reputation.
- Templates — Mustachio template language with variables, alias + versioning.
- Transactional Send — Reliable API for password resets, receipts, notifications. Sub-10s delivery.
- Webhook Events — Delivery, bounce, spam complaint, open, click, subscription change.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Bunny.net | Postmark |
|---|---|---|
| SDK | bunnycdn.js (community) | postmark-dotnet, postmarker (Python), postmark-go, postmark (Node), postmark-php, postmark-rails |
| REST | Bunny.net API | Postmark REST API |
| OTHER | Bunny Dashboard, CDN HTTP base URL, Edge Scripting | Inbound Email, SMTP Relay, Webhooks |
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