Bunny.net vs AWS CloudFront
Bunny.net is a European alternative to AWS CloudFront: same cdn & ddos protection use case, headquartered in Slovenia and governed by EU GDPR, while AWS CloudFront (Amazon) is based in the United States.
By the EU Alternatives team Last updated
Deliver content globally with a Slovenian-built CDN: 119 PoPs, edge storage, video delivery, DNS, and EU-only routing at €0.01/GB with no minimum commitment.
- Jurisdiction
- EU / EEA
- Primary privacy law
- EU GDPR
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- No
- Open source
- No
- Free tier
- Yes
Amazon's CDN sits directly in front of S3, EC2 and API Gateway, and that origin integration is why AWS shops rarely look anywhere else. The always free tier covers 1 TB of egress and 10 million requests a month, with per-GB rates after that. Accounts outside EMEA contract with Amazon Web Services, Inc. and answer to courts in Washington state under US law.
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- GDPR by default
- Requires DPA + TIA
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- Yes
Bunny.net vs AWS CloudFront at a glance
| Bunny.net | AWS CloudFront | |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Slovenia | United States |
| Data jurisdiction | EU / EEA | United States |
| Primary privacy law | EU GDPR | Requires DPA + transfer assessment |
| US CLOUD Act exposure | No | Yes |
| Best for | Teams that need cdn & ddos protection built for European data-protection requirements | Teams already invested in the Amazon ecosystem |
Choose Bunny.net if…
- You want a provider governed by a European privacy regime
- GDPR or public-sector data-protection requirements apply to you
- You want to start free and scale up later
- You'd rather back the European tech ecosystem
Stick with AWS CloudFront if…
- You depend on integrations only available in the Amazon ecosystem
- Your organisation has no EU data-residency constraints
- Migration costs outweigh the jurisdiction benefits for now
About Bunny.net
Bunny.net is a Slovenian content delivery network providing CDN, edge storage, video hosting, DNS, and serverless edge computing from a single platform, built to be fast, simple, and significantly more affordable than legacy CDN providers. With 119 points of presence and EU-only routing controls, it is one of the most developer-friendly CDNs in Europe.
BunnyStorage provides S3-compatible distributed object storage with regional replication zones. Bunny Stream transcodes, stores, and delivers video with a built-in player and DRM. Edge scripting deploys serverless JavaScript functions at the PoP nearest the user, and Bunny Optimizer automatically compresses and converts images on the fly.
Key benefits:
- 119 PoPs globally with EU-only routing for GDPR-compliant data residency
- BunnyStorage for distributed edge storage with regional replication from €0.01/GB
- Bunny Stream handling video transcoding, adaptive delivery, and DRM-protected playback
- Edge scripting with serverless JavaScript functions deployed globally in seconds
- Bunny Optimizer for automatic image compression and WebP/AVIF conversion on the fly
- Bunny DNS providing anycast resolution with sub-10ms global query times
- EU-only routing toggle to restrict all traffic to European PoPs with one setting
- Pay-as-you-go pricing with no minimums, no commitments, and a free trial to start
Founded in 2015 by Dejan Grofelnik Pelzel and headquartered in Ljubljana, Slovenia, an EU member state, Bunny.net operates fully under GDPR and provides data processing agreements for EU customers. EU-only routing mode ensures traffic never transits non-EU infrastructure.
Trusted by tens of thousands of developers, agencies, and SaaS companies for affordable high-performance content delivery with genuine European data sovereignty controls.
Why choose Bunny.net over AWS CloudFront?
The decisive argument is data jurisdiction. AWS CloudFront is headquartered in the United States, which means personal data processed through it can be subject to non-EU legal regimes: the US CLOUD Act, FISA 702, or similar laws depending on the provider. After the 2020 Schrems II ruling, EU organisations must carry out a transfer impact assessment for every such data flow.
Bunny.net removes that overhead. As a Slovenia-based provider, it operates under EU GDPR, and data stays inside the EU/EEA by default. For regulated sectors such as health, public administration, and finance, that's not a nice-to-have but a requirement. For everyone else, it's concentration-risk insurance: you avoid depending on a single jurisdiction that can change the rules without warning.