Paddle vs Bunny.net
Merchant of Record for SaaS — global tax, billing, checkout in one
vs. Ridiculously affordable CDN + video streaming + edge compute
Pricing tiers
Paddle
Pay-as-you-go
5% + 50¢ per Checkout transaction. No monthly fee. All-inclusive (tax, fraud, support).
$0 base (usage-based)
Enterprise
Custom rates for high-volume. Dedicated success. Custom migration + implementation.
Custom
Invoicing (<$10 products)
Custom pricing for invoicing / products under $10.
Custom
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
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing payg on Paddle vs volume-1pb-2pb on Bunny.net.
| Metric | Paddle | Bunny.net |
|---|---|---|
| No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers. | ||
Features
Paddle · 12 features
- Affiliates (Rewardful partnership) — Affiliate tracking (via partner).
- Customer Portal — Self-service subscription management.
- Fraud Protection — ML + human review. Paddle absorbs chargebacks.
- Global Tax Compliance — Automatic VAT/GST/sales tax calc + remittance + filing.
- One-time Sales — Perpetual license sales, single purchases.
- Paddle Checkout — Hosted or overlay checkout. Localized + fraud-protected.
- Paddle Retain — Revenue recovery + cancel flows (acquired Retain).
- ProfitWell Analytics — Included subscription analytics (acquired ProfitWell).
- Self-Serve Invoices — B2B invoicing with custom POs.
- Smart Dunning — Retry logic + email sequences for failed payments.
- Subscriptions — Full lifecycle: trials, changes, cancellations, recovery.
- Webhooks — Standard resource events with HMAC signing.
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.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Paddle | Bunny.net |
|---|---|---|
| SDK | Paddle.js, @paddle/paddle-node-sdk, paddle-python | bunnycdn.js (community) |
| REST | Paddle Billing API | Bunny.net API |
| OTHER | Paddle Checkout, Paddle Webhooks | Bunny Dashboard, CDN HTTP base URL, Edge Scripting |
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