Comparison
A managed video platform, or usage-priced infrastructure
Bunny Stream sells storage and delivery by the gigabyte and leaves the product around it to you. DynTube sells the product: protected playback, per-video access control, a caption workflow, publishing projects, webhooks and reporting, at one predictable monthly price. Both price lists are below, along with a straight method for costing your own usage rather than a headline multiplier.
What decides it
Four things to compare before the per-gigabyte rate
This is a build-or-buy decision more than a price decision, so weigh the engineering honestly.
- How much of the product you want to build
- Playback is the easy part. Access rules, caption workflows, publishing structure, reporting and webhook plumbing are where the work lives.
- On DynTube — All of it ships: origin allowlists, signed private links, per-language captions with SRT to VTT conversion, projects, chapters, aggregate reporting and webhook endpoints with delivery retries.
- Predictable bill or metered bill
- Metered pricing is honest and can be very cheap, but it does move with every viral week.
- On DynTube — A flat monthly band, with the published estimator using USD 20 per additional terabyte delivered and USD 23 per additional terabyte stored.
- Protecting gated video
- A paid course or client portal needs the playback key tied to your domains and links that expire.
- On DynTube — Encrypted on-demand delivery on every plan, playback keys restricted to your origin allowlist, signed private links you can rotate or revoke, and dynamic watermarking.
- Who is on the hook at 2am
- Infrastructure you assemble is infrastructure you operate. That cost is real even though it never appears on an invoice.
- On DynTube — A managed platform: uploads, transcoding ladders, packaging, delivery and the dashboard are operated for you.
Side by side
Bunny Stream and DynTube pricing side by side
Bunny Stream rows are read from its own product page; DynTube rows come from our live plan catalogue. Billing cadence is stated beside every figure.
| Criterion | Criterion | Bunny Stream | DynTube |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | — | Usage-priced: storage from USD 0.01 per GB and CDN from USD 0.005 per GB, billed on what you use.Official pricing | Flat monthly plans on two dimensions: Starter USD 24, Plus USD 50 and Pro USD 100 per month, billed monthly. |
| Included allowances | — | No bundled allowance — you pay for the storage and traffic you use, and encoding is listed as free.Plan details | 300 GB storage with 1 TB monthly delivery, 1 TB with 2 TB, and 2 TB with 4 TB across the three plans. |
| Cost of growth | — | Scales linearly with usage, and storage is multiplied by the number of replication points you choose.Plan details | Move up a band, or use a custom shape calculated at USD 20 per terabyte delivered and USD 23 per terabyte stored in the published estimator. |
| Protecting gated video | — | Player and security features are listed as included with the service.Plan details | Encrypted on-demand delivery on every plan, origin-restricted playback keys, signed expiring private links you can rotate or revoke per video, and dynamic watermarking. |
| Publishing and captions | — | A video service you drive from your own application and dashboard.Plan details | Projects to group and configure video, caption tracks uploaded per language with SRT converted to VTT for delivery, in-place caption editing and chapter markers. |
| Reporting | — | Statistics are available through the service and its API.Plan details | Aggregate reporting on plays, watch time, completion and audience rollups, with nine analytics report endpoints in the REST API for your own dashboards. |
| Live streaming | — | Bunny Stream is oriented to on-demand video delivery.Plan details | RTMP ingest and HLS live delivery as a separate plan profile, with schedules and ingest endpoints exposed through the REST API. |
Bunny Stream rates are the published starting rates from its own product page; the effective cost depends on region, tier and replication choices, so use its calculator with your figures. DynTube figures come from our live plan catalogue and the current amount is shown again at checkout.
Where another platform may fit better
- On raw infrastructure cost, Bunny is very hard to beat. Its own calculator returns single-figure monthly totals for small libraries with modest traffic, and if that is your whole requirement it is the cheaper answer.
- Bunny gives you direct control of replication and delivery regions. If you want that control, DynTube deliberately does not expose it.
- DynTube is a platform, not a rate card: you are buying access control, publishing structure, captions, reporting and the operating work, and that is where the price difference goes.
Worked method
How to cost Bunny Stream against a managed platform
Fix one real usage profile, then price the metered rate card and the complete platform from that same storage and delivery figure. Here is the method using each vendor’s published rates.
- Measure your stored library in gigabytes, and a busy month of delivery in gigabytes. Use a peak month rather than an average.
- Price Bunny from its published rates: storage gigabytes multiplied by the storage rate, multiplied again by the number of replication points you want, plus delivered gigabytes multiplied by the CDN rate for the regions you serve. Its own calculator does this for you.
- Price DynTube from the plan bands, or from the published per-terabyte rates if your shape falls between them.
- Add the layer that is not in either price. For the infrastructure option, cost the engineering to build and maintain access control, caption handling, publishing structure and reporting, plus who carries the pager.
- Compare the two totals for your own numbers. Only then does either figure mean anything.
For scale, Bunny publishes a worked example on its own page: 300 GB of stored video with 50 GB of monthly traffic and one replication point returns USD 4.50 a month on its standard tier. A comparable DynTube shape is the Starter plan at USD 24 a month, which includes 300 GB of storage and 1 TB of monthly delivery. On infrastructure alone Bunny is plainly cheaper at that size — the honest question is what the difference buys, and whether you would otherwise build it.
| Capability | On DynTube |
|---|---|
| Access control | Origin allowlist plus signed private links per video, with rotate, reveal and revoke |
| Encryption | Encrypted on-demand delivery on every plan, keys issued only to allowed origins |
| Captions | Per-language upload, SRT converted to VTT, in-place editing, chapter markers |
| Publishing | Projects that group videos and carry shared settings |
| Reporting | Aggregate plays, watch time, completion and audience rollups, plus report endpoints |
| Automation | Resumable upload sessions, webhook endpoints, delivery retries, API key rotation |
| Operations | Transcoding, packaging and delivery run for you |
Fit
Choosing between Bunny Stream and DynTube
Stated in both directions, because this is a build-or-buy decision.
Choose DynTube — gated video without building it
Paid courses, members areas and client portals where you need encrypted playback, origin restrictions and expiring links today rather than after a sprint.
Choose DynTube — the whole workflow included
Projects, per-language captions with SRT conversion, chapters, aggregate reporting and webhooks come as part of the product rather than as something to integrate.
Choose DynTube — a bill you can forecast
A flat monthly band plus published per-terabyte rates means a launch week does not change the shape of your invoice.
Choose Bunny Stream — lowest infrastructure cost
If you have the engineering to build the layer above playback and want per-gigabyte pricing with direct control of replication, Bunny is excellent value and we will not pretend otherwise.
Migration
Moving from infrastructure to a platform
Mostly a matter of deciding what to stop maintaining.
- 01
1. List what you built around playback
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2. Map access rules onto the allowlist
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3. Script the upload
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4. Point your embeds at the new player
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5. Decommission the glue
Common questions
Questions people ask when comparing Bunny Stream and DynTube
Which is cheaper, DynTube or Bunny Stream?
For raw storage and delivery, Bunny is usually cheaper — its own calculator returns USD 4.50 a month for 300 GB of video with 50 GB of monthly traffic on one replication point. DynTube Starter is USD 24 a month for 300 GB of storage and 1 TB of monthly delivery. The comparison only becomes meaningful once you add the layer above playback: access control, captions, publishing structure, reporting and the engineering time to build and operate them.
How do I compare the two properly?
Calculate both totals from your own figures rather than comparing rate cards. Measure your stored gigabytes and a busy month of delivered gigabytes, price Bunny from its published storage and CDN rates including replication points, price DynTube from the plan bands or the published per-terabyte rates, then add the engineering cost of building and maintaining everything the platform includes. Both totals depend on your actual usage, which is why no percentage appears on this page.
What do I get from DynTube that infrastructure does not include?
Encrypted on-demand delivery with playback keys restricted to your origin allowlist, signed private links you can rotate or revoke per video, dynamic watermarking, per-language caption upload with SRT converted to VTT and in-place editing, chapter markers, projects that group videos and carry shared settings, aggregate engagement reporting, and webhook endpoints with delivery retries. Transcoding, packaging and delivery are operated for you.
Can I control which regions my video is stored in?
Bunny exposes replication points directly, and if that control is a requirement it is a good reason to choose it. DynTube does not expose region selection as a customer setting, so if your case depends on it, ask us before you plan around it.
How does each bill behave in an unusual month?
DynTube bills a fixed monthly band, while the published custom estimator uses USD 20 per terabyte delivered and USD 23 per terabyte stored, so a larger shape is a figure you can work out in advance. Metered per-gigabyte billing is fully transparent but tracks usage week by week, so the total moves with the traffic. Which suits you depends on whether you would rather forecast the number or pay exactly what you used.
Can I drive DynTube from my own code the way I drive a CDN?
Yes. REST API access is on every published plan and covers resumable upload sessions, videos, projects, captions, private links, webhook endpoints with delivery retries, API key rotation and analytics report endpoints. Read the API reference and judge it directly against what you have built.
Cost it with your own numbers
Take your stored gigabytes and a busy month of delivery, price both options from the published rates, then add the engineering you would otherwise carry. That total is the only comparison worth making.