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Content delivery networks · October 2026 Edition

Cloudflare vs Bunny.net

Nine of fourteen models named Cloudflare first on the direct prompt; three named Bunny.net. Both were named by all fourteen models and Cloudflare carries 72 labels and Bunny.net 45, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Cloudflare

endorsed leader

Named in seven categories this edition.

Bunny.net

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share68%12%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%7%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels7245A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Cloudflare reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Amazon CloudFront was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Cloudflare vs KeyCDN · Cloudflare vs Amazon CloudFront · Cloudflare vs Fastly

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the content delivery networks page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
CloudflareFirst choices, of fourteen modelsBunny.net
Direct93
Paraphrase121
Comparative80
Budget-constrained143
Scale-constrained30
Negative216 against Cloudflare · 3 against Bunny.net
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Cloudflare and Bunny.net were named in the same answer 122 times, of the 480 answers naming Cloudflare and the 127 naming Bunny.net. In those answers Bunny.net took the first choice four times and Cloudflare eighty-five.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Cloudflare and Bunny.net stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Cloudflare Bunny.net first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cloudflare on the left and Bunny.net on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Cloudflare and Bunny.net stood in it.

Cloudflare first, Bunny.net an alternative

9 of 14 modelsBunny.net was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniCloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Fastly
Gemini 3.5 FlashCloudflare alternatives: Bunny.net, Fastly
Perplexity SonarCloudflare alternatives: Akamai, Amazon CloudFront
Grok 4.20Cloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net, KeyCDN
DeepSeek V4 FlashCloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net
Kimi K2Cloudflare alternatives: Bunny.net, Fastly, KeyCDN
GLM 4.7 FlashXCloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net, Fastly
GPT-6 LunaCloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Fastly
Muse Glimmer 30BCloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net, Fastly, KeyCDN

Bunny.net first, Cloudflare an alternative

3 of 14 modelsCloudflare was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallBunny.net, KeyCDN
Llama 4 MaverickBunny.net, KeyCDN alternatives: BlazingCDN
MiniMax M2.5Bunny.net, KeyCDN alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Cloudflare

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Amazon CloudFront, CDN77 alternatives: Azure CDN, Cloudflare, Gcore
Qwen 3.7 FlashKeyCDN alternatives: BlazingCDN, Bunny.net, Cloudflare

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Cloudflare leads by seventy-five points.
Cloudflare85%#1 of 7
Bunny.net9%#2 of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Cloudflare leads by fifty-five points.
Cloudflare68%#1 of 8
Bunny.net12%#2 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Cloudflare leads by forty-six points.
Cloudflare46%#1 of 8
Bunny.net0%#8 of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Cloudflare

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.

“Major outages (2024‑2025)... When to be cautious - If your application is mission‑critical, consider a multi‑CDN or fail‑over strategy.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Cloudflare is a strong all-around CDN and security platform for organizations that want acceleration, DNS, DDoS mitigation, WAF, Zero Trust services, and edge computing features in one ecosystem” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Cloudflare: *The "All-in-One" Choice.* Excellent if you want a massive feature set ... Great developer experience, but enterprise pricing negotiations can sometimes feel rigid.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“the best default choice is usually Cloudflare because it combines broad CDN performance, strong built-in security, and a relatively accessible business tier” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Bunny.net

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“It's often recommended to avoid for systems where uptime and reliability are paramount” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“No-SLA/consumer tiers (Bunny.net, KeyCDN): Avoid for critical/production systems due to weaker guarantees.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Bunny.net, especially for critical systems” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“Bunny.net: A lightning-fast, budget-friendly, and modern CDN designed for startups, developers, and mid-market companies.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Cloudflare or Bunny CDN are excellent starting points, depending on whether you prefer a generous free tier” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Zero budget but need video / large files: Bunny.net Standard. $0.01/GB NA/EU, $1/mo minimum, no request fees.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.