What is Bunny Database?

Bunny Database is a serverless SQLite-compatible database service built on bunny.net’s global network. It lets you create databases that spin down when idle, so you only pay for storage during inactive periods. You start with a single region and add more as your user base grows—without rearchitecting your application. The service supports familiar libSQL SDKs for TypeScript/JavaScript, Go, Rust, and .NET, plus direct HTTP access for any other client.

Who it's for

• Startup developers who need a simple, cost-effective database that scales with their user base without upfront complexity.
• Global app builders who want low latency for users outside major cloud regions like us-east-1 or eu-central-1.
• Read-heavy workload teams managing catalogs, metadata, user profiles, or app configuration that benefits from distributed read replicas.

Key features

SQLite compatibility with global reach

Bunny Database runs a SQLite-compatible engine on bunny.net’s fast network. You get the simplicity of SQLite with the ability to serve reads from any of 41 regions worldwide, cutting latency for far-away users by up to 99%.

Pay-as-you-go pricing with idle spin-down

When your database is idle, it only incurs storage costs—no compute charges. Reads cost $0.30 per billion rows, writes $0.30 per million rows, and storage is $0.10 per GB per active region per month. During public preview, the service is free.

Multi-region without rearchitecture

Start with one region and add more later as your user base expands. No code changes or database migrations are needed—just select additional regions from the dashboard and Bunny Database handles replication automatically.

SDKs and HTTP access

Connect using official libSQL SDKs for TS/JS, Go, Rust, and .NET, or use HTTP for any other language. Access tokens work as environment variables, with shortcuts for scripts and Magic Containers apps.

What stands out

“When idle, Bunny Database only incurs storage costs, so you only pay for what you use — at a fair price.”

This idle spin-down model is rare among managed database services. Most charge for compute even when nothing is happening, but Bunny Database treats inactivity as a cost-saving feature rather than a limitation. Combined with the ability to add regions without rearchitecting, it makes global read distribution practical for teams that don’t want to over-engineer their database setup.

Worth checking out if…

You’re building a read-heavy application that needs low latency across multiple geographic regions, but you don’t want the complexity or cost of a traditional distributed database. Bunny Database is especially useful for catalogs, metadata filtering, user profiles, and app configuration—workloads where SQLite’s simplicity shines and global read replicas make a real performance difference.