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One team that moved to hickory dns

1 team moved to hickory dns. It left AWS. The typical team cut 80% of its bill. Each team's old bill, running cost and net saving.

$4 net saved per month
80%of the bill cut

What they left for hickory dns

Left AWS1 team · $4/mo saved · cut 80% of the bill

Team and what they builtSinceOld billRunning costNet savedBill cut
Vincent BernatBunny CDN and DNS with self-hosted Hickory DNS · Bunny

Vincent Bernat replaced CloudFront and Route 53 with Bunny and self-hosted Hickory DNS, reporting a reduction from about $5 to $1/month for this service scope. Seven web-hosting VMs remain outside this comparison.

Oct 2026$5/mo$1/mo$4/mo80%