Phare joins Bunny.net Hopstart
Phare joins Bunny.net’s Hopstart program and places 1st in the first cohort. Learn how Bunny.net helps power fast status pages, edge uptime monitoring, TLS management, and DDoS protection for Phare.
Phare has been selected to join Bunny.net’s Hopstart program, and placed 1st in the first cohort.
Hopstart is a new program from Bunny.net that supports early-stage companies building real products on top of their infrastructure. I’ve been a fan of the work they do at Bunny.net for quite some time now. They are a true European champion and have inspired Phare in many ways over the last three years.
As a solo founder, getting to work more closely with such a strong and thoughtful team feels especially meaningful.
A strong technical fit
Phare’s goal is simple: give you tools that are reliable and pleasant to use. Bunny.net turned out to be a very natural fit for that, especially on the reliability side.
Today, Bunny is already used to power key parts of Phare:
- Extremely fast status pages, served close to users worldwide
- TLS certificate management for custom status page domains
- Bunny Shield for bot and DDoS protection
- Magic Containers to run uptime monitoring directly at the edge
This setup makes it possible to deliver some of the fastest status pages on the market, along with exceptional 24/7 uptime monitoring, while giving me enough peace of mind to actually sleep at night.
A strong value fit
There’s a shared focus on fundamental values between Phare and Bunny. Bunny has built a reputation for insanely good support and is regularly recognised as one of the fastest CDNs in the world. Not through hype, but through an obsessive attention to making the basics work really, really well.
That product-first mindset, combined with a very European approach to building sustainable and reliable tools, resonates strongly with me and the way every new feature on Phare is built.
More than infrastructure
Hopstart also provides direct access to Bunny engineers and team members.
This is the part I’m most excited about. That time is incredibly valuable as a solo founder. It helps me make better technical decisions, move faster, and get feedback not only on infrastructure, but also on how Phare is built and marketed.
This marks a pretty strong start to 2026.