Cloudinary vs Data Dwell

Cloudinary is a media platform for managing images and video through APIs, from ingestion and storage to moderation, search, transformation and delivery. It also supports workflow automation and digital asset management through Cloudinary Assets, which uses AI agents to organize, find and moderate assets. Listed media tools include image and video transformations, video transcoding, adaptive streaming, CDN delivery, smart crop, intelligent optimization, AI vision, generative fill and restore, background replacement and image generation.

The Free plan is billed forever at free and includes three users, one account and 25 monthly credits. It also includes an upload widget, API, search and MCP server access. The stated limits are 20 MB per file and 225 GB of bandwidth. Plus is listed at $89 per month (yearly) or $99 per month (monthly); Advanced is $224 per month (yearly) or $249 per month (monthly). Enterprise pricing is custom. Platforms are API, extension and web.

Data Dwell is a web-based digital asset management service for storing, organizing and sharing files. It supports images, video, documents, audio and other file types, with metadata and tagging, AI-powered contextual and conversational search, visual search and document search. Teams can manage approvals and file versions, track asset activity, and share material through portals, URLs, QR codes, public links or transfer links. Security and administration features include role-based permissions, access-controlled folders, audit information, custom groups and advanced admin controls. The free plan includes 3 users, 3GB storage, 5 portals and 100 downloads, with no stated time limit. Starter costs $89 per month and includes 250GB storage, unlimited users, 10 portals and 500 downloads. Pro costs $165 per month and includes 500GB, unlimited users and portals, and 1,000 downloads. Extra storage costs $2 per 10GB bundle; extra downloads cost $50 per 1000 bundle. Enterprise pricing is tailored and requires contacting the provider. Data Dwell describes the service as web-based but does not list specific operating systems or mobile apps.