Cloudinary vs Filestack
Cloudinary
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| Figure | Cloudinary | Filestack |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $69/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 5 |
| Spec score · Image CDN services | 8.9 (#4) | 9.1 (#2) |
| AI capabilities | Cloudinary lists smart crop, intelligent optimization, AI vision, generative fill, generative restore, background replacement, and image generation. | Its AI features include virus detection, OCR, object detection, and image and video SFW classification. |
| Compliance | Cloudinary’s Trust page identifies SOC 2 Type II certification and GDPR controls. | Filestack states that it is GDPR and Privacy Shield compliant. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Paid from | 89 | 69 |
| Support | The Free plan includes support through forums, tickets, and email, while Plus lists expedited support. | The Free plan provides community support, paid Start, Grow, and Scale plans include standard support, and platinum support is an add-on for paid plans. |
Plans
Cloudinary
- FreeFree
- PlusPrice not published
- Advanced$224 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Filestack
- FreeFree
- Start$69 a month
- Grow$199 a month
- Scale$379 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Cloudinary
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.