Cloudinary vs Google Media CDN
Cloudinary
cloudinary.com
Google Media CDN
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| Figure | Cloudinary | Google Media CDN |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · CDN services | 8.7 (#4) | 6.7 (#34) |
| Spec score · CDN Software | 8.5 (#4) | 7.0 (#27) |
| Compliance | Cloudinary’s Trust page identifies SOC 2 Type II certification and GDPR controls. | The feature comparison lists PCI-DSS, SOC 1/2/3, and ISO 27001, 27017, 27018, and 27701 for Media CDN; it does not list HIPAA or FedRAMP for the product. |
| Integrations | The integrations directory lists connections including Contentful, AWS, Google Cloud, Shopify, Figma, WordPress, and Zapier. | It integrates with Google Cloud external Application Load Balancers, Cloud Logging, and Cloud Monitoring. |
| Security | Cloudinary says it supports access controls, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and least-privilege access, and conducts third-party penetration tests at least annually. | Cloud Armor policies can allow or deny traffic by IP address, geography, layer 7 filters, and Autonomous System Number. |
Plans
Cloudinary
- FreeFree
- PlusPrice not published
- Advanced$224 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.
Google Media CDN
Google Media CDN has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.