Cloudinary vs ImageKit
Cloudinary
cloudinary.com
ImageKit
imagekit.ioSide by side
| Figure | Cloudinary | ImageKit |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $9/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 4 |
| Spec score · Digital Asset Management Software | 8.7 (#13) | 8.4 (#27) |
| Spec score · CDN services | 8.7 (#4) | 8.7 (#5) |
| Spec score · CDN Software | 8.5 (#4) | 8.4 (#7) |
| Spec score · Image CDN services | 8.9 (#4) | 9.0 (#3) |
| Spec score · Web Accelerator Software | 8.4 (#4) | 8.4 (#5) |
| API access | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2012 | 2017 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Paid from | 89 | 9 |
| Storage limit | 225 | 10 |
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.