imgix vs jsDelivr

imgix is a visual media platform for image and video workflows, available through web and API. Connect an asset location, such as Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, or a web folder, and serve media through its Rendering API. URL parameters expose more than 150 image transformations, including cropping, masking, color adjustments, text overlays, and responsive resizing; images are automatically optimized and AVIF is supported. AI tools can upscale images, remove or replace backgrounds, remove objects, generate fills, create alt text, and add image tags. Video support includes adaptive HLS or DASH streaming from 360p up to 4K, capped by the source, and a stated limit of 30 minutes per video. Captions can be generated from video audio and translated into more than 100 languages. Pricing uses credits for media management, delivery, and transformations. Starter costs $25 a month and includes 100 credits per month; the free trial requires no credit card. There is no free plan.

jsDelivr is a free CDN for open-source files from GitHub and npm. It delivers JavaScript, ESM and other web formats through web and API platforms, with 540 edge locations. The Free CDN plan costs nothing and has no bandwidth limits or premium features. Its multi-CDN network uses Cloudflare, Fastly, Bunny, GCore and custom servers where coverage is limited. Load balancing uses recent performance and availability data, while two DNS providers, health monitoring and multiple origin data centers provide failover. Package tools include on-demand file combining and minification, source maps and version aliases. The API exposes package versions, tags, files, entry-point suggestions, download statistics and network-wide usage statistics. ESM delivery supports modern browsers, Node.js and Deno, with HTTP/3, Brotli compression, caching and dependency preloading. The project links Terms of Use and a Privacy Policy.