Find Your Best-Fit Platform
All tracked competitors across key metrics. For ranking only, custom or undisclosed starting prices use an assumed USD 500/mo. This is not a quoted price.
| Transloadit | 90% | 93 | 92 | USD 9/mo | Yes |
| Cloudinary | 71% | 77 | 72 | USD 99/mo | Yes |
| Kaltura | 47% | 42 | 38 | Custom or undisclosed * | No |
| ImageKit | 40% | 37 | 36 | USD 9/mo | Yes |
| Bitmovin | 37% | 31 | 27 | Custom or undisclosed * | No |
| Gumlet | 36% | 35 | 31 | USD 25/mo | Yes |
| Uploadcare | 35% | 29 | 29 | USD 79/mo | Yes |
| Filestack | 35% | 29 | 27 | USD 69/mo | Yes |
| Cloudflare Stream | 34% | 22 | 19 | USD 5/mo per 1K min stored | No |
| CloudConvert | 33% | 26 | 26 | USD 8/mo | Yes |
| Mux | 31% | 20 | 17 | USD 0/mo plus usage | Yes |
| Bytescale | 30% | 27 | 26 | USD 7/mo | No |
| ConvertAPI | 30% | 22 | 22 | USD 30/mo | Yes |
| Brightcove | 30% | 27 | 24 | Custom or undisclosed * | No |
| Bunny.net | 29% | 30 | 27 | USD 0.005/GB | Yes |
| Qencode | 29% | 28 | 24 | USD 0.005/min | Yes |
| AWS Elemental MediaConvert | 29% | 28 | 25 | USD 0.0075/min | No |
| Gotenberg | 28% | 10 | 10 | Free (open source) | Yes |
| Shotstack | 27% | 23 | 23 | USD 39/mo | Yes |
| Cloudflare Images | 27% | 13 | 12 | USD 5/100K images stored | Yes |
| Livepeer | 27% | 9 | 7 | USD 100/mo minimum | Yes |
| Imgix | 27% | 15 | 14 | USD 25/mo | No |
| Wistia | 26% | 17 | 16 | USD 79/mo | Yes |
| api.video | 25% | 18 | 16 | USD 0.00285/min | Yes |
| Coconut Video Transcoding | 25% | 15 | 14 | USD 0.0075/min (SD) | Yes |
| Telestream Cloud | 25% | 20 | 18 | Custom or undisclosed * | Yes |
| Fastly Image Optimizer | 24% | 14 | 13 | USD 0.50/10K requests | Yes |
| Ziggeo | 24% | 18 | 16 | USD 99/mo | No |
| Thumbor | 24% | 7 | 7 | Free (open source) | Yes |
| FastPix | 23% | 21 | 18 | USD 10/mo | Yes |
| Imaginary | 22% | 7 | 7 | Free (open source) | Yes |
| imgproxy | 22% | 12 | 12 | USD 49/mo (Pro) | Yes |
| UploadThing | 22% | 7 | 7 | USD 10/mo | Yes |
| IMG.LY | 22% | 9 | 9 | Custom or undisclosed * | No |
| Encoding.com | 21% | 21 | 19 | USD 199/mo | Yes |
| Cloudimage | 20% | 12 | 12 | EUR 49/month | No |
| Creatomate | 19% | 12 | 12 | USD 54/mo | Yes |
| Nutrient | 19% | 20 | 19 | USD 75/mo | Yes |
| Rendi | 19% | 16 | 16 | Custom or undisclosed * | Yes |
| Google Cloud Transcoder API | 19% | 16 | 15 | USD 0.005/min (audio-only) | No |
| Zencoder | 19% | 13 | 12 | USD 0.05/min | No |
| Sirv | 19% | 18 | 18 | USD 19/month | Yes |
| SVT Encore | 19% | 6 | 6 | Free (open source) | Yes |
| Akamai Image & Video Manager | 18% | 13 | 12 | Custom or undisclosed * | No |
| TwicPics | 18% | 10 | 9 | USD 19/month | Yes |
| Pixboost | 18% | 5 | 5 | Custom or undisclosed * | No |
| Kraken.io | 17% | 7 | 7 | USD 5/mo | Yes |
| Optimole | 16% | 9 | 8 | USD 19/mo | Yes |
| KeyCDN | 16% | 11 | 11 | USD 0.04/GB (USD 4/mo minimum) | No |
| S3Bubble | 15% | 10 | 8 | USD 0.001/view | No |
| Uploadjoy | 14% | 4 | 4 | Custom or undisclosed * | No |
| Weavy | 14% | 6 | 6 | USD 249/mo | Yes |
| Dolby.io | 13% | 4 | 1 | Custom or undisclosed * | No |
| Zamzar | 12% | 8 | 8 | USD 25/mo | Yes |
| shubox.io | 11% | 5 | 5 | Custom or undisclosed * | No |
| SYNQ | 10% | 8 | 8 | Custom or undisclosed * | No |
| LibPixel | 10% | 4 | 4 | USD 15/mo | Yes |
| Piio | 9% | 4 | 4 | Custom or undisclosed * | No |
| image4.io | 9% | 5 | 5 | Custom or undisclosed * | No |
| Framebase | 9% | 4 | 4 | Custom or undisclosed * | No |
| GridVid.me | 7% | 3 | 3 | Custom or undisclosed * | No |
| Scaleworks Inc | 4% | 0 | 0 | Custom or undisclosed * | No |
* Custom or undisclosed prices use an assumed USD 500/mo for sorting, not a quoted price.
The right choice depends on your needs
Choosing a file processing platform is usually a long-term decision with real switching cost. Every product listed here solves real problems, and we respect the teams behind them.
Transloadit has been running since 2009. We think our feature breadth, open-source upload stack, and reliability are meaningful advantages. Still, some projects should choose a different tool, and that is completely reasonable.
We keep this data under active review. If you spot something wrong or missing, please let us know or reply to this X post. We actively welcome feedback from competitors and users alike.
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