Last updated: September 18, 2024
# Introducing Transloadit's forever-free Community Plan
**Kevin van Zonneveld**
Co-founder · Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Show bio
[](https://x.com/kvz)[](https://github.com/kvz)
Having gained some experience in delivering a free service through the[GitHub Student Developer Pack](/blog/2019/08/transloadit-in-the-github-student-developer-pack.md) and the [Github Teacher Toolbox](/blog/2020/04/transloadit-in-the-github-teacher-toolbox.md), Transloadit was highly requested to extend a similar deal to more developers. We think this is a great idea and we couldn't be happier to announce we will be doing just that with our[new Community Plan](/pricing.md).
We are now opening our doors further and are inviting even more people to use Transloadit in their projects, **free** of charge.
We hope to put Transloadit into the hands of more non-profits, small-profits, hobbyists, tinkerers, and learners.
Our [Community Plan](/pricing.md) includes:
* ✅ Unlimited uploading & importing
* ✅ Unlimited exporting (if you add an encoding Step)
* ✅ 5GB of encoding data per month
* ✅ 1 collaboration seat
* ✅ Access to 50 different file conversion features (excluding [AI Robots](/services/artificial-intelligence.md))
and it is now \*free for all users, **forever**\*. With the new plan, you'll be able to:
* [Encode a video, extract 8 thumbnails and store everything in an S3 bucket](/demos/file-exporting/store-encoding-and-thumbnails-on-s3.md)
* [Import an entire folder of files from an SFTP Server](/demos/document-processing/convert-all-pages-of-a-document-into-an-animated-gif.md)
* [Encode video for Android and Apple preserving the original quality](/demos/video-encoding/encode-for-android-same-quality.md)
* [Surround a video with a frame using a watermark](/demos/video-encoding/watermarking.md)
* [Convert all pages of a document into an animated GIF](/demos/document-processing/convert-all-pages-of-a-document-into-an-animated-gif.md)
* [Take a screenshot of a website](/demos/document-processing/take-screenshots-of-websites.md)
And so much more. This makes Transloadit a viable choice to power media processing for your web/app, cli tool, backend service, Zapier Zaps, or small [#nocode](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoCode)product like this [2h YouTube clone](/blog/2018/12/2h-youtube-clone.md). For other examples of how you could be making use of our service, check out the full list of our [demos](/demos.md),[services](/services.md), [integrations](/docs/sdks.md), and [walkthroughs](/blog/tags/walkthrough.md).
Community Plan users will be able to get support from the[Transloadit forum](https://community.transloadit.com) — both from developers using Transloadit for their own products, and from developers within Transloadit.
## How do I sign up?
Starting today, all of the new accounts created will automatically be put on the[Community Plan](/pricing.md). If you are new to Transloadit, sign up [here](/c/signup/).
If you already have an account and are on the (now legacy) Sandbox plan with an overall 2 GB encoding allowance, you can [upgrade](/c/billing/change-plan/) to the Community Plan today.
[#pricing](/blog/tags/pricing.md)[#discounts](/blog/tags/discounts.md)[#company](/blog/tags/company.md)[#community](/blog/tags/community.md)
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