Market Analysis

# Compare Transloadit vs. Competitors

This page is our best effort at a fair, source-backed comparison of file processing and media APIs. In this dataset, Transloadit currently offers **93** of 101 features tracked below.

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## 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.

|Company|Overall Score ↓|Features|Shared|Source code|Starting Price|Free Tier|SDKs|Formats|GitHub Stars|npm / wk|
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|Transloadit|90%|93|92||USD 9/mo|Yes|9|688|41.5K41,473|9.7M9,660,000 weekly downloads|
|[Cloudinary](/compare/cloudinary.md)|71%|77|72||USD 99/mo|Yes|10|58|2.8K2,800|621K621,000 weekly downloads|
|[Kaltura](/compare/kaltura/)|47%|42|38||Custom or undisclosed \*|No|7|24|530530|500500 weekly downloads|
|[ImageKit](/compare/imagekit/)|40%|37|36||USD 9/mo|Yes|7|18|1.2K1,200|35K35,000 weekly downloads|
|[Bitmovin](/compare/bitmovin/)|37%|31|27||Custom or undisclosed \*|No|6|21|1.9K1,854|30.3K30,256 weekly downloads|
|[Gumlet](/compare/gumlet/)|36%|35|31||USD 25/mo|Yes|5|24|1.2K1,200|1.8K1,800 weekly downloads|
|[Uploadcare](/compare/uploadcare.md)|35%|29|29||USD 79/mo|Yes|9|76|720720|85K85,000 weekly downloads|
|[Filestack](/compare/filestack.md)|35%|29|27||USD 69/mo|Yes|7|35|860860|94K94,000 weekly downloads|
|[Cloudflare Stream](/compare/cloudflare-stream/)|34%|22|19||USD 5/mo per 1K min stored|No|3|14|50K50,000|4.3M4,281,120 weekly downloads|
|[CloudConvert](/compare/cloudconvert/)|33%|26|26||USD 8/mo|Yes|6|108|900900|44K44,000 weekly downloads|
|[Mux](/compare/mux.md)|31%|20|17||USD 0/mo plus usage|Yes|10|11|5.6K5,600|1.9M1,880,000 weekly downloads|
|[Bytescale](/compare/bytescale/)|30%|27|26||USD 7/mo|No|1|22|316316|21K21,000 weekly downloads|
|[ConvertAPI](/compare/convertapi/)|30%|22|22||USD 30/mo|Yes|7|88|280280|61.5K61,500 weekly downloads|
|[Brightcove](/compare/brightcove/)|30%|27|24||Custom or undisclosed \*|No|6|15|500500|Not available|
|[Bunny.net](/compare/bunny-net/)|29%|30|27||USD 0.005/GB|Yes|6|22|300300|Not available|
|[Qencode](/compare/qencode/)|29%|28|24||USD 0.005/min|Yes|5|43|5555|637637 weekly downloads|
|[AWS Elemental MediaConvert](/compare/aws-elemental-mediaconvert/)|29%|28|25||USD 0.0075/min|No|8|28|Not available|155K155,000 weekly downloads|
|[Gotenberg](/compare/gotenberg/)|28%|10|10||Free (open source)|Yes|9|131|11.2K11,200|8.5K8,539 weekly downloads|
|[Shotstack](/compare/shotstack/)|27%|23|23||USD 39/mo|Yes|4|16|300300|1K1,000 weekly downloads|
|[Cloudflare Images](/compare/cloudflare-images/)|27%|13|12||USD 5/100K images stored|Yes|3|7|50K50,000|4.3M4,281,120 weekly downloads|
|[Livepeer](/compare/livepeer/)|27%|9|7||USD 100/mo minimum|Yes|3|7|2K2,000|5K5,000 weekly downloads|
|[Imgix](/compare/imgix.md)|27%|15|14||USD 25/mo|No|8|16|2K2,000|127K127,000 weekly downloads|
|[Wistia](/compare/wistia/)|26%|17|16||USD 79/mo|Yes|2|35|100100|56K56,000 weekly downloads|
|[api.video](/compare/api-video/)|25%|18|16||USD 0.00285/min|Yes|8|4|2.2K2,151|4.7K4,650 weekly downloads|
|[Coconut Video Transcoding](/compare/coconut-video-transcoding/)|25%|15|14||USD 0.0075/min (SD)|Yes|5|12|250250|3.6K3,612 weekly downloads|
|[Telestream Cloud](/compare/telestream-cloud/)|25%|20|18||Custom or undisclosed \*|Yes|5|33|5050|Not available|
|[Fastly Image Optimizer](/compare/fastly-image-optimizer/)|24%|14|13||USD 0.50/10K requests|Yes|3|10|13K13,000|5K5,000 weekly downloads|
|[Ziggeo](/compare/ziggeo/)|24%|18|16||USD 99/mo|No|6|9|100100|1.9K1,900 weekly downloads|
|[Thumbor](/compare/thumbor/)|24%|7|7||Free (open source)|Yes|7|6|10.5K10,500|Not available|
|[FastPix](/compare/fastpix/)|23%|21|18||USD 10/mo|Yes|7|21|5050|500500 weekly downloads|
|[Imaginary](/compare/imaginary/)|22%|7|7||Free (open source)|Yes|1|8|6K6,000|Not available|
|[imgproxy](/compare/imgproxy/)|22%|12|12||USD 49/mo (Pro)|Yes|3|14|10.4K10,400|Not available|
|[UploadThing](/compare/uploadthing/)|22%|7|7||USD 10/mo|Yes|1|0|4.5K4,500|70K70,000 weekly downloads|
|[IMG.LY](/compare/img-ly/)|22%|9|9||Custom or undisclosed \*|No|3|7|6.9K6,900|29K29,000 weekly downloads|
|[Encoding.com](/compare/encoding-com/)|21%|21|19||USD 199/mo|Yes|5|28|Not available|Not available|
|[Cloudimage](/compare/cloudimage/)|20%|12|12||EUR 49/month|No|5|16|500500|1.1K1,069 weekly downloads|
|[Creatomate](/compare/creatomate/)|19%|12|12||USD 54/mo|Yes|4|4|160160|10.6K10,626 weekly downloads|
|[Nutrient](/compare/nutrient.md)|19%|20|19||USD 75/mo|Yes|2|21|Not available|Not available|
|[Rendi](/compare/rendi/)|19%|16|16||Custom or undisclosed \*|Yes|0|14|1K1,014|Not available|
|[Google Cloud Transcoder API](/compare/google-cloud-transcoder-api/)|19%|16|15||USD 0.005/min (audio-only)|No|8|46|Not available|25K25,000 weekly downloads|
|[Zencoder](/compare/zencoder/)|19%|13|12||USD 0.05/min|No|7|15|600600|Not available|
|[Sirv](/compare/sirv/)|19%|18|18||USD 19/month|Yes|8|46|2020|Not available|
|[SVT Encore](/compare/svt-encore/)|19%|6|6||Free (open source)|Yes|0|4|313313|Not available|
|[Akamai Image & Video Manager](/compare/akamai-image-video-manager/)|18%|13|12||Custom or undisclosed \*|No|5|13|2K2,000|Not available|
|[TwicPics](/compare/twicpics/)|18%|10|9||USD 19/month|Yes|10|9|300300|10K10,000 weekly downloads|
|[Pixboost](/compare/pixboost/)|18%|5|5||Custom or undisclosed \*|No|0|6|330330|248248 weekly downloads|
|[Kraken.io](/compare/kraken-io/)|17%|7|7||USD 5/mo|Yes|7|8|326326|394394 weekly downloads|
|[Optimole](/compare/optimole/)|16%|9|8||USD 19/mo|Yes|1|6|6565|Not available|
|[KeyCDN](/compare/keycdn/)|16%|11|11||USD 0.04/GB (USD 4/mo minimum)|No|4|4|273273|1111 weekly downloads|
|[S3Bubble](/compare/s3bubble/)|15%|10|8||USD 0.001/view|No|1|2|1717|2424 weekly downloads|
|[Uploadjoy](/compare/uploadjoy/)|14%|4|4||Custom or undisclosed \*|No|0|0|1212|11 weekly download|
|[Weavy](/compare/weavy/)|14%|6|6||USD 249/mo|Yes|5|0|5050|500500 weekly downloads|
|[Dolby.io](/compare/dolby-io/)|13%|4|1||Custom or undisclosed \*|No|4|7|200200|500500 weekly downloads|
|[Zamzar](/compare/zamzar/)|12%|8|8||USD 25/mo|Yes|3|111|Not available|Not available|
|[shubox.io](/compare/shubox-io/)|11%|5|5||Custom or undisclosed \*|No|0|7|99|3535 weekly downloads|
|[SYNQ](/compare/synq/)|10%|8|8||Custom or undisclosed \*|No|0|3|00|Not available|
|[LibPixel](/compare/libpixel/)|10%|4|4||USD 15/mo|Yes|4|3|3131|22 weekly downloads|
|[Piio](/compare/piio/)|9%|4|4||Custom or undisclosed \*|No|0|2|1010|55 weekly downloads|
|[image4.io](/compare/image4-io/)|9%|5|5||Custom or undisclosed \*|No|1|4|1010|22 weekly downloads|
|[Framebase](/compare/framebase/)|9%|4|4||Custom or undisclosed \*|No|0|10|44|Not available|
|[GridVid.me](/compare/gridvid-me/)|7%|3|3||Custom or undisclosed \*|No|0|0|Not available|Not available|
|[Scaleworks Inc](/compare/scaleworks-inc/)|4%|0|0||Custom or undisclosed \*|No|0|0|11|Not available|

\* Custom or undisclosed prices use an assumed USD 500/mo for sorting, not a quoted price.

Decision Guide

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## 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](mailto:support@transloadit.com) or reply to [this X post⁠](https://x.com/transloadit/status/2034282255741243682). We actively welcome feedback from competitors and users alike.

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