Find Your Best-Fit Platform
All tracked competitors across key metrics. Custom or undisclosed starting prices use a conservative $500/mo floor estimate.
| Transloadit | 90% | 93 | 92 | $9/mo | Yes |
| Cloudinary | 71% | 77 | 71 | $89/mo | Yes |
| Kaltura | 47% | 42 | 38 | $500+/mo * | No |
| ImageKit | 40% | 37 | 36 | $89/mo | Yes |
| Bitmovin | 37% | 31 | 26 | $500+/mo * | No |
| Gumlet | 36% | 35 | 31 | $25/mo | Yes |
| Uploadcare | 35% | 29 | 29 | $79/mo | Yes |
| Filestack | 35% | 29 | 27 | $69/mo | No |
| Cloudflare Stream | 34% | 22 | 20 | $5/mo per 1K min stored | No |
| CloudConvert | 33% | 26 | 26 | $8/mo | Yes |
| Mux | 31% | 20 | 16 | $20/mo | Yes |
| Bytescale | 30% | 27 | 26 | $7/mo | No |
| ConvertAPI | 30% | 22 | 22 | $30/mo | Yes |
| Brightcove | 30% | 27 | 24 | $500+/mo * | No |
| Bunny.net | 29% | 30 | 27 | $0.005/GB | Yes |
| Qencode | 29% | 28 | 24 | $0.005/min | Yes |
| AWS Elemental MediaConvert | 29% | 28 | 25 | $0.0075/min | No |
| Gotenberg | 28% | 10 | 10 | $500+/mo * | Yes |
| Shotstack | 27% | 23 | 23 | $39/mo | Yes |
| Cloudflare Images | 27% | 13 | 13 | $5/100K images stored | Yes |
| Livepeer | 27% | 9 | 7 | $100/mo minimum | Yes |
| Imgix | 27% | 15 | 14 | $75/mo | Yes |
| Wistia | 26% | 17 | 16 | $79/mo | Yes |
| api.video | 25% | 18 | 16 | $0.00285/min | Yes |
| Coconut Video Transcoding | 25% | 15 | 14 | $0.0075/min (SD) | Yes |
| Telestream Cloud | 25% | 20 | 18 | $500+/mo * | Yes |
| Fastly Image Optimizer | 24% | 14 | 14 | $0.50/10K requests | Yes |
| Ziggeo | 24% | 18 | 17 | $99/mo | No |
| Thumbor | 24% | 7 | 7 | $500+/mo * | Yes |
| FastPix | 23% | 21 | 18 | $10/mo | Yes |
| Imaginary | 22% | 7 | 7 | $500+/mo * | Yes |
| imgproxy | 22% | 12 | 12 | $49/mo (Pro) | Yes |
| UploadThing | 22% | 7 | 7 | $10/mo | Yes |
| IMG.LY | 22% | 9 | 9 | $500+/mo * | No |
| Encoding.com | 21% | 21 | 19 | $199/mo | Yes |
| Cloudimage | 20% | 12 | 12 | €49/month | No |
| Creatomate | 19% | 12 | 12 | $54/mo | Yes |
| Nutrient | 19% | 20 | 19 | $75/mo | Yes |
| Rendi | 19% | 16 | 16 | $500+/mo * | Yes |
| Google Cloud Transcoder API | 19% | 16 | 15 | $0.005/min (audio-only) | No |
| Zencoder | 19% | 13 | 12 | $0.05/min | No |
| Sirv | 19% | 18 | 18 | $19/month | Yes |
| SVT Encore | 19% | 6 | 6 | $500+/mo * | Yes |
| Akamai Image & Video Manager | 18% | 13 | 13 | $500+/mo * | No |
| TwicPics | 18% | 10 | 9 | $19/month | Yes |
| Pixboost | 18% | 5 | 5 | $500+/mo * | No |
| Kraken.io | 17% | 7 | 7 | $5/mo | Yes |
| Optimole | 16% | 9 | 8 | $19/mo | Yes |
| KeyCDN | 16% | 11 | 11 | $0.04/GB ($4/mo minimum) | No |
| S3Bubble | 15% | 10 | 8 | $0.001/view | No |
| Uploadjoy | 14% | 4 | 4 | $500+/mo * | No |
| Weavy | 14% | 6 | 6 | $249/mo | Yes |
| Dolby.io | 13% | 4 | 1 | $500+/mo * | No |
| Zamzar | 12% | 8 | 8 | $25/mo | Yes |
| shubox.io | 11% | 5 | 5 | $500+/mo * | No |
| SYNQ | 10% | 8 | 8 | $500+/mo * | No |
| LibPixel | 10% | 4 | 4 | $15/mo | Yes |
| Piio | 9% | 4 | 4 | $500+/mo * | No |
| image4.io | 9% | 5 | 5 | $500+/mo * | No |
| Framebase | 9% | 4 | 4 | $500+/mo * | No |
| GridVid.me | 7% | 3 | 3 | $500+/mo * | No |
| Scaleworks Inc | 4% | 0 | 0 | $500+/mo * | No |
* Custom or undisclosed starting prices are normalized to a $500/mo floor estimate for sorting.
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.