Find Your Best-Fit Platform
All tracked competitors across key metrics. Custom or undisclosed starting prices use a conservative USD 500/mo floor estimate.
| Transloadit | 90% | 93 | 92 | USD 9/mo | Yes |
| Cloudinary | 71% | 77 | 71 | USD 89/mo | Yes |
| Kaltura | 47% | 42 | 38 | At least USD 500/mo * | No |
| ImageKit | 40% | 37 | 36 | USD 89/mo | Yes |
| Bitmovin | 37% | 31 | 26 | At least USD 500/mo * | No |
| Gumlet | 36% | 35 | 31 | USD 25/mo | Yes |
| Uploadcare | 35% | 29 | 29 | USD 79/mo | Yes |
| Filestack | 35% | 29 | 27 | USD 69/mo | No |
| Cloudflare Stream | 34% | 22 | 20 | USD 5/mo per 1K min stored | No |
| CloudConvert | 33% | 26 | 26 | USD 8/mo | Yes |
| Mux | 31% | 20 | 16 | USD 20/mo | Yes |
| Bytescale | 30% | 27 | 26 | USD 7/mo | No |
| ConvertAPI | 30% | 22 | 22 | USD 30/mo | Yes |
| Brightcove | 30% | 27 | 24 | At least USD 500/mo * | 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 | 13 | USD 5/100K images stored | Yes |
| Livepeer | 27% | 9 | 7 | USD 100/mo minimum | Yes |
| Imgix | 27% | 15 | 14 | USD 75/mo | Yes |
| 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 | At least USD 500/mo * | Yes |
| Fastly Image Optimizer | 24% | 14 | 14 | USD 0.50/10K requests | Yes |
| Ziggeo | 24% | 18 | 17 | 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 | At least USD 500/mo * | 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 | At least USD 500/mo * | 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 | 13 | At least USD 500/mo * | No |
| TwicPics | 18% | 10 | 9 | USD 19/month | Yes |
| Pixboost | 18% | 5 | 5 | At least USD 500/mo * | 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 | At least USD 500/mo * | No |
| Weavy | 14% | 6 | 6 | USD 249/mo | Yes |
| Dolby.io | 13% | 4 | 1 | At least USD 500/mo * | No |
| Zamzar | 12% | 8 | 8 | USD 25/mo | Yes |
| shubox.io | 11% | 5 | 5 | At least USD 500/mo * | No |
| SYNQ | 10% | 8 | 8 | At least USD 500/mo * | No |
| LibPixel | 10% | 4 | 4 | USD 15/mo | Yes |
| Piio | 9% | 4 | 4 | At least USD 500/mo * | No |
| image4.io | 9% | 5 | 5 | At least USD 500/mo * | No |
| Framebase | 9% | 4 | 4 | At least USD 500/mo * | No |
| GridVid.me | 7% | 3 | 3 | At least USD 500/mo * | No |
| Scaleworks Inc | 4% | 0 | 0 | At least USD 500/mo * | No |
* Custom or undisclosed starting prices are normalized to a USD 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.