Open Source Cloudinary AlternativesCDNs and other similar apps like Cloudinary

The best open source alternative to Cloudinary is Upload. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Caravaggio or imgpush. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Cloudinary and six of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Cloudinary are Pixboost, Blitline and Mighty Image.

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Cloudinary alternatives are mainly CDNs but may also be Image Hosting Services or Image Converters.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Cloudinary.
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Cloudinary alternatives page was last updated May 24, 2023
  1. Upload icon
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    Upload simplifies file uploading for websites and apps.

    10 Upload alternatives
    Upload Dashboard (Screenshot #1)

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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • React
    • JavaScript
    • AngularJS
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Wordpress
    • Vue.js
    • jQuery

    Upload Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Image Processing
    3.  File Hosting
    4.  Image CDN
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    Upload VS Cloudinary

    Is Upload a good alternative to Cloudinary?
     
    Comments about Upload as an Alternative to Cloudinary
     
    Sameer Bushell

    Upload is very modern by comparison. Cloudinary has more features for video encoding, but Upload has more developer / power-user features, e.g. for limiting upload rate and traffic.

    Positive commentJun 1, 2022
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    Yves Stephan

    We've been using Cloudinary for some time. It's fine, but it feels a bit dated (as the other comments have said). We looked around for alternatives last month: came across Filestack and Upload. Filestack was similar to Cloudinary. Upload looked nice and fresh. We've stuck with it for the last few weeks, no complaints yet. Biggest pro for us is the very quick customer support: Upload created a Slack channel for us, and helped with all the integration into our site's iOS app.

    Positive commentJun 5, 2022
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    • Upload is the most popular Open Source & commercial alternative to Cloudinary.

    • Upload is Paid and Open SourceCloudinary is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Caravaggio icon
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    Caravaggio is an opensource image proxy. Designed to be fast and to run on lambda. Transform and apply effects to images while Caravaggio takes care of caching it.

    10 Caravaggio alternatives
    Caravaggio screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Caravaggio Features

    1.  Image Processing
    Caravaggio iconCloudinary Icon

    Caravaggio VS Cloudinary

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  3. imgpush icon
     1 like

    Minimalist Self-hosted Image Service for user submitted images in your app - hauxir/imgpush

    12 imgpush alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    imgpush Features

    1.  Image Sharing
    2.  Image Processing
    imgpush iconCloudinary Icon

    imgpush VS Cloudinary

    Is imgpush a good alternative to Cloudinary?
     
    • imgpush is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Cloudinary.

    • imgpush is Free and Open SourceCloudinary is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. Pixboost icon
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    Pixboost is a fast media manipulation and optimization service that will boost performance of a website in seconds. Ideal for solutions that need to transform big volume of images.

    6 Pixboost alternatives
    Pixboost screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Online

    Pixboost Features

    1.  Cloud based
    2.  Optimization
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    Pixboost VS Cloudinary

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  5. Blitline icon
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    Blitline is the most affordable SaaS solution for software and media companies that have a content or digital asset management system and need secure image and media processing at scale for their applications, platforms, and websites.

    24 Blitline alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Blitline Features

    1.  Image Processing
    2.  Image resizing
    3.  Advanced Image Processing
    4.  Support for GitHub API
    5.  Convert images to PDF
    Blitline iconCloudinary Icon

    Blitline VS Cloudinary

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  6. Mighty Image icon
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    With Mighty Image you can supercharge your images by applying transformations and optimisations on demand.

    11 Mighty Image alternatives
    Example how it works

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Online

    Mighty Image Features

    1.  Image CDN
    Mighty Image iconCloudinary Icon

    Mighty Image VS Cloudinary

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