Cloudinary
Ana Phi Sancho
Jun 22, 2018
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CommentsWhat is Cloudinary?
Cloudinary is a cloud-based service that streamlines websites and mobile applications' entire image and video management needs - uploads, storage, administration, manipulations, and delivery.
Cloudinary is a tool in the Image Optimization category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Upload images to a cloud-based storageUpload video to cloud-based storageAutomatic backup and revision trackingMany image manipulation capabilities & effectsSmart resizing & face detection based thumbnailsHandling PDFs, sprites, watermarks, social profile picturesFast CDN delivery with advanced cachingAutomatic image optimizationPowerful dashboard, media library and reportsRESTful APIs, intuitive URL based transformationsImage metadata and semantic data extractionIntegration SDKs for web & mobile frameworksCustom domain (CNAME) supportAuthenticated URLsOn-the-fly Video transcodingOn-the-fly Video overlays
Cloudinary Pros & Cons
Pros of Cloudinary
- ✓Easy setup
- ✓Fast image delivery
- ✓Vast array of image manipulation capabilities
- ✓Free tier
- ✓Heroku add-on
- ✓Reduce development costs
- ✓Amazing support
- ✓Great libraries for all languages
- ✓Heroku plugin
- ✓Virtually limitless scale
Cons of Cloudinary
- ✗Paid plan is expensive
Cloudinary Alternatives & Comparisons
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