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  5. Filestack vs jQuery File Upload

Filestack vs jQuery File Upload

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Overview

Filestack
Filestack
Stacks85
Followers114
Votes4
jQuery File Upload
jQuery File Upload
Stacks5
Followers5
Votes0
GitHub Stars30.9K
Forks7.9K

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Detailed Comparison

Filestack
Filestack
jQuery File Upload
jQuery File Upload

Filepicker helps developers connect to their users' content. Connect, Store, and Process any file from anywhere on the Internet.

It is a File Upload widget with multiple file selection, drag&drop support, progress bar, validation and preview images, audio and video for jQuery. Supports cross-domain, chunked and resumable file uploads. Works with any server-side platform (Google App Engine, PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, Java, etc.) that supports standard HTML form file uploads.

Connect your app to everything from Dropbox to Gmail in just 2 lines of code and let Filepicker.io handle the mess of uploading files - we give you a clean, short URL that is easy to store and read from.;Your files are stored in your existing S3 bucket. We handle all the complicated javascript and backend APIs to give you a clean and elegant way of saving files directly to your S3 bucket.;To make it even easier to work with user content, we enable image post-processing. This way, regardless of what type of file a user uploads from the Cloud or their local device, you can be sure it's in exactly the right size. To convert an image, take the filepicker url and append /convert, along with query parameters specifying what you want to change.;Pick Widget (supports Box, Computer, Dropbox, Evernote, Facebook, Flickr, FTP, GitHub, Google Drive, Skydrive, Picasa, Gmail, Instagram);Drag-Drop Widget;Export Widget;Drag-Drop Pane;Custom Logo and CSS;Multiple Administrators;Insights and Analytics;99.9% Uptime;Email and Phone Support
Allows to select multiple files at once and upload them simultaneously Allows to upload files by dragging them from your desktop or file manager and dropping them on your browser window; Shows a progress bar indicating the upload progress for individual files and for all uploads combined; Individual file uploads can be canceled to stop the upload progress
Statistics
GitHub Stars
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GitHub Stars
30.9K
GitHub Forks
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GitHub Forks
7.9K
Stacks
85
Stacks
5
Followers
114
Followers
5
Votes
4
Votes
0
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 4
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Cons
  • 1
    Slow support
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Integrations
Evernote
Evernote
Facebook
Facebook
OneDrive
OneDrive
Box
Box
GitHub
GitHub
Google Drive
Google Drive
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon CloudFront
Dropbox
Dropbox
No integrations available

What are some alternatives to Filestack, jQuery File Upload?

Uploadcare

Uploadcare

Uploadcare is file management platform and a CDN for user-generated content. It is a robust file API for uploading, managing, processing, rendering, optimizing, and delivering users’ content.

Transloadit

Transloadit

Transloadit handles file uploading & file processing for your websites and mobile apps. We can process video, audio, images and documents.

Bytescale

Bytescale

Bytescale is the best way to serve images, videos, and audio for web apps. Includes: Fast CDN, Storage, and Media Processing APIs.

Uppy

Uppy

Uppy is a sleek modular file uploader for web browsers. Add it to your app with one line of code, or build a custom version with just the plugins you need via Webpack/Browserify. 100% open source, backed by a company (Transloadit).

CarrierWave

CarrierWave

This gem provides a simple and extremely flexible way to upload files from Ruby applications. It works well with Rack based web applications, such as Ruby on Rails.

Paperclip

Paperclip

It is intended as an easy file attachment library for ActiveRecord. The intent behind it was to keep setup as easy as possible and to treat files as much like other attributes as possible.

FilePond

FilePond

A JavaScript library that can upload anything you throw at it, optimizes images for faster uploads and offers a great, accessible, silky smooth user experience.

Shrine

Shrine

Shrine implements a plugin system analogous to Roda’s and Sequel’s. Shrine ships with over 25 plugins, which together provide a great arsenal of features. Where CarrierWave and other file upload libraries favor complex class-level DSLs, Shrine favours simple instance-level interface.

tus.io

tus.io

Open protocol for resumable file uploads

CameraTag

CameraTag

With one line of code you can easily start collecting videos for applications ranging from video-comments to talent competitions, political action, virtual interviews, talent scouting and more.<br>

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