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imgix vs scikit-image: What are the differences?

imgix: Real-time image resizing service and CDN. imgix is a real-time image processing service and CDN. Resize, crop, and edit images simply by changing their URLs; scikit-image: Image processing in Python. scikit-image is a collection of algorithms for image processing.

imgix and scikit-image can be primarily classified as "Image Processing and Management" tools.

Some of the features offered by imgix are:

  • Process Images - Resize, crop, and composite multiple images simply by changing their URLs.
  • Optimize Images - Change output formats, device-pixel ratios, and chroma subsampling rates.
  • Make Images Responsive - Easily integrate imgix into the latest HTML5 responsive image standards without reprocessing your entire image library.

On the other hand, scikit-image provides the following key features:

  • Provides I/O, filtering, morphology, transformations, measurement, annotation, color conversions, test data sets, etc.
  • Written in Python with a well-commented source code
  • Has had 5,709 commits made by 116 contributors representing 29,953 lines of code

"Image processing on demand" is the top reason why over 23 developers like imgix, while over 5 developers mention "More powerful" as the leading cause for choosing scikit-image.

scikit-image is an open source tool with 3.1K GitHub stars and 1.31K GitHub forks. Here's a link to scikit-image's open source repository on GitHub.

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Pros of imgix
Pros of scikit-image
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    Image processing on demand
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    Easy setup
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    Smart Cropping
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    Reduce Development Costs
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    Efficient
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    Insanely Fast
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    Filters, resizing, blur and more as url parameters
  • 10
    Easy to understand pricing
  • 9
    Professional Features and Options
  • 6
    Lightyears better than ImageMagick
  • 6
    Excellent Face Detection
  • 5
    S3 as source
  • 4
    Scales to your company's needs
  • 4
    Great for Dynamic Compositing
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    Video encoding
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    Fast Image Delivery
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    Free tier
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    Amazing support
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    Great libraries and integrations
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    Automatic scrset generation
  • 6
    More powerful
  • 4
    Anaconda compatibility
  • 1
    Great documentation

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What is imgix?

imgix is the leading platform for end-to-end visual media processing. With robust APIs, SDKs, and integrations, imgix empowers developers to optimize, transform, manage, and deliver images and videos at scale through simple URL parameters.

What is scikit-image?

scikit-image is a collection of algorithms for image processing.

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