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imgix vs Uploadcare: 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; Uploadcare: File uploads, media processing, and adaptive delivery for web and mobile. Uploadcare is a complete file handling platform for online business. Receive files from you users via File Uploader or File Upload API, implement image optimization and transformations with Image CDN API, and get HIPAA-compliant storage.
imgix and Uploadcare are primarily classified as "Image Processing and Management" and "File Uploads" tools respectively.
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, Uploadcare provides the following key features:
- Stores files in Uploadcare Storage or connects to your AWS S3 buckets
- Delivers content in an instant across 5 continents with Uploadcare CDN
- Takes minutes to integrate thanks to series of guides for most popular Web platforms, programming languages, and frameworks
"Image processing on demand" is the primary reason why developers consider imgix over the competitors, whereas "Great team" was stated as the key factor in picking Uploadcare.
According to the StackShare community, imgix has a broader approval, being mentioned in 55 company stacks & 6 developers stacks; compared to Uploadcare, which is listed in 13 company stacks and 4 developer stacks.
Pros of imgix
- Image processing on demand28
- Easy setup24
- Smart Cropping18
- Reduce Development Costs18
- Efficient15
- Insanely Fast12
- Filters, resizing, blur and more as url parameters11
- Easy to understand pricing10
- Professional Features and Options9
- Lightyears better than ImageMagick6
- Excellent Face Detection6
- S3 as source5
- Scales to your company's needs4
- Great for Dynamic Compositing4
- Video encoding1
- Fast Image Delivery1
- Free tier1
- Amazing support1
- Great libraries and integrations1
- Automatic scrset generation1
Pros of Uploadcare
- Great team8
- Awesome support5
- Simple image upload with widget5
- Easy to integrate into any website4
- <a href="http://fixbit.com/">useful tool</a>1
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Cons of imgix
Cons of Uploadcare
- Upload widget is large (114KB)1
- no cons0