Uploadcare
deanoakley
Dec 3, 2018
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CommentsWhat is 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.
Uploadcare is a tool in the API Tools category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Stores files in Uploadcare Storage or connects to your AWS S3 bucketsDelivers content in an instant across 5 continents with Uploadcare CDNTakes minutes to integrate thanks to series of guides for most popular Web platforms, programming languages, and frameworksWell-documented and provides live chat or email supportProvides on-the-fly image processing and tools for editing images in desktop and mobile browsersLets you resize, crop, rotate, enhance, extract colors, detect faces, and whatnotProvides REST API to manage your cloud storageLets you upload files from multiple sources using File Uploader, raw API, libraries or pluginsProvides HIPAA-compliance and PHI protection
Uploadcare Pros & Cons
Pros of Uploadcare
- ✓Great team
- ✓Simple image upload with widget
- ✓Awesome support
- ✓Easy to integrate into any website
- ✓<a href="http://fixbit.com/">useful tool</a>
Cons of Uploadcare
- ✗Upload widget is large (114KB)
- ✗ no cons
Uploadcare Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Uploadcare?
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.
Filestack
Filepicker helps developers connect to their users' content. Connect, Store, and Process any file from anywhere on the Internet.
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.
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).
