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cloudinary.com · Image and video optimization
SEPT 2026 audit

An image and video platform billed in credits, where one credit stands interchangeably for a thousand transformations, a gigabyte of storage or a gigabyte of delivery.

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Entry paid plan$99 a month for Plus, or $89 a month billed yearly. That buys 225 monthly credits across 3 users and 2 accounts.
Free tierYes
CategoryImage and video optimization

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01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

One bill and one currency for images, video and asset management. A credit spends the same on transformations, storage or delivery, so a month heavy on one is absorbed by spending less on another — the only member here where a shifting workload mix does not need a plan change to match it.

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You need to forecast. A plan has no fixed capacity in anything: 225 credits is 225 GB delivered or 225,000 transformations and never both, and the pricing page does not say what happens when they run out. It is also the most expensive entry here at $99 a month.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

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Pricing
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Free tierYes
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    “free forever no credit card required no cc required 3 users / 1 account 25 monthly credits”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

Kind of free offerFree tier
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    “free forever no credit card required no cc required 3 users / 1 account 25 monthly credits”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

What the free plan includes25 credits a month, across 3 users and 1 account. At the published rate that is 25,000 transformations, or 25 GB of storage, or 25 GB of delivery — whichever mix you spend it on.
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Credit card to startNo
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    “free forever no credit card required no cc required”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

Entry paid plan$99 a month for Plus, or $89 a month billed yearly. That buys 225 monthly credits across 3 users and 2 accounts.
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    “$99 per month $89 per month 3 users / 2 accounts 225 monthly credits”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

Pricing modelOne meter for four resources. A credit buys 1,000 transformations, or 1 GB of managed storage, or 1 GB of image bandwidth, or 2 GB of video bandwidth — mixed and matched against a single monthly limit. Spending credits on one resource leaves fewer for the rest, so a plan's real capacity depends entirely on which of the four you consume.
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    “one credit can be used interchangeably on all our services. mix and match across these resources up to your plan's monthly credit limit. 1 credit = 1,000 transformations image and video processing or 1GB managed storage for all digital assets or 1GB image bandwidth high-performance CDN or paid plans only 2GB video bandwidth boosted 2:1 for video delivery”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

Limits
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Storage (entry plan)No separate storage allowance. Storage is drawn from the same credit pool at 1 GB per credit, so 225 credits is up to 225 GB stored or 225,000 transformations, and never both.
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    “1 credit = 1,000 transformations image and video processing or 1GB managed storage for all digital assets”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

Included bandwidthNo separate bandwidth allowance. Delivery is drawn from the credit pool at 1 GB of image bandwidth per credit, or 2 GB of video, so the 225-credit Plus plan carries up to 225 GB of image delivery and nothing else.
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    “or 1GB image bandwidth high-performance CDN or paid plans only 2GB video bandwidth boosted 2:1 for video delivery”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

Support
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Support on entry paid planExpedited support on Plus, the entry paid plan. The free plan gets forums, tickets and email.
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    “expedited support allowlist/blocklist asset access role-based multi-user administration”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

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