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SEPT 2026 audit

A file uploader and media CDN billed on operations, where every upload, request and transformation counts as one action against a monthly total.

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Entry paid plan$66 a month for Pro, which includes 5,000 operations, 25 GB of traffic and 10 GB of storage.
Free tierYes
CategoryImage and video optimization

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01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

Upload-heavy products where the work is done TO files rather than served from them. An operation is every upload, API request, transformation, video job and document conversion, so the meter follows the pipeline — and traffic and storage are billed on their own meters rather than drawn from it.

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You serve a lot and process little. Three meters run at once and Pro is $66 a month for 5,000 operations, 25 GB of traffic and 10 GB of storage, with $1.60 per further thousand operations. The free plan is personal use only, and SOC 2 and HIPAA appear only on Enterprise.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

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Pricing
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Free tierYes
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    “free $0 perfect for passion projects and simple websites start for free”

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Kind of free offerFree tier
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    “free $0 perfect for passion projects and simple websites start for free”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

What the free plan includes1,000 operations, 5 GB of traffic and 1 GB of storage a month, with a 500 MB file ceiling — and marked personal use only, which is a licence restriction the other three do not place on their free plans.
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    “1,000 operations per month [...] 500 MB max file size uploading widget, api basic image transformations adaptive bitrate streaming delivery through a cdn signed uploads webhooks personal use only”

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Entry paid plan$66 a month for Pro, which includes 5,000 operations, 25 GB of traffic and 10 GB of storage.
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    “pro $66 / mo for production apps and websites with the option to scale”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

Pricing modelOperations, plus traffic and storage on their own meters. An operation is any action taken on a file — uploading, an API request, an image transformation, video processing, document conversion — so the count tracks how much you do to the media rather than how much of it you serve.
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    “operations total number of actions performed with your files through uploadcare apis, including everything from file uploading, image optimization, and transformations to video processing, document conversion, and more.”

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Egress over allowance$0.35 per GB of traffic above the 25 GB on Pro, and $0.25 above the 125 GB on Business.
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    “traffic deliver your media anywhere as if it was cached next door. 5 gb / mo 25 gb / mo included then $ 0.35 per gb”

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When you exceed a capEvery meter continues past its allowance at a published per-unit rate rather than stopping — operations, traffic and storage alike.
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    “5,000 / mo included then $ 1.6 per 1000 [...] 25 gb / mo included then $ 0.35 per gb [...] 10 gb included then $ 0.35 per gb”

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Limits
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Storage (entry plan)10 GB included with Pro, then billed per GB. Storage is its own meter here rather than a draw on a shared pool.
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    “1 gb 10 gb included then $ 0.35 per gb 50 gb included then $ 0.25 per gb”

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Included bandwidth25 GB of traffic a month on Pro, and 125 GB on Business.
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    “5 gb / mo 25 gb / mo included then $ 0.35 per gb 125 gb / mo included then $ 0.25 per gb”

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Storage
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Storage price$0.35 per GB above the 10 GB included on Pro, and $0.25 above the 50 GB on Business.
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    “storage fast and secure integrated storage that just works. 1 gb 10 gb included then $ 0.35 per gb 50 gb included then $ 0.25 per gb”

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Operations price$1.60 per 1,000 operations above the 5,000 included on Pro, falling to $0.80 per 1,000 on Business and as low as $0.10 on Enterprise.
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    “5,000 / mo included then $ 1.6 per 1000 50,000 / mo included then $ 0.8 per 1000 custom as low as $ 0.10 per 1000”

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Compliance
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SOC 2SOC 2 is listed among the Enterprise plan's options, alongside HIPAA. Nothing is claimed for Free, Pro or Business.
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    “enterprise-grade security enterprise-grade support hipaa and soc2 compliant dedicated solution architect private slack channel”

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HIPAAHIPAA is listed among the Enterprise plan's options. Nothing is claimed for the plans below it.
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    “enterprise-grade security enterprise-grade support hipaa and soc2 compliant dedicated solution architect private slack channel”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

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