Best Cloudinary Alternative

Meet Gumlet—your all-in-one Cloudinary alternative for blazing-fast image & video optimization, a powerful CDN, and enterprise-grade security—without the hefty price tag or complexity.

The best cloudinary alternative

Why Choose Gumlet Over Cloudinary?

Gumlet provides a cost-effective, high-performance alternative to Cloudinary with AI-driven media optimization, top-tier security, and a developer-friendly API. Whether you need Cloudinary’s image optimization or Cloudinary’s CDN capabilities, Gumlet does it better—with transparent pricing.

40% Faster Optimization

Optimize images & videos quicker than Cloudinary

Fair & Transparent Pricing

Simple plans, no hidden costs, and 30% savings

Enterprise-Grade CDN

Global speed and reliability for seamless delivery

Lightning-Fast Delivery

Get images live instantly, faster than anyone else

Gumlet vs Cloudinary: A Quick Comparison

Features

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Simple, transparent usage-based pricing
Yes
Auto-format conversion
Yes
Custom domains
Yes, on all paid plans
No
Responsive resize
Yes, World’s first service provider
No
Performance monitoring, alerts, and periodic reports
Yes
Query parameters and path APIs
Yes
Multiple object storage like S3, Azure, Google Cloud, Firebase, Wasabi, etc.
Yes
Processing regions
4 regions
No
Automatic JS SDK
Yes
Processed image cache & custom cache duration
Yes
Custom request and response headers
Yes
Complete video hosting platform with APIs
Yes
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Simple, transparent usage-based pricing
No, complex credit-based pricing
No
Auto-format conversion
No, requires manual configuration
No
Custom domains
Yes, only on $249 plan
No
Responsive resize
Yes
Performance monitoring, alerts, and periodic reports
No
Query parameters and path APIs
Partial, only path APIs
No
Multiple object storage like S3, Azure, Google Cloud, Firebase, Wasabi, etc.
No
Processing regions
Only US
No
Automatic JS SDK
No
Processed image cache & custom cache duration
No
Custom request and response headers
No
Complete video hosting platform with APIs
No, partial video APIs
No

Why Gumlet's image optimization is better over Cloudinary?

Cloudinary offers image optimization, but Gumlet’s AI-powered system ensures better quality at lower bandwidth. With Gumlet, you get:

Optimized Image compression

Get ~30% image compression without loss in visual quality. Reduce CDN costs and improve page load times.

Automatic format conversion

Automatically deliver the Next-gen image formats (AVIF, WebP, JPEG XL) across devices. Reduce bandwidth consumption and improve web vitals.

World’s first auto-responsive resize

Auto-resizing & compression for web, mobile, and apps. Always deliver images and GIFs in the right size automatically, i.e., without passing any src sets or APIs in the image path.

Enhance images on the go

Use powerful APIs and URL-based image transformations to display, enhance, and transform your images with complete control.

How to migrate from Cloudinary to Gumlet?

Gumlet makes migrating from Cloudinary seamless. With path style parameter support, including f_auto,q_auto:best,w_1200, most Cloudinary parameters work in Gumlet URLs. Switching is fast and hassle-free—just follow any of these three steps.

Cloudinary Backup Bucket

Enable backup to AWS S3 or Google Cloud Storage to sync new assets automatically. Perform a one-time backup for older files and connect it to Gumlet using Object Storage.

Cloud Storage Connection

If you use AWS S3 or other cloud storage with Cloudinary, simply link it to Gumlet. No re-uploading is needed, ensuring a seamless migration.

Direct Cloudinary Integration

Sign up for Gumlet, create a Cloudinary source by adding your cloud name, and update your hostname for an instant setup.

Ready to Ditch Cloudinary? Try Gumlet for Free!

Stop overpaying for Cloudinary's plans and start optimizing images and videos faster and cheaper with Gumlet.

✅ Fast, reliable, and secure media processing

✅ No credit card required

✅ Perfect for developers, businesses, and enterprises

Get started with our free forever plan with 30 GB bandwidth/month.

Or book a call with our media expert, and we will help you sort everything out.

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