Pick Cloudinary if
media / storefront teams who will stay on Free at $0 (no card) while they open a first Analysis pane, then pay Plus at $89 / month yearly ($99 monthly) or Advanced at $224 / month yearly ($249 monthly).
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Our take
Pick Cloudinary if media / storefront teams who will stay on Free at $0 (no card) while they open a first Analysis pane, then pay Plus at $89 / month yearly ($99 monthly) or Advanced at $224 / month yearly ($249 monthly). Pick ImageKit if media / storefront teams who will stay on Free at $0 / month (20 GB bandwidth, 3 GB DAM, 2 users) while they open a first Media Library search, then buy Lite at $9 / month + PAYG
Best for
Cloudinary Images you tag and deliver with a public $ tile
ImageKit Assets you find by filename and size
Free plan
Cloudinary $0 · , free forever, no credit card. Image and Video APIs. Access to free add-ons and MCP servers on the copy we fetched
ImageKit $0 · / month. 20 GB bandwidth / month. 3 GB DAM storage. 500 video units. 650 extension units. 2 users. 500 purge requests
Lowest paid
Cloudinary Plus $99
ImageKit Lite $9
Next step up
Cloudinary Advanced $249
ImageKit Pro $89
Runs where
Cloudinary Hosted
ImageKit Hosted
Watch out
Cloudinary Free is a credit-capped forever tile
ImageKit Free is 20 GB bandwidth and 3 GB DAM
Last checked
Cloudinary 2026-10-23 · cloudinary.com/pricing
ImageKit 2026-10-23 · imagekit.io
Which one, then?
Pick ImageKit if
media / storefront teams who will stay on Free at $0 / month (20 GB bandwidth, 3 GB DAM, 2 users) while they open a first Media Library search, then buy Lite at $9 / month + PAYG or Pro at $89 / month + PAYG.
Read the ImageKit page