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).
Read the Cloudinary pageCloudinary vs Imgix
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 Imgix if media teams who will spend the 30-day / 100-credit trial (no card) on a first Asset Manager, then Starter at $25/month (100 credits) — not Basic $75 unless they need 375 credits.
Best for
Cloudinary Images you tag and deliver with a public $ tile
Imgix An asset grid you start at a public $
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
Imgix No free plan
Lowest paid
Cloudinary Plus $99
Imgix Starter $25/mo
Next step up
Cloudinary Advanced $249
Imgix Basic $75/mo
Runs where
Cloudinary Hosted
Imgix Hosted
Watch out
Cloudinary Free is a credit-capped forever tile
Imgix No ongoing Free tile
Last checked
Cloudinary 2026-10-23 · cloudinary.com/pricing
Imgix 2026-10-23 · imgix.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Imgix if
media teams who will spend the 30-day / 100-credit trial (no card) on a first Asset Manager, then Starter at $25/month (100 credits) — not Basic $75 unless they need 375 credits.
Read the Imgix page