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 Uploadcare if indie / personal sites who will stay on Free at $0 (1,000 ops, personal use only) while they open a first Files panel, then Pro at $66/month yearly ($79 monthly) when they need
Best for
Cloudinary Images you tag and deliver with a public $ tile
Uploadcare A file list 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
Uploadcare $0 · 1,000 operations / month. 500 MB max file. 5 GB traffic / month. 1 GB storage. Uploader + API. Basic transforms. Adaptive bitrate. CDN. Signed uploads. Webhooks. Personal use only
Lowest paid
Cloudinary Plus $99
Uploadcare Custom / Enterprise $0.10
Next step up
Cloudinary Advanced $249
Uploadcare Pro $66/mo
Runs where
Cloudinary Hosted
Uploadcare Hosted
Watch out
Cloudinary Free is a credit-capped forever tile
Uploadcare Free is personal-use only
Last checked
Cloudinary 2026-10-23 · cloudinary.com/pricing
Uploadcare 2026-10-23 · uploadcare.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Uploadcare if
indie / personal sites who will stay on Free at $0 (1,000 ops, personal use only) while they open a first Files panel, then Pro at $66/month yearly ($79 monthly) when they need 5,000 operations.
Read the Uploadcare page