Cloudinary

What it is for

Cloudinary is a hosted media-analysis desk: you open an asset’s Analysis pane, and Free is $0. Use it when the job is images you tag and deliver with a public $ tile, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official Cloudinary Analysis pane (actor asset, auto-tag necktie / suit 100%, Amazon Rekognition celebrity James Stewart 100%, face box) from the docs still — not a pricing card. The scores themselves are ops of Analysis. Cloudinary bills plan credits + a $0 / $89 / $224 tile, not a chat seat.

Key features

• Analysis — an auto-tag / face / celebrity pass on one asset (cover still; docs). One pane. Cover James Stewart 100% sits here.
• Metadata — structured fields you edit on the asset (ID, country, category) (docs). Metadata, not analysis. The ID 15 desk sits here.
• Media Library — a folder grid of assets (samples/ecommerce, Public tiles) (docs). A library, not a metadata form. Folders sit here.
• Transformations — a URL you rewrite to resize / format (official video). A transform, not a folder. Delivery sits here.
• Upload — an ingest widget (Image Search / Drive / Dropbox) (docs). An upload, not a transform. The kittens search sits here.

The SDK snippet is install. Free / Plus / Advanced tiles are the meter. MediaFlows and Moderation are add-on SKUs, not a sixth desk we fold into Analysis.

Who it's for

Best fit: 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).

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from cloudinary.com/pricing. Tiles print Free $0, Plus $99 / $89, and Advanced $249 / $224.

• Free — $0, free forever, no credit card. Image and Video APIs. Access to free add-ons and MCP servers on the copy we fetched.
• Plus — $99 / month or $89 / month yearly. 3 users / 2 accounts. 225 monthly credits. Backup to your own S3. Auto-tagging. Role-based multi-user admin.
• Advanced — $249 / month or $224 / month yearly. 5 users / 3 accounts. 600 monthly credits. Custom domain (CNAME). Optional HTTPS SSL extras on the tile.
• Enterprise — contact / get started. Higher credits on the page.

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Limitations / costs

• Free is a credit-capped forever tile. A production DAM is the $89 Plus yearly mark, not unlimited transforms.
• A media desk, not a training-data labeler. For Roboflow’s dataset desk see Roboflow. For Replicate’s model runs see Replicate.
• Credits are the meter. Re-read 225 / 600 before you budget a campaign.

Alternatives

• Roboflow — dataset labeling when you want Roboflow’s train desk, not Cloudinary’s $0 / $89 Analysis pane.
• Replicate — hosted model runs when you want Replicate’s predictions, not Cloudinary’s media library.
• Tigris — object storage when you want Tigris’s buckets, not Cloudinary’s transform URL.

Official tutorial

Official Cloudinary channel video: How to Automatically Recolor Products with Cloudinary Generative AI (oEmbed author: Cloudinary). First-party transform walkthrough; the Analysis still is the cover. Generative recolor on the video is a transform, not generate-on-Analysis.

Written path: cloudinary.com/pricing plus the Analysis still.

Website

https://cloudinary.com

Repository

https://github.com/cloudinary

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official Cloudinary Analysis pane from the docs CDN. Dollars checked on cloudinary.com/pricing (Free $0; Plus $89/mo yearly / $99 monthly; Advanced $224/mo yearly / $249 monthly). Tutorial oEmbed author: Cloudinary.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.