ImageKit

What it is for

ImageKit is a hosted media-library desk: you search the DAM, and Free is $0 / month. Use it when the job is assets you find by filename and size, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official ImageKit Media Library search (summer dresses, Unsplash filenames, 2.50 MB / 6016×4000 tiles) from the docs still — not a pricing card. The tiles themselves are ops of Media Library. ImageKit bills $0 / $9 / $89 + PAYG, not a chat seat.

Key features

• Media Library — a DAM search grid (cover still; docs). One library. Cover summer dresses and the 2.50 MB tiles sit here.
• Transformations — a URL you rewrite to resize / format (docs). A transform, not a search. Delivery sits here.
• Upload — files and folders you ingest (docs). An upload, not a transform. Origins sit here.
• Video player — an embeddable player, not a transform string (docs). A player, not an upload. Playback sits here.
• Webhooks — an event you subscribe to (docs). A webhook, not a player. Callbacks sit here.

AI generate-from-prompt is a composer on the same library (not a sixth desk). Free / Lite / Pro tiles are the meter. Extra users at $9 / user on Pro are a seat add-on, not a desk we fold into Media Library.

Who it's for

Best fit: 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.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from imagekit.io/plans. Tiles print Forever free $0 / mo, Lite $9 / mo + pay-as-you-go, and Pro $89 / mo + pay-as-you-go.

• Forever free — $0 / month. 20 GB bandwidth / month. 3 GB DAM storage. 500 video units. 650 extension units. 2 users. 500 purge requests.
• Lite — $9 / month + PAYG. 40 GB bandwidth ($0.50 / GB after). 10 GB DAM ($0.10 / GB after). 3 users. 1,000 purge requests. Email support.
• Pro — $89 / month + PAYG. 225 GB bandwidth ($0.45 / GB after). 225 GB DAM ($0.09 / GB after). 5,000 video units ($9 / 10,000 after). 4,000 extension units ($9 / 5,000 after). 5 users ($9 / user after). 1,000 purge requests ($9 / 1,500 after). Custom domain on the tile.
• Enterprise — contact / custom.

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Limitations / costs

• Free is 20 GB bandwidth and 3 GB DAM. Crossing that is the $9 Lite tile, then PAYG.
• $9 / $89 are platform tiles plus usage. Re-read the $0.50 / $0.45 per-GB marks before you budget a campaign.
• A media desk, not a training-data labeler. For Cloudinary’s Analysis pane see Cloudinary. For Tigris’s buckets see Tigris.

Alternatives

• Cloudinary — media analysis + delivery when you want Cloudinary’s $0 / $89 Analysis pane, not ImageKit’s summer-dresses search.
• Tigris — object storage when you want Tigris’s buckets, not ImageKit’s DAM grid.
• Roboflow — dataset labeling when you want Roboflow’s train desk, not ImageKit’s $0 / $9 library.

Official tutorial

Official ImageKit channel video: Get Started with ImageKit | Digital Asset Management | ImageKit (oEmbed author: ImageKit). First-party DAM walkthrough; the Media Library still is the cover. Transformations on the video are a second desk, not generate-on-Media-Library.

Written path: imagekit.io/plans plus the Media Library still.

Website

https://imagekit.io

Repository

https://github.com/imagekit-developer

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official ImageKit Media Library search from the docs CDN. Dollars checked on imagekit.io/plans (Free $0/mo; Lite $9/mo + PAYG; Pro $89/mo + PAYG). Tutorial oEmbed author: ImageKit.

Last verified

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