Storage & media

9 tools

Backblaze B2

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Affordable S3-compatible object storage for backups and active data

FreemiumNo card

10 GB free storage, free egress up to 3x average monthly storage, and free Class A, B and C API calls. Class D: 2,500 free calls per day, then $0.004 per 10,000 calls.

Cloudflare R2

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S3-compatible object storage without egress fees

FreemiumCard

10 GB-month of Standard storage, 1 million Class A requests and 10 million Class B requests per month, with free egress. An R2 subscription is required.

Cloudinary

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Upload, transform, optimize and deliver images and video through a CDN.

FreemiumNo card

25 monthly credits for image/video transformations, storage and bandwidth, with 3 users.

DigitalOcean Spaces

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S3-compatible object storage with a built-in CDN for app files and media

Trial onlyCard

The first team gets a $5 signup credit, valid for 90 days; a payment method is required. Standard includes 250 GiB storage and 1,024 GiB outbound transfer for $5/month.

Filestack

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File uploads, transformations and delivery through one developer API

FreemiumNo card

Free plan with 1 GB bandwidth, 500 uploads, 1,000 transformations, 1 GB Filestack Storage and 1 team member. Free forever, 20 MB max file size, no credit card required.

ImageKit

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Real-time image and video optimization, transformation and delivery.

FreemiumNo card

20 GB bandwidth and 3 GB media storage/month, with transformations and video processing.

Mux

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Video infrastructure for uploading, streaming and measuring playback

FreemiumNo card

Free plan with 100,000 delivery minutes per month, up to 10 stored videos and on-demand video only. No credit card is required to start.

Transloadit

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File uploading and media processing through configurable workflows

FreemiumNo card

Community: 5 GB processing per month, 200 priority slots per region, 2 collaborators and a 0.5 GB file limit. Images watermarked, audio/video trimmed, stops at 5 GB.

Uploadcare

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File uploads, image processing and adaptive delivery for web apps.

FreemiumNo card

Free for personal use: 1,000 operations/month, files up to 500 MB, upload widget and API, basic image transformations, adaptive streaming, CDN, signed uploads and webhooks.

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