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Re-Image Vs Cloudinary

Re-Image and Cloudinary are both players in the asset optimisation and delivery industry. We cover here how each differs and what they offer for customers.

Re-Image

Re-Image is a cloud-based platform that offers services for managing, storing, and delivering digital assets like images and videos. Re-Image simplifies the costs associated with managing assets, with a storage only payment structure.

Cloudinary

Cloudinary is a well known player in the media industry, that offers services for managing, storing, and delivering digital assets like images and videos. Cloudinary uses a multi-layered payment structure which is determined by elements like storage and bandwidth usage.

The Key Differences With Re-Image

Affordability

Re-Image charges a fixed fee per month for storage only, which allows for predictable, controllable costs. Cloudinary has a complex system of storage+bandwidth+transformation which results in fluctuating monthly costs and expensive overage fees.

Speed of asset delivery

Re-Image, due it's one time API call per image, is able to deliver images 2.5x faster as the majority of images are delivered via storage without the need for an API call everytime.

Simple UI Interface

Re-Image focusses on simplicity- upload, manage and deliver your assets in one simple dashboard and focus your time on running your business.

Comparison Chart

Feature Cloudinary Re-Image
Pricing Metrics Credit-based pricing — 1 credit = 1GB storage, 1GB bandwidth, or % transformations Pay for storage only, unlimited transformations included
Free Plan ✓ ✓
First Paid Tier (Cost Per Month) $89 $19.95
Bandwidth Costs 1GB / X$ Unlimited
Storage Costs 1GB / X$ Depends on plan
Plans' Flexibility Fixed plans only — $89 for 225 credits; $224 for 600 credits; Enterprise custom pricing Fixed plans — Free (500MB storage), Plus ($19.99/month for 10GB), Max ($49.95 for 100GB)
No Fees for Overage of Bandwidth and Transformations ✗ ✓
Latency / Lag 1x 2.5x
Worldwide CDN ✓ ✓
Automatic Next-Gen Format Support ✓ ✓
Main Products Programmable Media, Digital Asset Management, MediaFlows Digital asset management, Optimized Media Delivery, Unlimited Transformations

The migration to Re-Image took less than a day, and it didn’t take long for us to see a dramatic decrease in our in-game image load times, not to mention the peace of mind that we were only paying for storage without overage bandwidth fees.

Luke Santamaria, Founder of PlaySpark.

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