Cloudinary has a free plan with limitations, but Gumlet offers more features and flexibility in its free tier.

What Makes Gumlet's CDN Better?

Cloudinary does offer a CDN, but it’s not its core focus. Gumlet, on the other hand, **delivers optimized media through a high-performance global CDN**: - **Faster load times** across all devices - **No latency issues**—optimized for high-traffic sites - **Lower costs** compared to Cloudinary's CDN pricing Gumlet's **CDN is purpose-built for media delivery**—ensuring speed, security, and seamless playback.

Will my images and videos load faster on Gumlet?

Yes! Gumlet optimizes images and videos in real time, ensuring faster load times, reduced bandwidth usage, and a better user experience without compromising quality.

Can I use Gumlet’s API to replace Cloudinary’s API?

Yes! Gumlet provides developer-friendly APIs that are easy to integrate with minimal changes to your existing workflows.

How secure is Gumlet compared to Cloudinary?

Gumlet offers enterprise-grade security with DRM, dynamic watermarking, signed URLs, geo-blocking, and SOC2 compliance, ensuring your media is protected at all times.

Does Gumlet provide customer support?

Yes! Unlike Cloudinary, which limits support on lower plans, Gumlet offers 24/7 expert support across all plans, ensuring you get immediate assistance when needed.

Best Cloudinary Alternative

Meet Gumlet - your all-in-one Cloudinary alternative for blazing-fast image & video optimization, a powerful CDN, and enterprise-grade security without the hefty price tag or complexity.

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Why Choose Gumlet Over Cloudinary?

Gumlet provides a cost-effective, high-performance alternative to Cloudinary with AI-driven media optimization, top-tier security, and a developer-friendly API. Whether you need Cloudinary’s image optimization or Cloudinary’s CDN capabilities, Gumlet does it better—with transparent pricing.

40% Faster Optimization

Optimize images & videos quicker than Cloudinary

Fair & Transparent Pricing

Simple plans, no hidden costs, and 30% savings

Enterprise-Grade CDN

Global speed and reliability for seamless delivery

Lightning-Fast Delivery

Get images live instantly, faster than anyone else

Gumlet vs Cloudinary: A Quick Comparison

Feature	Compare1 tier	Compare2 tier
Simple, transparent usage-based pricing	Yes	No, complex credit-based pricing
Auto-format conversion	Yes	No, requires manual configuration
Custom domains	Yes, on all paid plans	Yes, only on $249 plan
Responsive resize	Yes, World’s first service provider	Yes
Performance monitoring, alerts, and periodic reports	Yes	No
Query parameters and path APIs	Yes	Partial, only path APIs
Multiple object storage like S3, Azure, Google Cloud, Firebase, Wasabi, etc.	Yes	No
Processing regions	4 regions	Only US
Automatic JS SDK	Yes	No
Processed image cache & custom cache duration	Yes	No
Custom request and response headers	Yes	No
Complete video hosting platform with APIs	Yes	No, partial video APIs

Simple, transparent usage-based pricing
Auto-format conversion
Custom domains: Yes, on all paid plans
Responsive resize: Yes, World’s first service provider
Performance monitoring, alerts, and periodic reports
Query parameters and path APIs
Multiple object storage like S3, Azure, Google Cloud, Firebase, Wasabi, etc.
Processing regions: 4 regions
Automatic JS SDK
Processed image cache & custom cache duration
Custom request and response headers
Complete video hosting platform with APIs

Simple, transparent usage-based pricing: No, complex credit-based pricing
Auto-format conversion: No, requires manual configuration
Custom domains: Yes, only on $249 plan
Responsive resize
Performance monitoring, alerts, and periodic reports
Query parameters and path APIs: Partial, only path APIs
Multiple object storage like S3, Azure, Google Cloud, Firebase, Wasabi, etc.
Processing regions: Only US
Automatic JS SDK
Processed image cache & custom cache duration
Custom request and response headers
Complete video hosting platform with APIs: No, partial video APIs

Why Gumlet's image optimization is better over Cloudinary?

Cloudinary offers image optimization, but Gumlet’s AI-powered system ensures better quality at lower bandwidth. With Gumlet, you get:

Optimized Image compression

Get ~30% image compression without loss in visual quality. Reduce CDN costs and improve page load times.

Automatic format conversion

Automatically deliver the Next-gen image formats (AVIF, WebP, JPEG XL) across devices. Reduce bandwidth consumption and improve web vitals.

World’s first auto-responsive resize

Auto-resizing & compression for web, mobile, and apps. Always deliver images and GIFs in the right size automatically, i.e., without passing any src sets or APIs in the image path.

Enhance images on the go

Use powerful APIs and URL-based image transformations to display, enhance, and transform your images with complete control.

How to migrate from Cloudinary to Gumlet?

Gumlet makes migrating from Cloudinary seamless. With path style parameter support, including f_auto,q_auto:best,w_1200, most Cloudinary parameters work in Gumlet URLs. Switching is fast and hassle-free—just follow any of these three steps.

Cloudinary Backup Bucket

Enable backup to AWS S3 or Google Cloud Storage to sync new assets automatically. Perform a one-time backup for older files and connect it to Gumlet using Object Storage.

Cloud Storage Connection

If you use AWS S3 or other cloud storage with Cloudinary, simply link it to Gumlet. No re-uploading is needed, ensuring a seamless migration.

Direct Cloudinary Integration

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GrowthSchool increased learner engagement by 63% with Gumlet

GrowthSchool needed buffer-free playback, flexible customization, and pricing that made sense at scale—Gumlet delivered all that and more.

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Simple, transparent usage-based pricing

No, complex credit-based pricing

Auto-format conversion

No, requires manual configuration

Custom domains

Yes, on all paid plans

Yes, only on $249 plan

Responsive resize

Yes, World’s first service provider

Performance monitoring, alerts, and periodic reports

Query parameters and path APIs

Partial, only path APIs

Multiple object storage like S3, Azure, Google Cloud, Firebase, Wasabi, etc.

Processing regions

4 regions

Only US

Automatic JS SDK

Processed image cache & custom cache duration

Custom request and response headers

Complete video hosting platform with APIs

No, partial video APIs