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Media platform for storing, transforming, optimizing, and delivering images and video.
Retail and media sites with huge responsive image matrices
Cloudinary delivers upload, transform, optimize, and stream APIs plus optional DAM product lines.
cloudinary.com/pricing (March 2026) lists Free at $0 forever with 3 users / 1 account, 25 monthly credits, CDN delivery, transforms, transcoding, and forum or ticket support on the card. Plus is $99/month month-to-month or $89/month on yearly billing with 225 monthly credits, 3 users / 2 accounts, S3 backup, auto-tagging search, expedited support, and RBAC. Advanced shows $249 ($224 yearly) with 600 credits, 5 users / 3 accounts, custom domain or CNAME, and extra auth options. Enterprise is contact sales for SLAs, multi-CDN, SSO, and contracts.
Credits map to transformations, AI operations, and related workloads—use Cloudinary’s estimator before committing.
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Cloudinary pricing only makes sense when credits, users, and accounts are treated as one package. The free plan is more generous than many people remember, but video, AI add-ons, and DAM-style workflows can still burn through credits quickly.
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Cloudinary's pricing page shows Free at $0 with 3 users, 1 account, 25 GB of storage, and 25 monthly credits. Plus is $99 per month or $89 per month billed yearly with 3 users, 2 accounts, and 225 monthly credits. Advanced is $249 per month or $224 per month billed yearly with 5 users, 3 accounts, and 600 monthly credits. Enterprise is custom.
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