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I want to decide whether Cloudinary (cloudinary.com) is the right tool and which plan to pick.
Below is what the StableMRR pricing directory read from Cloudinary's own pricing page (last checked 2026-10-30). It can be out of date, so treat it as a starting point.
Category: Developer tools / API tools
What it does: Cloudinary is a cloud platform for managing, transforming, optimizing and delivering images and videos through APIs.
Free trial: 30 days
Plans:
- Free: Free. Limits: Users 3 Users / 1 Account, Monthly credits 25 monthly credits. Includes: Upload widget, API, and search, Remote fetch and auto-backup, Image and video transformations, Video transcoding and adaptive streaming, CDN delivery
- Plus: $99/mo ($89/mo billed yearly). Limits: Users 3 Users / 2 Accounts, Monthly credits 225 monthly credits. Includes: Backup to your own S3 bucket, Auto-tagging based search, Free and paid add-ons, Expedited support, Allowlist/Blocklist asset access
- Advanced: $249/mo ($224/mo billed yearly). Limits: Users 5 Users / 3 Accounts, Monthly credits 600 monthly credits. Includes: Custom domain (CNAME) support, Optional HTTPS SSL Certificate, Authentication Options
- Enterprise: Contact sales. Includes: Security and compliance review, Multi-CDN and enterprise infrastructure, Enterprise SLAs and support, Designated customer success manager, Custom contracts and invoicing
- Trial: Free. Limits: Users 3 Users / 1 Account, Storage 25 Gigabytes (GB) of Storage. Includes: Easy Setup, Auto Tagging, Video Support, Asset Variations
Alternatives in the directory: 1DevTool, 1Lookup, 0x, 100ms
Pricing page: https://cloudinary.com/pricing
Directory listing: https://stablemrr.com/p/cloudinary-com
First ask me three short questions about my team size, budget and what I need it for. Then recommend one plan, tell me what could make it a bad fit, and compare it with the alternatives. Finish with what I should check on the vendor's site before I pay.