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Cloudinary Demo - Cloudinary Assets
Intelligent Digital Asset Management: Integrations and APIs for connected DAM. AI-powered workflow automation. Creative review and approval. Brand Portals for asset sharing.
Cloudinary Demo - Cloudinary Image
Cloudinary Image: On-Brand Imagery Every Time, Everywhere. API-driven image editing tasks performed in bulk and automatically. Largest collection of AI-powered image customizations. Industry-leading optimized image delivery. Moderate and curate GenAI created image variations with confide...
Cloudinary Demo - Video
Cloudinary Video: Scale High-Performing Video in Minutes Manage branded, third-party or user-generated video. Ensure flawless delivery with quality-led video optimization. Meet accessibility and localization needs with customizable video player. Edit instantly with API and AI-powered aut...
Cloudinary Demo - Search and Discoverability
AI-powered search for better discoverability. Open new paths to asset discoverability with natural language search, image search, and now people or facial recognition search.
Cloudinary Demo - High-Performing Images On All Channels
Deliver fast-loading visuals on any device, automatically optimized for size, quality, and resolution. Optimize and compress images in real time to improve Core Web Vitals without sacrificing quality. Deliver globally with multi-CDN support to ensure a responsive, consistent brand experience wh...
Cloudinary Demo - Cloudinary AI
Cloudinary AI: Since 2012, Cloudinary has applied AI to automate the entire asset lifecycle. We offer generative AI tools, MCP-ready APIs, scalable automations, and integrations with AI agents and LLMs built for developers, marketers, and enterprise teams.
Cloudinary Assets: The AI-Powered, API-First DAM for Visual Storytellers. Brands that rely on visual storytelling trust Cloudinary’s DAM to streamline complex workflows and automate time-consuming tasks throughout the asset lifecycle...
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Cloudinary Assets: The AI-Powered, API-First DAM for Visual Storytellers. Brands that rely on visual storytelling trust Cloudinary’s DAM to streamline complex workflows and automate time-consuming tasks throughout the asset lifecycle...
Cloudinary Media Flows. MediaFlows is the low-code platform for building visual media-rich applications in minutes.
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Cloudinary Media Flows. MediaFlows is the low-code platform for building visual media-rich applications in minutes.
Cloudinary Video: High-performing video at scale

Our API lets you upload, store, transform, and deliver high-quality videos easily and efficiently. With features like automated video transcoding, dynamic video URLs...
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Cloudinary Video: High-performing video at scale Our API lets you upload, store, transform, and deliver high-quality videos easily and efficiently. With features like automated video transcoding, dynamic video URLs...
Cloudinary AI: Cloudinary has been a pioneer in the GenAI space and applying AI to automate the asset lifecycle since 2012. We offer practical, scalable AI-powered automations for image and video management for developers, marketers...
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Cloudinary AI: Cloudinary has been a pioneer in the GenAI space and applying AI to automate the asset lifecycle since 2012. We offer practical, scalable AI-powered automations for image and video management for developers, marketers...
Cloudinary Image Cropping: Context-aware cropping with c_auto and g_auto intelligently determines the optimal crop and resize for an image, taking into account its content, context, and the specified device's dimensions or aspect ratio...
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Cloudinary Image Cropping: Context-aware cropping with c_auto and g_auto intelligently determines the optimal crop and resize for an image, taking into account its content, context, and the specified device's dimensions or aspect ratio...
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Users consistently praise Cloudinary for its ease of use and powerful image management capabilities, which streamline workflows and enhance productivity. The platform's intuitive interface and robust API allow for seamless integration and dynamic transformations, making it a valuable tool for developers and marketers alike. However, some users note that the pricing can escalate quickly as usage increases.

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Front End Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A must-have vendor for any site optimization needs"
What do you like best about Cloudinary?

I love Cloudinary's on the fly transformations which can be activated by writing only a few words on the image or video url. At my job we rely heavily on it for video and image optimizations. No other vendor comes close when it comes to providing this service. This allows images to load fast and keeps our google site speed scores in great standards. Cloudinary has some great advanced features as well as custom widgets, and advanced video cropping options. Cloudinary offers tons of options and has great documentation available online. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudinary?

The Cloudinary JS automatically updates. I would rather have control on when it updates as it can break things when using their widget. (This does not impact hosted images and videos that are in Cloudinary.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Musebe of Cloudinary

It’s great to hear how central Cloudinary is to your optimization workflow—especially with URL-based transformations and site speed impact. Your point on JS updates is totally valid, and we're exploring more flexible options to give developers greater control. Really appreciate the thoughtful feedback!

Kimberly J.
KJ
Supplier Marketing Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Very easy to use with great compatibility"
What do you like best about Cloudinary?

It's very easy to use. I can drop my image in and the link is instantly ready for me to use as needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudinary?

Lately there has been odd coding added to the end of the file names; not sure what that's about, but it doesn't appear that I can change it. Also, editing directly within Cloudinary could be easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Musebe of Cloudinary

Thanks for the feedback! We're glad Cloudinary’s simplicity and instant links are helping your team stay efficient. Noted on the file name quirks and editing, improving control and ease of use is definitely on our radar.

Verified User in Retail
AR
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Image serving for company web site through Cloudinary"
What do you like best about Cloudinary?

Ease of use and robust cross-platform integration has made Cloudinary an indispensable asset for the online presence of Bass Pro Shops. Moving from Adobe Scene7 to Cloudinary was made easy by expert technical support and good communcation with Cloudinary's engineers. Several teams in Digital Production work daily in Cloudinary to support web initiatives and build product imagery for online and retail purposes. We literally could not function without Cloudinary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudinary?

Complaints or dislikes are minimal. Asset searches can be a bit tedious and Cloudinary didn't have an out-of-box solution for a video sitemap. But, those have been minor concerns and Cloudinary has been quick to help us with any issues that have come up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Musebe of Cloudinary

It’s incredible to hear how integral Cloudinary has become to your workflow—especially across teams and at scale. We’re proud to support your move from Scene7 and help keep things running smoothly. Appreciate the note on asset search and video sitemap—we’re always refining the experience. Thanks for the trust!

William A.
WA
Owner/Product Designer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Seamless performance"
What do you like best about Cloudinary?

The free tier is a gneours stepping stone to growth. Scaling into robust image and video solutions is easy. Whether using their dedictaed player for videos or crafting your wown the potential is limitless and performant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudinary?

The docuementaion is rich but a little hard to navigate. The pricing structure is a little hard to understand, but I havent met the upper limits of my pro account and I'm well within the limit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Musebe of Cloudinary

Great to hear Cloudinary is powering smooth scaling and easy implementation across your projects! We appreciate the feedback on documentation and pricing—both are areas we’re continually improving to match the flexibility of the platform. Thanks for the thoughtful insights!

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
AI
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"One of the easiest SDKs to integrate for on-the-fly image transformations"
What do you like best about Cloudinary?

This was so easy to setup, install, and load the SDK into my software. We were able to scale our application to accept millions of user images very quickly. Integration took just a few hours and the support and documentation on their website is very easy to follow. They have so many features for image transformations that saved us countless hours of cusotm development. We used Cloudinary daily for 8 years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudinary?

The only downside is their admin control panel - which they keep changing the UI so it's hard for me to find things. Once I get used to sofware I don't expect such dramatic changes to the control panel. Other than that, no issues - a great product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Musebe of Cloudinary

Thanks for sharing such a strong endorsement—and eight years of daily use is amazing to hear! We're glad Cloudinary helped you scale quickly and skip the heavy lifting on custom image workflows. Totally hear you on the admin UI changes—consistency is important, and we’re working to strike the right balance between improvements and familiarity.

Verified User in Education Management
UE
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"works exactly as its meant to!"
What do you like best about Cloudinary?

super easy interface, super performant. great reporting features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudinary?

lots of features i don't need taking up prominence in the ui. occasional CS delays Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Musebe of Cloudinary

We're thrilled to hear that you find Cloudinary's interface easy to use and its performance great! We appreciate your feedback about the prominence of certain features and will take it into consideration for future updates. We apologize for any delays in customer service and are continuously working to improve our response times. Thank you for choosing Cloudinary for your content management needs!

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Overall a good product!"
What do you like best about Cloudinary?

The SDKs are very nice and relatively easy to use, most of the time. The features Cloudinary provides aside from basic media upload and retrieval are very handy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudinary?

The documentation could be better. Sometimes it's hard to find information on certain things. More examples might help as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Musebe of Cloudinary

Thanks for the review! We're glad you're finding our SDKs and media features useful. We hear your feedback on documentation more examples and clearer guidance are on our roadmap to make your experience even smoother.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
UN
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great storage without taking up space on computer!"
What do you like best about Cloudinary?

There are so many features that help with mass storage and sharing of images. I love how my company can all have access to needed photos while provide URLs with limited access to people outside our company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudinary?

There are tons of cool features offered, but it can be challenging to navigate or understand how they all work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Musebe of Cloudinary

Thanks for the kind words! We're glad Cloudinary is helping your team store, manage, and securely share media with ease. We know the feature set can be deep, and we're working to make navigation and onboarding even more intuitive.

Verified User in Wholesale
UW
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Asset management dream"
What do you like best about Cloudinary?

The tools provided for managing a large number of assets, and the documentation and support team to help you achieve it. I can't stress enough how great their support team have been every time I needed to reach out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudinary?

Not many things to outright dislike. Their tech moves fast, and sometimes the documentation falls a little behind or is too voluminous to easily work with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Musebe of Cloudinary

Managing close to a million assets is no small feat—glad to hear Cloudinary is making it seamless for you! We're especially proud that our support team has been a reliable partner. Great feedback on the docs as well—keeping them sharp is a top priority as we continue to evolve.

Michael B.
MB
Marketing Systems Admin
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Quality Enterprise-Scale Digital Asset Management Tool"
What do you like best about Cloudinary?

Cloudinary has straightforward and robust permissioning, which is incredibly helpful for managing access across a range of applications that rely on our DAM, including email and text messages, our app, and website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudinary?

Migrating assets can be tedious, so it is important to map out a storage structure when getting started with new projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Eugene Musebe of Cloudinary

Glad to hear Cloudinary’s permissioning is helping manage access across your platforms. You're absolutely right—planning your folder structure early makes migrations much smoother. Thanks for the feedback!

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