Cloudinary is a cloud hosting platform for images and videos. It provides APIs for developers to host their images on the platform. I use it to build applications where images are hosted in the cloud rather than on local storage. This helps with optimizing and managing images efficiently.

For digital asset management, I store all my images on Cloudinary instead of on my phone or laptop. This allows me to optimize the images, reduce their file sizes, and use them across various social media platforms. Depending on the use case, Cloudinary offers different options to manage and utilize images effectively.

As a developer, I find Cloudinary valuable because it provides many opportunities for building applications. For example, I recently created an AI application that can read images and automatically generate captions, which helps in describing images or videos without manual input. Cloudinary's APIs support this functionality and enhance my development process.

One of the most beneficial features of Cloudinary is its asset management capabilities. I can tag and categorize images and videos based on their content, such as tagging videos where a person is wearing glasses. This helps in organizing and managing media effectively.

I have experimented with Cloudinary's automation capabilities, but I am still learning and haven't fully explored its potential. Currently, I want to use Cloudinary to improve user engagement with my videos, such as tracking who is viewing and interacting with my media. This is a feature I plan to explore more in the future.

I haven't really thought about what improvements I’d like to see in Cloudinary recently. One thing that comes to mind is the capability for hosting very large video files, similar to platforms like YouTube. Cloudinary is not as widely known for video uploads as other platforms, and it would be great if it had a larger user base for this purpose.

Apart from marketing and video uploading, I haven't identified specific features or functionalities that need improvement. It’s been a while since I actively used Cloudinary, and I’m just starting to get back into it. Once I’m more familiar with it again, I’ll have a better idea of any gaps or areas for enhancement. I’ll need to think more about this and might provide feedback later.

I find Cloudinary to be stable. Since it's a cloud-based solution hosted on various servers, it manages downtime effectively. The only minor issue I've encountered is occasional delays in generating responses, which might be due to slow internet. However, overall, I haven’t experienced significant downtime or stability issues.

I’ve used several support channels for Cloudinary. They have a community forum and a Discord channel where you can ask questions and get help. The Discord channel is particularly active, with many Cloudinary experts and technical folks available to assist. There’s also Twitter for reaching out with any issues. Depending on where you ask, you might get support directly from the Cloudinary team or from other users.

I mostly use Discord for support since that’s where the whole team and other professionals are. They also host webinars to answer questions and demonstrate product features.

Before Cloudinary, I worked with other digital asset management solutions. Many of them required payment for accessing full features, which I found less appealing. Cloudinary’s free version offers a lot, and I preferred its UI and functionality, so I stuck with it.

For deployment and initial setup, it was straightforward. You simply need to visit the Cloudinary website, create an account, and sign up using your Google or GitHub account, or with your email to generate a password. The signup process is easy, and I didn't encounter any difficulties. After creating an account, you can access and start using the platform immediately.

You can interact with the platform through its documentation and explore what it offers even before gaining full access.

I’m using the free version of Cloudinary.

I would definitely recommend Cloudinary to others. It’s user-friendly and doesn’t require you to be technical to use it. The UI and landing page are clear and provide all the information you need to get started, so you don’t have to learn programming to make it work. Overall, I’d rate Cloudinary a nine out of ten. It’s a great platform.

I use the product for all of my web development projects. For instance, I used it to create a photo-sharing website.

Cloudinary's AI features, like ad copy and image transformation, have significantly streamlined my projects.

The platform is very easy to use. The documentation is excellent, and the implementation involves only a few simple steps. It is accessible to users with varying levels of expertise.

The platform's API features need enhancement. 

I have been using Cloudinary for about a year.

I rate the product stability an eight.

The product is scalable. 

I have not used the product's paid subscription, as the free tier is sufficient for most users.

I recommend Cloudinary to others and rate it a nine. 

I use Cloudinary to create an online platform to manage images. I’ve handled over a thousand images. Additionally, I use Cloudinary to store similar components, treating them as object storage.

A developer who wants to work with an automated demo project might typically store images as blobs in the database or an external folder. However, this approach can lead to issues with managing and retrieving the images. Cloudinary offers a solution by providing an easy-to-use platform for managing media files. It’s user-friendly and accessible, making it a good choice for new and experienced developers.

Unlike other object storage platforms like Google Cloud Storage or IBM Cloud Object Storage, Cloudinary offers a more straightforward and often more affordable solution. While other platforms can have a steep learning curve and may charge based on the number of requests or storage used, Cloudinary provides a free tier that is quite generous.

For instance, I worked with a client to set up an online auction platform and uploaded many files. Despite the substantial data, I received no issues or notifications from Cloudinary about overuse, highlighting their effective and scalable service.

It blocked our account, prevented us from uploading files, and showed a message about file adjustments. It wasn't well integrated with the project's storage and didn't streamline the application. 

I have been using Cloudinary for over a year.

I rate the solution’s stability an eight out of ten.

While developing my application, I was able to easily scale to multiple instances, and this scaling did not negatively affect my Cloudinary account. I can effectively store and manage my application’s media. However, when integrating the Cloudinary API, I must ensure proper installation and configuration.

I rate the solution’s scalability a ten out of ten.

Cloudinary provides a free plan for developers wanting to get started or explore its capabilities. The free plan includes access to the app's API, which is useful for developers looking to experiment and understand the platform's potential.

Cloudinary provides an API that can be integrated into server- and client-side applications. You can connect the API to your server-side application for backend operations, and for front-end developers, Cloudinary also offers a way to integrate directly into client-side applications. You don't need to create a new website or backend system to use Cloudinary; you can seamlessly incorporate it into your existing client-side code.

I recommend using Cloudinary. For one, it offers a generous free tier that can benefit beginners and small projects. Cloudinary's free plan provides ample resources for managing and optimizing media, which can be ideal when working with a low budget.

Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

I use the solution in my company while developing an app. I use it as a way to store our company's images for the websites that I made.

The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that I like that the tool takes care of transforming the images. For example, you can have an image that is 15 MB in size, and Cloudinary can take that image, upload it to the servers, and compress it. When developing the websites, I can get the images stored in Cloudinary in any format that I want and resize them as I wish.

The high price of the tool is an area of concern where improvements are required.

Cloudinary's documentation part has certain shortcomings when compared to the ones provided by the other tools on the market, so I think it needs to be improved. The documentation part is not that easy to follow, especially for beginners.

I have been using Cloudinary for a year. I am a customer of the tool.

I haven't faced any stability issues with the product over the year that I have used it. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

I don't remember about the product's scalability part, but I think the tool has limits. When you go through the tool's plans, you will see that the solution has plans like 250 credits, which accounts for 250 GB or something. After that, you have to contact the tool's support to scale more. I am not sure about the tool's scaling ability. If one day, my business had 600 GB of storage, and I needed to scale it up, then it wouldn't be easy for me. I have to contact the solution team and figure it out. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

Around six people in my company use the product.

The tool's support team is very prompt. When I gave the tool's support team a clear description of my problem, they gave me the help I wanted and directed me to the solution to my issue. The team is good when it comes to response time and knowledge. I rate the tool's support a ten out of ten.

Positive

I have used AWS, but it was not focused on specializing in images. It is just a storage tool.

The tool's pricing is very high. If you are an established company, I think it is worth the money since getting images on the web with the highest quality is very hard, but Cloudinary is good at handling such areas.

To use the integration capabilities of the product, I use the product's documentation to integrate it with my other tools, like Node.js.

I have not used or integrated with the AI capabilities of the product.

I would recommend the tool to people who are starting out because Cloudinary has initial plans in which it gives you 25 GB of storage, which is very good for someone who is just starting out and needs to assess their business.

Considering the expensive nature of the product, I rate the tool a seven out of ten.

I primarily use Cloudinary to upload images to the cloud and retrieve URLs.

The platform has improved my projects by providing a fast and efficient way to manage images. It has been practical and has worked well every time I use it.

The product's most valuable feature is the ability to upload images quickly and retrieve URLs. It integrates well with code, providing a seamless experience.

The product could be improved by being more user-friendly for beginner programmers.

The product is stable. 

The product is scalable. 

The initial setup was a bit complicated. However, after some time and research, I found it manageable.

I implemented the product myself. 

The product's free tier licensing plan is beneficial for individual developers to learn about its functionality. 

I rate Cloudinary a ten out of ten. 

I worked for an e-commerce agency, and we used to use Cloudinary for our website assets.

Cloudinary is very easy to use, especially for users or for developers.

The most important advantage of using Cloudinary is that it is very easy to integrate with the SDK, especially with Node.js.

It's a very stable application and can be more stable with Nord.js. Js developers like to use Cloudinary instead of other inventories.

We have been using the free plan for a long time. Cloudinary's first paid plan is quite expensive, around one hundred dollars, which is more expensive than competitors like Dropbox. Dropbox's first plan is cheaper than Cloudinary's.

The only challenge was the security token. I faced some challenges that were harder than the usual integrations. There is a type of integration in Cloudinary that allows you to make your URLs secure and accessible only with a specific token.

I have been using Cloudinary for three years.

We use Dropbox, DigitalOcean in Ventura.

The initial setup is easy. It's also easy to set up the SDK and manage the account.

I recommend Cloudinary for easy integration. Cloudflare is a competitor for a small business.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

I use Cloudinary to save files for our application, especially when users want to upload or change profile pictures. We save all those user profile pictures on the product. We also have an option where doctors can give documents to patients. We save those generated PDF prescription documents. We use Cloudinary to save our uploaded external resources so we can handle and keep them in their own buckets.

I like the tool best because it's straightforward and doesn't have too many complicated options like AWS. The dashboard is clear - you create a directory, get credentials, and then use those in your Node.js or Java application to access resources. With AWS, you have to consider many things, like bucket policies and user permissions. It doesn't have these complications. Everything on Cloudinary is clearer than other platforms I've seen. It is very easy to use. It's easier than the AWS platforms I've seen. Even general developers can use it, while AWS needs more experience.

The solution saves time and resources in several ways. It's easy to get started with, saving time from the beginning. You can implement file uploads in about thirty minutes without complications. The SDK and APIs provided to access their resources are simple and not complicated. Cloudinary is also a popular platform with good documentation and community support, making it easy to find solutions to problems.

I think Cloudinary has room for improvement, depending on the project you're working on. Changes might not be needed if your project fits what Cloudinary already offers. But if your project needs some changes, you can make them.

I have been using the product for four years. 

In the two years we used the tool, we never had any issues with stability or bugs. Based on stability, I would give it nine out of ten or even ten out of ten because we didn't face any issues in two years. But saying ten out of ten might not be fair, so I'd say nine out of ten.

The tool is scalable. For example, you can expand your resources from five gigabytes to ten gigabytes. But you have to pay for the expansion whether you use it all or not, unlike AWS, where you pay according to usage.

In our organization, we have about 200,000 users using Cloudinary. Some had profile pictures, others had documents shared between users and doctors, and some uploaded pictures of their sick animals or pets.

I can't evaluate the technical support team because we never needed to use it. We didn't face any crucial issues that required support in two years, which is good. Everything was clear.

The initial setup of Cloudinary is very easy, not difficult at all. Our company created an account, and we could create teams and invite team members.

We decided to quit using Cloudinary after two years because we were getting a lot of users, and it was becoming expensive. Cloudinary had fixed charges, so if we agreed to pay 500 USD per month, it would be the same whether we used high or low resources. They would notify us if we exceeded our limit, but not if we used less—however, AWS charges according to usage, which became more cost-effective for us as we grew. With AWS, you might pay 100 one month and 200 the next, depending on your usage.

I faced a challenge when we needed to migrate from Cloudinary to AWS when we hit almost 500,000 users. I initially tried to migrate files manually, creating an API to fetch files from Cloudinary and upload them to AWS. After migrating about 100,000 files, I discovered Cloudinary has a feature to migrate resources to other platforms easily. I had spent almost a week doing things manually before finding this efficient solution. I was amazed when I discovered I could do it with a simple command, moving everything from Cloudinary to AWS in minutes. But at the beginning, it was quite hectic.

I would recommend Cloudinary to others, especially medium businesses or companies with fewer than 500,000 users.

I advise first-time users that everything is easy, and your employees don't need special skills to get started. There's also a large community of Cloudinary users, so you can easily find documentation and solutions online if you get stuck.

I use the solution to host files and documents. I use it when I have an application where I want to store files online. I use the Cloudinary server to host the files, and I use the API to integrate the platform with my back end to save files and documents.

One of the best features of the platform is that we have a generous free tire that I can use for some of my projects without worrying about the platform's cost. The free-tier version is one of the biggest pros of Cloudinary. The API integration in Cloudinary is quite easy and straightforward.

I believe there is some scope for improvement in areas like the dashboard, specifically the user dashboard and the browser where you can navigate the platform. Sometimes, it can be a little bit difficult to navigate the platform. I think if the tool can improve the navigation around Cloudinary's console and make it more intuitive, it would be more helpful for users.

I want the UI for the console and dashboard to be better.

I have been using Cloudinary for two years. I am a user of the tool.

I don't have any server issues. The website I use Cloudinary for is still running, and there has been no downtime with the API or server.

It is  scalable solution.

I work as a freelancer, and I mostly use it to share files with my clients. I know that two of my friends also use Cloudinary. I remember that Cloudinary was introduced to me by someone from my past.

On some occasions, I have spoken with the product's support team. The solution's technical support was quite prompt in their responses. I rate the technical support a seven out of ten.

Neutral

For the cases in which I have used Cloudinary, I just use the API. The truth is the documentation is quite good, and it is straightforward to integrate the API with whatever framework or language you are using to write your application.

The solution is deployed using the cloud services offered by Cloudinary.

The tool is quite cheap because it gives a certain amount of free gigs for trials. If you are just starting out, the tool is actually free. You don't have to pay any fee, except if you have a large volume of files and documents you want to host. If you are just starting out, you don't need to pay anything to use Cloudinary. When you eventually want to scale, then you have to pay to use to get more for a little more space on the platform.

The tool's documentation is great, and everything is seamless.

I suggest others try using the product because it provides a generous free-tier version that you can use for test purposes. If you are still in developer mode, you can use it as a dev server to host files. If you don't want to write in the back end and you just have a front-end application, you can easily store your files on Cloudinary and access them without having to spin up a server. It is quite easy to use, and the generous free-tier version makes it more appealing to use.

Beginners who want to learn to use the product can look at the free documentation on the product's console. If you have any issues, Cloudinary has a huge community. Many engineers and developers use Cloudinary. In case you run into any issues, you can find something online or on YouTube that can help you fix it. Overall, it's quite easy to use.

I had only had good experiences using the platform apart from when I had the issue, and I contacted the support. They were quite prompt with their responses. I have not had any issues with the platform.

I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.

The tool has tools designed for the average user, and the onboarding process is very easy, especially for aspiring junior developers. I love Cloudinary's automation feature. It automatically optimizes assets, so I don't have to do anything. When I store an image, their system already optimizes it. Its CDN is very powerful. The solution also has a default configuration that makes images load faster without losing quality. We haven't faced any issues in integrating the tool with other platforms. 

I have been working with the product for three years. 

I've never had any issues with stability or bugs. The first project I used Cloudinary with is still working. Their API references are amazing backward compatibility, one of their strengths—unlike some other APIs, they don't break easily.

Looking at its credits, I think Cloudinary can be scalable. However, when you compare it to the AWS S3 bucket, you have more options for scalability with AWS. However, the solution is still good. I rate the solution's scalability a seven out of ten. My company has 1000 users. 

I haven't contacted technical support yet. 

I think Cloudinary is worth the money for its features. If you have a large user base or need advanced features, it's worth going with its paid plans. Otherwise, you might be better off sticking with their free tier or using AWS storage if you want to scale.

I would recommend Cloudinary to other people. It's especially good for those who aren't very technical, as it's a good starting point. It's also great for scaling up to mid-sized businesses. I would recommend it for these cases. Their enterprise plan might be great for large businesses, but I'm not sure about that as I don't have experience with it. I rate the overall product a nine out of ten.