Cloudinary Has a Free API — Transform, Optimize, and Deliver Images and Videos Without Paying

Most developers still upload images to S3, write resize logic, and pray their CDN caches correctly. Meanwhile, Cloudinary gives you a free API that handles upload, transformation, optimization, and delivery — all from a single URL. No credit card required. 25GB storage + 25GB bandwidth/month on the free plan. What You Get for Free 25 credits/month (~25GB storage + 25GB bandwidth) Image transformations — resize, crop, blur, watermark, face detection Video transformations — trim, transcode, generate thumbnails Auto-format delivery — serves WebP/AVIF based on browser support Global CDN — automatic caching and delivery from edge locations AI features — background removal, auto-tagging, content-aware crop Quick Start (Under 2 Minutes) Sign up at cloudinary.com , grab your Cloud Name, API Key, and API Secret from the dashboard. Upload an Image curl https://api.cloudinary.com/v1_1/YOUR_CLOUD/image/upload \ -X POST \ -F "file=@photo.jpg" \ -F "upload_preset=YOUR_PRESET" Transform via URL The m