Support — forums, tickets, and email · Upload widget, API, and search · Remote fetch, auto-backup, and revision tracking · Image and video transformations · Video transcoding and adaptive streaming · High performance delivery through a CDN · Access to free add-ons
Trial
Free
free
storage: 25 GB
users: 3 users
Easy Setup · Auto Tagging · Video Support · Asset Variations
Plus
$99 /mo
$89/mo billed yearly
flat
monthly credits: 225 credits
users: 3 users
Allowlist/Blocklist asset access · Backup to your own S3 bucket · Auto-tagging based search · Access to free and paid add-ons · Expedited support · Role-based multi-user administration
Security and compliance review · Enterprise SLAs and support · Custom contracts and invoicing · Designated customer success manager · Multi-CDN and enterprise grade infrastructure · User management (SSO, provisioning API)
Pricing timeline17 changes since Jan 2015
Today·live prices
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025Today
Plan changes
Changes to what each plan costs and contains. Quota moves (storage, seats, credits) are the ones competitors rarely announce.
plan change log
When
Event
What changed
2023-01-07
Plan added
Free at 0
2023-01-07
Plan removed
FREE (Programmable Media)
2023-01-07
Plan removed
SCALE (Media Optimizer)
2022-01-09
Plan added
FREE (Programmable Media) at 0
2022-01-09
Plan added
SCALE (Media Optimizer) at 49
2022-01-09
Plan removed
Free
2021-05-02
Limit changed
PLUS · Users: 1 → 3
2021-01-19
Plan removed
Custom
2021-01-19
Plan added
Enterprise
2018-12-07
Limit changed
Advanced · Maximum video file size: 300 → 1,000 MB
2018-12-07
Limit changed
Plus · Maximum video file size: 100 → 500 MB
Pricing experiments
Cloudinary runs pricing experiments, so the prices above may be one of several versions shown to different visitors or may contain errors. Report a wrong price.
Pricing analysis & summary
Cloudinary Historical Pricing Summary
SaasTrack has maintained a continuous, verified record of Cloudinary pricing since 2015-01-06. Across 17 dated observations, SaasTrack recorded 200 documented pricing and quota adjustments across 5 active plan tiers in the Media API space. Every price point and feature limit is traceable directly to captured pricing page states.
Key Pricing Events Timeline
Date
Plan / Event
Description
2025-01-03
Feature removed
Free: Users / Accounts
2025-01-03
Feature removed
Plus: Auto-tagging based search
2025-01-03
Feature removed
Plus: Access to free and paid add-ons
2025-01-03
Feature added
Free: Users
2025-01-03
Feature removed
Plus: Allowlist/Blocklist asset access
2025-01-03
Feature removed
Free: Remote fetch, auto-backup, and revision tracking
Frequently asked questions
Has Cloudinary raised its prices recently?
SaasTrack has logged 17 pricing page snapshots for Cloudinary since 2015. Check the timeline chart above for exact price points over time.
What plans are currently available for Cloudinary?
Cloudinary currently offers 5 active plans. Full plan features, seat costs, and quota allowances are detailed in the "Plans today" section above.
Does Cloudinary offer annual billing discounts?
Use the "Monthly / Yearly" toggle on the price history chart above to compare annual discount rates against monthly subscriptions.
How does SaasTrack monitor competitor price changes for Cloudinary?
SaasTrack automatically monitors Cloudinary's pricing page, detecting price hikes, plan additions, quota modifications, and tier restructuring in real time.
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