Image CDN Comparison: Cloudinary, Imgix, Cloudflare
Image CDNs auto-compress, resize, and convert images on the fly. Compare Cloudinary, Imgix, and Cloudflare Images on features and cost.
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Image CDNs in 2025: Cloudinary, Imgix, and Cloudflare Images An image CDN transforms images on the fly. Instead of pre-generating dozens of resized, reformatted variants of every image you upload, you upload the original once and let the CDN handle conversion. A URL like returns an 800px-wide WebP image — the CDN processes it on first request and caches the result at the edge. This guide compares the three most widely used image CDNs in 2025 — Cloudinary, Imgix, and Cloudflare Images — and explains when the investment is worth it. How Image CDNs Work A traditional static file server stores one version of each image. If you want a 400px thumbnail, an 800px medium, and a 1600px full size, you generate and store all three. An image CDN stores the original and derives every variant from it:…
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