Cloudinary vs Thumbor

Is Thumbor a good alternative to Cloudinary? Here’s what you need to know.

Thumbor

Free

Smart image cropping and resizing service. Open source.

Thumbor is an open-source smart image service. It crops and resizes images intelligently using facial and feature detection. On-demand image manipulation via URL parameters with built-in caching and CDN support.

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Why switch from Cloudinary?

Indie pricing — no enterprise markup or per-seat fees
Direct maker support — talk to the person who built it
Transparent & open — many indie tools are open-source
No vendor lock-in — own your data, export anytime

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