Image Services
Motivation
- 270 / 327 (82%) homepage asset requests are images
- 11.4MB / 12.1MB (95%) are images
Hard Requirements
- Just in time processing
- Resizing
- Cropping
- Caching of processed images
- Self hosted source images
- Integration in to existing workflow
- 100% availability
- Usage metrics
Soft Requirements
- Simple API
- Solid Documentation
- Subject aware cropping
- Format Conversion
Candidates
- Imgix
- Blitline
- Lib pixel
- Transloadit
- Home Grown
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Imgix Pricing
Lib Pixel Pricing
Cloudinary Pricing
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By Cory Brown
