2 categories · RankedCloudinary
Cloudinary is an AI-native platform and set of APIs for automating the image and video lifecycle at scale, including transformation, optimization and delivery of media · cloudinary.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Filecamp is first at 27%.
Canto is first at 40%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Bynder is first at 43%.
Why models recommend it
“Choose Cloudinary if: Your primary need is media transformation, optimization, and delivery for digital products”Kimi K2 · Comparative question · alternative
“Best when DAM must connect closely to websites, applications, APIs, and automated image/video transformation.”Perplexity Sonar · Direct question · alternative
“Gumlet or Cloudinary: Strong for performance (multi-CDN, optimization), analytics, and cost predictability.”Grok 4.20 · Scale-constrained question · alternative
“Cloudinary is another option, with a Plus plan costing $89 per month for 3 users and 225 monthly credits.”Llama 4 Maverick · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Cloudinary can be problematic for non-technical users”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Cloudinary, over the 113 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 23 | View → | |
| 64 | 5 | View → | |
| 61 | 8 | View → | |
| 50 | 4 | View → | |
| 46 | 2 | View → | |
| 43 | 0 | View → | |
| 34 | 10 | View → | |
| 28 | 0 | View → | |
| 26 | 6 | View → | |
| 26 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Cloudinary →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Cloudinary's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Developers, Teams, and Agents
- Price stated
- $0; $99 per month; $89 per month; $249 per month; $224 per month; Custom
- Starting price
- $0
- Free plan or trial
- sign up for free
- Certifications
- ISO 14001, SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting
- worldwide, EEA
- Customers named
- Paul Smith, Grubhub, Marks & Spencer, adidas, AMC, AG Jeans, Atom Tickets, Babolat
- Headquarters
- Santa Clara, Israel
- Founded
- 2011
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 105 of the 113 answers that named Cloudinary and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
254 of the 345 domain citations in answers naming Cloudinary came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 1,042 | 22 | 2026-09-24 | ||
| Report or ebook | 940 | 0 | 2026-06-30 | ||
| Template or tool | 525 | 84 | 2026-09-27 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 442 | 14 | 2026-08-07 | ||
| Case study | 55 | 1 | 2026-09-14 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 31 | 0 | 2026-04-04 | ||
| Conference or event | 22 | undated | |||
| Comparison | 4 | 0 | 2025-08-14 | ||
| Podcast or video | 4 | 2 | 2026-07-13 | ||
| News or press | 1 | 0 | 2024-11-27 |
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How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page cloudinary.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.