I use Cloudinary primarily for hosting and storing images. It's a tool I use when it's required by the company's needs, such as hosting media files.
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Great for Image Management, But Tagging Is Crucial
What do you like best about the product?
Cloudinary is an excellent tool for managing images. I find it very effective for organizing and handling my image files.
What do you dislike about the product?
if people don't tag the images correctly it struggles to find them
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This is a convenient solution for quickly locating images whenever I need them.
Easy Asset Sharing, Solid Digital DAM Experience
What do you like best about the product?
Digital dam simplifies the process of sharing assets throughout the business, making collaboration more efficient.
What do you dislike about the product?
S3's lack of compliance has been a source of frustration for me.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Ensuring effective content delivery and optimizing images for various devices has been a key benefit. The process of managing content and images across different platforms is noticeably improved.
Effortless Image Management, But Needs Better Team Controls
What do you like best about the product?
I’ve been using Cloudinary for some time now, and what I really appreciate is how much it simplifies my workflow. I can upload an image and Cloudinary automatically handles all the complex tasks—optimisation, resizing, format conversion, and more—without any need for complicated setup or extra effort on my part.
The URL-based transformations are a standout feature for me. Adjusting quality, aspect ratios, dimensions, and formats is as easy as adding a few parameters, which is incredibly convenient. This not only saves me time but also keeps my workflow organised, eliminating the need to create or maintain cumbersome image pipelines myself.
In terms of performance, Cloudinary is very reliable. Their CDN delivers images quickly, and I’ve noticed that pages on our website load faster and feel lighter because of the optimised images they provide.
All in all, Cloudinary makes managing images effortless, allowing me to concentrate on designing and building rather than dealing with asset management. It’s efficient, dependable, and truly valuable for anyone who works with visuals, even occasionally.
The URL-based transformations are a standout feature for me. Adjusting quality, aspect ratios, dimensions, and formats is as easy as adding a few parameters, which is incredibly convenient. This not only saves me time but also keeps my workflow organised, eliminating the need to create or maintain cumbersome image pipelines myself.
In terms of performance, Cloudinary is very reliable. Their CDN delivers images quickly, and I’ve noticed that pages on our website load faster and feel lighter because of the optimised images they provide.
All in all, Cloudinary makes managing images effortless, allowing me to concentrate on designing and building rather than dealing with asset management. It’s efficient, dependable, and truly valuable for anyone who works with visuals, even occasionally.
What do you dislike about the product?
One of my main frustrations with Cloudinary is how disorganized things can become when several people share the same account. When designers, developers, and content editors are all uploading and modifying assets, the situation can quickly spiral out of control. Naming conventions are often ignored, folders become cluttered, duplicate files accumulate, and it’s all too easy for someone to accidentally overwrite something important.
Cloudinary doesn’t provide many safeguards to prevent these issues, either. If your team lacks strong organization, the platform simply mirrors that disorder, turning the asset library into a bit of a jungle. With strict processes, it’s possible to keep things under control, but without them, managing assets can be quite a headache.
Cloudinary doesn’t provide many safeguards to prevent these issues, either. If your team lacks strong organization, the platform simply mirrors that disorder, turning the asset library into a bit of a jungle. With strict processes, it’s possible to keep things under control, but without them, managing assets can be quite a headache.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Cloudinary significantly reduces the manual work typically required when managing a large number of images. Rather than having to create multiple resized or compressed versions for various devices and layouts, I can simply upload a single asset and let Cloudinary handle all the optimisation and transformation automatically. This eliminates a great deal of repetitive production tasks.
In terms of performance, it ensures everything runs smoothly. Assets are delivered via their CDN and are automatically optimised, which helps maintain fast page loads and prevents large files from slowing things down. It delivers consistent quality and efficiency without the need for extra tools or constant monitoring.
The biggest advantage for me is the time and mental energy it saves. With the heavy lifting managed in the background, I can focus on design and execution instead of constantly exporting images or enforcing file standards. It also helps minimise the risk of errors or inconsistencies in the asset library.
All in all, Cloudinary streamlines image management, enhances site performance, and keeps the entire workflow much more organised and efficient.
In terms of performance, it ensures everything runs smoothly. Assets are delivered via their CDN and are automatically optimised, which helps maintain fast page loads and prevents large files from slowing things down. It delivers consistent quality and efficiency without the need for extra tools or constant monitoring.
The biggest advantage for me is the time and mental energy it saves. With the heavy lifting managed in the background, I can focus on design and execution instead of constantly exporting images or enforcing file standards. It also helps minimise the risk of errors or inconsistencies in the asset library.
All in all, Cloudinary streamlines image management, enhances site performance, and keeps the entire workflow much more organised and efficient.
Simple to tag items and organize your favourites, however navigating isn't straightforward
What do you like best about the product?
It's simple to tag items and organize your favourites, making it convenient to access them later.
What do you dislike about the product?
Navigating the platform isn't very straightforward, and locating assets based on their resolution can be challenging. Lack of transparent overview to folder hierarchy.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Assign assets to different web modules.
An intuitive placeholder for storing the assets
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to update image with handy AI tools on edit.
The ease of finding the assets easily through search
The ease of finding the assets easily through search
What do you dislike about the product?
For an asset within a folder, I wanted to know if I uploaded the image against an older image without having to go to Open > Summary navigation. Maybe grouping of the image within the folder will help such case.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Providing a storage system to store the images/videos that can be shared and linked within the web application
Positive Experience
What do you like best about the product?
It works. I use this just for the assets feature but haven't had any issues.
What do you dislike about the product?
The asset URL changes when you move them to a differnet location.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Asset storage for html.
Overall a good product!
What do you like best about the product?
The SDKs are very nice and relatively easy to use, most of the time. The features Cloudinary provides aside from basic media upload and retrieval are very handy.
What do you dislike about the product?
The documentation could be better. Sometimes it's hard to find information on certain things. More examples might help as well.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Uploading, storing, compressing, and serving media.
Cloudinary is an effective resource for my day-to-day work.
What do you like best about the product?
Love the broad range of options, ease of usability, and general platform layout. I use it daily and it's easy to integrate into our newsletter sends, which I run.
What do you dislike about the product?
Wish it were slightly more intuitive and collaborative amongst teams.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It stores all of our images, including stock images and studio shots we have taken ourselves.
Reliable image hosting and storage improve organization but setup complexity challenges new users
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
Cloudinary is valuable for storing and hosting images, especially because it allows for easy storage and organization of media files. This feature is particularly useful when dealing with large amounts of images. Additionally, Cloudinary offers capabilities to create folders and organize images effectively under user-specific folders, which enhances usability for social media purposes.
What needs improvement?
The UI needs improvement because it has become quite messy recently, making it difficult to locate the media library and images. Additionally, the initial setup process is complex due to the numerous options available, which can be challenging for new users.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used Cloudinary for around one year, or less.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Cloudinary is stable and reliable. It does not break down or have noticeable bugs.
How are customer service and support?
I have not needed to contact customer service. I rely on Cloudinary's documentation for any help needed.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
How was the initial setup?
Cloudinary is hard to set up because it requires converting base64 URLs to blob URLs and other technical steps before implementation. The setup process can be challenging without proper documentation guidance.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I did not research Cloudinary's pricing, as I am using it for free. In the free service, it performs well.
What other advice do I have?
I would advise new users to read the documentation thoroughly to understand how to upload and store images effectively. For those using Cloudinary for the first time, be prepared for a learning curve, but it is beneficial to adapt to new tools. Overall, I would rate the solution as seven out of ten due to its complexity in implementation but its effectiveness in image storage.
Better than other cloud picture providers
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use:
Downloading a folder that contains all of the pictures from a campagin is useful. Especially since it's a faster download compared to how other manufactureres provide the pictures.
Downloading a folder that contains all of the pictures from a campagin is useful. Especially since it's a faster download compared to how other manufactureres provide the pictures.
What do you dislike about the product?
The way all files are stored in a tradional computer type folder system. Sometimes you have to go through 5 folders to find the picture you are after. If there was better organization tools this could help.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Having access to OEM pictures in quick and uniform way.
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