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  "slug": "cloudinary",
  "name": "Cloudinary",
  "url": "https://cloudinary.com",
  "cat": "media",
  "group": "back",
  "tagline": "Image/video CDN + DAM",
  "price": "Free 25 credits/mo; Plus $99/mo (225 credits); Advanced $249/mo (600 credits). 1 credit = 1,000 transformations or 1 GB storage or 1 GB bandwidth",
  "tier": "mixed",
  "pick": false,
  "what": "Hosted media platform combining upload, storage, a URL-based transformation API and CDN delivery. Handles automatic format negotiation via <code>f_auto</code> and quality via <code>q_auto</code>, emitting AVIF or WebP per browser. Includes a DAM layer, AI cropping and video transcoding.",
  "why": "The most complete single-vendor answer: upload, transform, optimize and deliver without stitching services together. <code>f_auto,q_auto</code> alone typically cuts image weight 40-70% and improves LCP with a one-line URL change.",
  "warn": "The credit model blends storage, bandwidth and transformations into one pool, so a traffic spike burns the same budget as a storage spike — hard to forecast. Transformation URLs are Cloudinary-shaped, so migrating means rewriting every image URL in your content.",
  "install": "npm i cloudinary",
  "category": {
    "key": "media",
    "name": "Images, video & files",
    "desc": "Upload, transform, store, deliver. Transformation billing is the hidden cost.",
    "group": "back",
    "groupName": "Give it a backend"
  },
  "freshness": null,
  "health": {
    "ok": true,
    "status_code": 200,
    "final_url": "https://cloudinary.com/",
    "checked_at": "2026-08-18T17:12:38.21+00:00"
  },
  "corrected_at": null,
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}