Transloadit

File encoding pipelines API

Free tier + paidImages, video & filestransloadit.com

What it is

File processing API driven by declarative JSON Templates called Assemblies: chain import, resize, transcode, watermark, OCR, virus scan and export steps into one pipeline. Handles images, video, audio and documents. Bills on gigabytes processed rather than per operation or per file.

Why it earns a slot

Reach for it when uploads need a real workflow, not just a resize — ingest a RAW photo, generate five derivatives, extract EXIF and push to S3 in a single declarative Template.

Know before you commit

The free Community tier watermarks images and trims audio and video, so it is unusable in production. Billing counts every gigabyte flowing through the pipeline, so multi-step chains bill the same bytes repeatedly.

Getting started

npm i transloadit

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Pricing snapshot

Community free: 5 GB/mo processed, watermarked output, service stops at the cap. Startup $54/mo for 40 GB then $1.80/GB extra. Enterprise custom

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Evaluate Transloadit (https://transloadit.com) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: File encoding pipelines API. File processing API driven by declarative JSON Templates called Assemblies: chain import, resize, transcode, watermark, OCR, virus scan and export steps into one pipeline. Handles images, video, audio and documents. Bills on gigabytes processed rather than per operation or per file.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): Reach for it when uploads need a real workflow, not just a resize — ingest a RAW photo, generate five derivatives, extract EXIF and push to S3 in a single declarative Template.
Watch out for: The free Community tier watermarks images and trims audio and video, so it is unusable in production. Billing counts every gigabyte flowing through the pipeline, so multi-step chains bill the same bytes repeatedly.
Pricing: Community free: 5 GB/mo processed, watermarked output, service stops at the cap. Startup $54/mo for 40 GB then $1.80/GB extra. Enterprise custom
Setup: npm i transloadit
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Neighbourhood

How Transloadit sits against the rest of the atlas — swaps, companions and the tools builders actually save alongside it.

Instead of thisSharp AWS S3 + CloudFront Backblaze B2 Cloudflare Images Cloudflare R2 Cloudflare Stream Cloudinary Filestack ImageKit

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AWS S3 + CloudFront

aws.amazon.com

Object storage + global CDN

Free tier + paidImages, video & files

S3 Standard $0.023/GB-month (us-east-1), PUT $0.005/1K, GET $0.0004/1K. CloudFront: first 1 TB/mo and 10M requests free, then $0.085/GB NA/EU declining to $0.020/GB. S3 direct-to-internet egress $0.09/GB

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Backblaze B2

backblaze.com

Cheap S3-compatible object storage

Free tier + paidImages, video & files

$6.95/TB/month (about $0.0069/GB), first 10 GB free. Egress free up to 3x average monthly storage, then $0.01/GB. Class A/B/C API calls free; Class D $0.004 per 10K

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Cloudflare Images

developers.cloudflare.com

Image storage + edge transforms

Free tier + paidImages, video & files

5,000 unique transformations/mo free on every plan including Free. Then $0.50 per 1,000 unique transformations; $5 per 100,000 images stored/mo; $1 per 100,000 images delivered/mo

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Cloudflare R2

developers.cloudflare.com

S3-compatible storage, zero egress

Free tier + paidImages, video & files

Free 10 GB-month storage, 1M Class A ops, 10M Class B ops. Then $0.015/GB-month, $4.50/M Class A, $0.36/M Class B. Egress always $0 at any volume

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