ImageKit

Real-time image and video optimization, transformation, DAM and CDN delivery, priced by bandwidth with unlimited image transformations.

Billing on bandwidth alone keeps costs predictable for sites with many images or many variants. Transformations are unlimited, images fetched from your own origin carry no storage or per-image fee, and Pro at $89/month includes 225 GB before $0.45/GB. Storage charges apply only to files uploaded to the media library, and choosing the Frankfurt region at sign-up keeps them there, though self-serve contracts are governed by Indian law.

Headquarters: 🇮🇳 India
Parent jurisdiction: 🇮🇳 India
EU self-serve plan: Available; check eligible plans and regions
GDPR DPA: Yes
Billing: subscription
Free tier: 20 GB bandwidth/month (hard cap), 3 GB DAM storage, 500 video units
Open source: No
Website: imagekit.io
Source last checked: 2026-10-06
Pricing evidence: Published rates

Pricing

Calculated from the listed vendor rates; exclusions still apply. How to read these estimates.

Plan	Base fee / month	Bandwidth / GB
Free	$0	$0
Lite	$9	$0.5
Pro	$89	$0.45

Allowances, plan limits & calculation details

Rates are shown at their recorded precision. A zero means no charge in this calculation; the vendor may charge for things we leave out. See the notes for usage assumptions and currency conversions.

Free

Base fee / month: $0
Included source images (thousands): 0
1k source images: $0
Included transformations (thousands): 0
1k transformations: $0
Included bandwidth / month (GB): 0
Bandwidth / GB: $0
Modeled plan limits: ≤ 20 image bandwidth / month (gb)

Lite

Base fee / month: $9
Included source images (thousands): 0
1k source images: $0
Included transformations (thousands): 0
1k transformations: $0
Included bandwidth / month (GB): 40
Bandwidth / GB: $0.5

Pro

Base fee / month: $89
Included source images (thousands): 0
1k source images: $0
Included transformations (thousands): 0
1k transformations: $0
Included bandwidth / month (GB): 225
Bandwidth / GB: $0.45

Billed on bandwidth, not on transformations or source images. Free has fixed limits (20 GB bandwidth, 3 GB storage). Lite is $9/month with 40 GB bandwidth then $0.50/GB, and 10 GB storage then $0.10/GB. Pro is $89/month with 225 GB bandwidth then $0.45/GB, and 225 GB storage then $0.09/GB. Storage only applies to files uploaded to ImageKit's media library. Images fetched from your own origin (S3, web server) have no storage or per-image charge, so per_1k_source is 0. AI extensions use separate extension units. Choosing the Frankfurt region at sign-up keeps stored assets in Frankfurt (imagekit.io/security-and-trust). DPA available. Self-serve contracts are with ImageKit Inc, a subsidiary of ImageKit Private Limited (India), and the terms are governed by Indian law.

Managed alternatives

At 50K unique source images / month, 500K transformations / month, 2,000 GB image bandwidth / month. Adjust usage and requirements.

ImageKit: $10,653/yr estimated.

Bunny Optimizer: $354/yr estimated · $10,299/yr bill differencePublished rates
Cloudflare Images: $2,460/yr estimated · $8,193/yr bill differenceModeled ratesConverts delivery requests to bandwidth assuming 100 KB per delivered image. Cached deliveries still count.
Vercel Image Optimization: $2,880/yr estimated · $7,773/yr bill differenceModeled ratesCache-write cost assumes 100 KB output images. Cache behavior, sizes and regional rates change cost.
Netlify Image CDN: $3,528/yr estimated · $7,125/yr bill differencePublished rates
imgix: $6,393/yr estimated · $4,260/yr bill differenceModeled ratesConverts credits to images and bandwidth assuming 1 MB per origin image; origin-cache retention changes storage cost.

The price difference leaves out migration costs, operating costs and any features you’d need to replace.

Self-hosted options

Operating cost is not estimated. These options are not counted as savings against managed services.

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