Cloudinary (Video API)

media platform

Last verified 2026-07-28 · every claim below is first-party sourced or marked “not publicly disclosed”.

Data retention & privacy

Assets are stored while the account is active and deleted after subscription termination; manual deletion is available via the Upload/Admin API; original backups are retained indefinitely and there is no built-in auto-expiration.

Verification / evidence fit: Not positioned for evidence — media delivery/transformation platform
API type: REST + SDKs
Pricing model: credit-based (1 credit = 1,000 transforms / 1 GB storage / 1 GB bandwidth), tiered
Starting price: Free tier; Plus $89/mo (annual); Advanced $224/mo
Free tier: Yes
Free plan includes video transcoding + transformations
No-code option: Yes
Self-host GPU required: No — managed
Verticals served: web/app media, e-commerce, marketing/DAM
Notable customers: not publicly disclosed
Documentation: https://cloudinary.com/documentation

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