specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Cloudinary
providerId: cloudinary
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-04'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Media
  - Image
  - Video
  - DAM
description: Cloudinary credit-based pricing across Free / Plus / Advanced / Enterprise.
sources:
  - https://cloudinary.com/pricing
plans:
  - id: cloudinary-free
    name: Free
    type: freemium
    description: $0; 25 monthly credits.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly credits
        name: credits
        type: quota
        metric: credit
        limit: 25
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Upload widget, API, search
      - name: Remote fetch, auto-backup, revision tracking
      - name: Image and video transformations
      - name: Video transcoding + adaptive streaming
      - name: CDN delivery
      - name: Forum/email support
  - id: cloudinary-plus
    name: Plus
    type: paid
    description: $99/month ($89/mo yearly); 225 monthly credits.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly
        name: monthly
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '99.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Monthly credits
        name: credits
        type: quota
        metric: credit
        limit: 225
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: S3 backup
      - name: Auto-tagging search
      - name: Free + paid add-ons
      - name: Expedited support
      - name: Asset allow/blocklist
      - name: Video Bandwidth Boost 2:1
      - name: RBAC
  - id: cloudinary-advanced
    name: Advanced
    type: paid
    description: $249/month ($224/mo yearly); 600 monthly credits.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly
        name: monthly
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '249.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Monthly credits
        name: credits
        type: quota
        metric: credit
        limit: 600
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Custom domain (CNAME)
      - name: Optional HTTPS SSL Certificate
      - name: Authentication options
  - id: cloudinary-enterprise
    name: Enterprise
    type: enterprise
    description: Custom pricing.
    entries:
      - label: Annual (custom)
        name: annual
        type: subscription
        metric: year
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: custom
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Security/compliance review
      - name: Multi-CDN
      - name: Enterprise SLAs
      - name: Designated CSM
      - name: Custom contracts/invoicing
      - name: SSO and provisioning API
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - free
  - subscription
  units:
  - credit
  - period
  plans:
  - name: Free
    access: freemium
    model: free
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - credit
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Plus
    access: paid
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - credit
    - period
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Advanced
    access: paid
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - credit
    - period
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Enterprise
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - year