Imgix VS TwicPics
An alternative to Imgix
Looking for a better alternative to Imgix for your website?
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Before making your choice, here is what matters
Comparison overview
| Imgix | TwicPics | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | YES, full functionality | YES, full functionality |
| Worldwide CDN | ||
| Pricing scheme | pay for number of origin images only | pay for bandwidth only |
| Price starting from | $75 for 5000 images | 0.3€/GB of optimized images |
| CDN bandwidth | subject to "fair use" limits | unlimited: pay as you grow |
| Setup difficulty | 🔧🔧🔧 manual setup, back-end scripts, front-end integration | 🔧 front-end integration only |
| Image optimization | All presets must be configured manually. Amount of code grows exponentially with the number of image breakpoints | automatic & pixel-perfect |
| Real-time responsive images detection | ||
| Retina (DPR) detection | ||
| Lazy-loading | ||
| Embedded video optimization | Automatic & pixel-perfect | |
| Wordpress plugin | ||
| JavaScript components | React | React/Next, VueJS/NuxtJS, Svelte |
| SEO optimization | ||
| Customer support | FAQ + email | Dedicated live support service |
Differences that matter
Main reasons to choose TwicPics
Do you prefer a plug&play solution?
Imgix only performs image resizing and compression, according to rules you specify manually.
You have to choose the breakpoints, specify all the variants of the image in your HTML code as srcset attributes or source elements inside
On the contrary, TwicPics is a plug & play solution. It understands the CSS context and carries all the necessary transformations automatically. It also goes much further than the basic resizing. TwicPics rich functionality like lazy-loading, LQIP, smart cropping enable you to provide top-class user experience with no effort.
Features
Integrate in minutes, scale to millions
Pixel perfect
- Perfectly sized medias for any device, any connection in real-time.
Blazingly fast
- Images & videos are resized, cropped & compressed in milliseconds.
Eco-friendly
- Reduce file size by up to 75%, with no loss of quality.
No nonsense API
- Intuitive API and efficient frontend library, with minimal footprint.
Reliable
- Average 99.99% service uptime & 99.99% media delivery success.
Global CDN
- Load faster with worldwide CDN proximity.
Testimonials
What our clients say
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