DAM platform profile

Transloadit: DAM software reviewed

Published price

Yes

GB of data processed per month (combined input + output file size); paid tiers also gate priority processing slots, collaborator seats, and max file size. Overage on the paid Startup tier billed at $1.80/GB. Enterprise tier is custom/quote-based tiered pricing with whitelabeling.

Deployment

Cloud

vendor cloud

Last verified

7 Aug 2026

on the vendor’s own pages

Buy it if

You need a pay-as-you-go API/infrastructure layer to upload, transcode, watermark, OCR, tag, or otherwise transform files (image/video/audio/documents) inside your own application or pipeline, want transparent published GB-based pricing to start, and can live with a cloud-only (non-self-hosted) service.

Do not buy it if

You need a standalone asset-management application with a browsable library, search UI, rights/approval workflows, or an on-premise/self-hosted deployment — Transloadit's own site documents none of these; it positions itself purely as backend file-processing infrastructure consumed via API, not an end-user DAM/MAM front end.

Checkable facts

Published price Yes

Billed on GB of data processed per month (combined input + output file size); paid tiers also gate priority processing slots, collaborator seats, and max file size. Overage on the paid Startup tier billed at $1.80/GB. Enterprise tier is custom/quote-based tiered pricing with whitelabeling.

Free plan No

Free trial No

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Transloadit publishes actual tier pricing (not quote-only for entry tiers): Community $0/mo (5GB/mo, 200 priority slots, 2 collaborators, 0.5GB file limit, watermarked outputs); Startup $54/mo or $648/yr (40GB/mo, 1,000 priority slots, 3 collaborators, 5GB file limit, unwatermarked, overage $1.80/GB); Enterprise is custom-priced with tiered pricing and whitelabeling. checked 2026-08-07 — Transloadit Pricing page
Billing is based on combined input+output GB processed; most processing Robots count combined input and output file sizes, with discounts for lightweight operations. checked 2026-08-07 — Transloadit Pricing page
No on-premise, self-hosted, or hybrid deployment option is mentioned anywhere on the pricing or homepage; service is described purely as a cloud API. checked 2026-08-07 — Transloadit Pricing page
Transloadit describes itself as "the file infrastructure platform": "Upload, process, store, and deliver any file through one API", operating since 2009; notable customers include Microsoft, Apple, Vimeo, SoundCloud, Salesforce, Coursera, Zoom. checked 2026-08-07 — Transloadit homepage
Media & Entertainment solutions page positions Transloadit as a media API/processing platform (backend infrastructure), explicitly distinct from a traditional DAM or MAM system, emphasizing 4K@60fps video encoding, adaptive streaming (HLS/MPEG-Dash), AI media analysis, and 'media cataloging' (playlists, metadata, hashing). checked 2026-08-07 — Transloadit Media & Entertainment solutions page
Dedicated industry solution pages exist for: Construction & Architecture (/solutions/construction/), E-commerce & Retail (/solutions/ecommerce/), E-learning & Edtech (/solutions/edtech/), Event Management (/solutions/event/), Financial Services (/solutions/financial/), Gaming (/solutions/gaming/), Government & Public Sector (/solutions/government/), Healthcare & Telemedicine (/solutions/healthcare/), Legal & Compliance (/solutions/legal/), Marketing & Advertising (/solutions/marketing/), Media & Entertainment (/solutions/media/), Sports (/solutions/sports/), Nonprofits & Advocacy (/solutions/nonprofit/), Real Estate (/solutions/real-estate/), Social Media/UGC (/solutions/social/), Software/SaaS (/solutions/software/), Travel & Hospitality (/solutions/travel/). checked 2026-08-07 — Transloadit Solutions index
Marketing & Advertising solutions page uses the word 'agencies' explicitly ("traditional agencies sink thousands into manual editing or pricey servers") and includes a testimonial from ad production company Shuttlerock, supporting an agency-vertical fit. checked 2026-08-07 — Transloadit Marketing & Advertising solutions page
Services page documents watermarking for both images (/image/resize robot with watermark_size/watermark_position params) and video (/video/encode robot), plus AI features: object detection/description, facial recognition ('Detect faces in images'), OCR, transcription, translation, and full video/audio/image encoding pipelines. checked 2026-08-07 — Transloadit Services page
/image/facedetect Robot documents facial detection, including outputting extracted face images with configurable padding. checked 2026-08-07 — Transloadit /image/facedetect Robot docs
/image/describe Robot documents AI object detection/tagging: returns a list of discovered objects/labels as text or JSON, usable for classification and content-moderation filtering (e.g. gore, nudity). checked 2026-08-07 — Transloadit /image/describe Robot / AI docs
Supported image formats documentation confirms read support (not write) for RAW camera formats: CR2/CR3/CRW (Canon), NEF/NRW (Nikon), ARW (Sony), DNG, ERF, IIQ, MEF, MRW, ORF, PEF, and generic RAW via dcraw. checked 2026-08-07 — Transloadit supported image formats docs
Core product is consumed entirely via REST API with SDKs (Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, PHP, Java, iOS/Android, Uppy web uploader) — confirming 'api' as a core, documented feature rather than an add-on. checked 2026-08-07 — Transloadit Media & Entertainment solutions page
Enterprise security page states GDPR/CCPA/HIPAA/ISO 27001/SOC 2 Type II compliance and two-factor authentication with per-collaborator role permissions, but SSO is limited to GitHub OAuth login for the account/console; SAML-based SSO is explicitly listed as 'on the roadmap', not currently available — supports excluding 'sso' from confirmed features. checked 2026-08-07 — Transloadit Security page