Uploadcare
File uploading, processing and delivery for web and mobile apps
Uploadcare is a file handling platform for web and mobile applications, covering the full pipeline from upload through storage, processing, and delivery. It addresses the need to accept user-generated files, validate and secure them, transform media on demand, and serve content efficiently without building custom infrastructure.
The platform includes a File Uploader widget for major JavaScript frameworks, an Upload API supporting direct, multipart, and URL uploads, and official API clients for JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Java, Go, Rust, Swift, and Kotlin. Storage features include MIME-type filtering, file size validation, signed uploads, malware scanning, and optional AWS S3 integration. Processing is handled through a URL API for on-the-fly image optimization, resizing, cropping, content-aware smart cropping, background removal, and AI-based object recognition. Delivery runs through a multi-vendor Smart CDN with automatic format selection, responsive images, signed URLs, and custom CDN domains. Additional capabilities include video processing, document conversion, GIF-to-video, webhooks, usage analytics, and access logs.
Uploadcare is designed for development teams building applications that handle user-generated content. Pricing is based on operations, traffic, and storage, with a free tier for experimentation and paid plans that scale with usage, alongside custom enterprise terms.
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