THE VISUAL MEDIA PLATFORM

Optimize and transform every image and video from its URL.Optimize every image and video from its URL.

400+ URL parameters that process images and video on request and deliver them from a global CDN. No new files, no pipeline to maintain.

400+ URL parameters that process images and video on request.

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/run.png?auto=format,compress&w=1200
Demo photo served through the Imgix URL above (auto=format,compress)
Delivered asAVIF or WebP, per browser
Size in your browserMeasuring…
vs the originalMeasuring…

AVIF or WebP · Measuring… · Measuring…

Best format for this browser, compressed on the fly.

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After you sign up: connect your storage get your Imgix URL add ?auto=format

8B+ images a day for teams at

8B+ images a day for:

After you sign up: connect your storage get your Imgix URL add ?auto=format

The image work you keep skipping is one URL

Each example is a live Imgix URL applied to the original file. The query string under it is the whole implementation.

Live Imgix URLs on the original file. The query string is the whole implementation.

ORIGINAL
Original portrait of a woman in monochromatic blue, 3615 by 4800 pixels
3615 × 4800 PNG
ONE URL
Generated 1200 by 630 social card: the same photo cropped to her face with a white Imgix logo top left and New Styles bottom center
1200 × 630 social card, 1 text layer + 1 logo layer

Text and logo layers

A social card with a headline and your logo, composed at the edge from a plain product photo. Two layers and a crop, with no design file to export for each campaign.

A headline and your logo on a plain product photo. No design file per campaign.

ORIGINAL
Original portrait photo of a young woman in a navy athletic top, her face in the upper left of the frame
ONE URL
Round avatar with her face centred, transparent outside the circle

Avatars from any photo

Face detection finds the face wherever it sits in the frame, then crops around it and masks it to a circle.

Finds the face, crops around it and masks it to a circle.

ORIGINALS
Sandstone canyon with a hiker, landscape
Fallow deer facing the camera, tall portrait
Tent on a lakeshore below mountains, 4:3, off centre
Woman with a mug and a white dog under a blanket, landscape
ONE URL
Sandstone canyon with a hiker, landscape, cropped to a square
Fallow deer facing the camera, tall portrait, cropped to a square
Tent on a lakeshore below mountains, 4:3, off centre, cropped to a square
Woman with a mug and a white dog under a blanket, landscape, cropped to a square

Uniform product grids

A messy set of shapes and sizes comes back as matching squares, each cropped to its most detailed region. One query for the whole catalog.

Mixed shapes come back as matching squares. One query for the whole catalog.

Same query on all four images

ORIGINALS
ONE URL

One logo rule for every shape

mark-scale sets the logo as a share of each image’s width, so it sits at the same visual size on landscape, portrait and square crops.

The logo scales with each image’s width, so it looks the same on every shape.

Same logo rule on all three images

ORIGINAL
24.4 MB MP4, 3840 × 216024.4 MB 4K MP4
ONE URL
Still frame at 2 seconds from the videoVertical still frame at 2 seconds from the video
3.7 KB still (AVIF in Chrome)6.0 KB vertical still (AVIF)

A poster frame from any video

Pull one frame from a video for a thumbnail or poster image, in the lightest format the browser supports.

One frame from a video, cropped vertical, as a lightweight poster.

One source, every output

One URL does the work of a whole image pipeline. The same file comes back optimized, edited by AI or transcoded to video, depending on the parameters. Pick one to see the live response and its measured size.

One file, optimized, edited by AI or turned into video. Pick an output to see it live.

400+ parameters, all from the URL

Every transform on this page is one of these, across images and video. Combine as many as you need on a single URL, and select any parameter to open its docs.

Every transform on this page is one of these. Tap a parameter to open its docs.

    Loads in 0.2 s instead of 2.5 s on mobile

    The same product photo on a phone. Left: a typical store upload, a 1600 px JPEG at quality 80. Right: the Imgix URL with ?auto=format,compress at phone width. Estimated image download time on Slow 4G (1.6 Mbps, 150 ms latency).

    The same photo as a typical JPEG and as an Imgix URL with ?auto=format,compress, on Slow 4G.

    Typical JPEG
    JPEG, [measured] MB
    Delivered by Imgix
    [measured] KB
    Product photo of a speaker, served as a typical JPEG
    Loads in2.5 s
    Before: typical JPEG
    The same product photo, served by Imgix
    Loads in0.2 s
    After: with Imgix

    Check the quality at full size

    Drag the handle to compare the original with what Imgix delivers. Zoom in to check skin, gradients and edges.

    Drag to compare the original with Imgix.

    The same portrait, delivered by Imgix
    OriginalPNG, loading Imgix[measured] KB

    Both sides are the same 1280 px image. The original side is the source photo scaled to 1280 px and saved lossless; the Imgix side is what your browser receives. Sizes are measured live.

    Same 780 px image on both sides. Sizes measured live.

    What changes when images get lighter

    Images are most of a page's weight, so they decide how fast it loads. Speed shows up in bounce rate, conversion and revenue.

    Images are most of a page's weight, so they decide how fast it loads.

    +2%

    more conversions for every 1 second faster a page loads.

    Source: Walmart site performance study
    −1%

    in sales for every 100 ms of added load time.

    Source: Amazon, as reported by former engineer Greg Linden
    −7%

    in conversions from a 100 ms delay.

    Source: Akamai, State of Online Retail Performance
    +32%

    higher chance of a bounce when load time goes from 1 to 3 seconds.

    Source: Google, Think with Google mobile research
    Test your page →

    See how much lighter your images could be, and what that does to load time.

    See how much lighter your images could be.

    Live in an afternoon

    Point Imgix at the storage you already use. Your images keep their paths, and every one of them gains a URL API.

    1. 01
      Connect your storage
      S3, Google Cloud, Azure or a web folder
    2. 02
      Get your Imgix domain
      your-source.imgix.net serves every file
    3. 03
      Add ?auto=format,compress
      then any parameter you need

    Pricing, made simple

    SELF-SERVE

    Starter

    Start with 30 days free. No credit card.

    After the trial: $25 / month

    What's included+
    • →100 credits a month: up to 50 GB of media and 100 GB delivered
    • →Images and video, every URL parameter
    • →AI tools included (background removal, smart crop, image to video)
    How credits work+

    What 100 credits coversDelivery costs 1 credit per GB and storage 2 credits per GB a month. Resizing, cropping, format and compression together cost 1 credit per 500 images rendered. Spent on AI instead: about 100 background removals or 4 image-to-video clips.1 credit per GB delivered, 2 per GB stored a month, 1 per 500 images rendered.

    AI toolsAI tools use more credits than a standard resize: 1 credit per background removal or generative fill and 25 per image-to-video clip, against 1 credit per 500 resizes. Full credit guideAI uses more: 1 credit per background removal or fill, 25 per image-to-video clip. Full credit guide

    If you run outCredits refresh each month and unused credits don't roll over. If you go over, images keep serving and extra credits cost $0.30 each (120% of the plan rate), with email alerts from 80% use. Upgrades take effect right away. Overage policyCredits refresh monthly. Go over and images keep serving at $0.30 per extra credit. Overage policy

    Start freeNext: connect S3, Google Cloud, Azure or a web folder.
    ANNUAL CONTRACT

    Enterprise

    Custom pricing

    Billed annually

    For teams running images and video at scale, with security, compliance and support requirements.For teams with scale, security and support needs.

    When to talk to us+
    • →Volume pricing for high monthly traffic
    • →A migration plan from your current provider
    • →Security review and compliance documentation
    • →SSO and team access controls

    8B+ images a day for:

    See full pricing →

    Starter covers this.Run it on your own images for 30 days before you pay anything. No credit card.

    Start free

    About 81 credits a month. Estimate only. Assumes images end up about half their original size, which is what Imgix customers typically see, plus 1 credit per GB delivered and 1 credit per 500 images rendered. See full pricing

    Test a page you already have

    Free image report for any page. No signup needed.

    Test a page →

    No credit card. 30 days free. Enterprise on custom annual contracts.