TinyPNG is a simple compressor, and most people who look elsewhere have outgrown its free web limits or want the work done inside their site, in the cloud or on their own servers. Others want prices they can read before signing up, or a different mix of plugin, API and delivery.
Short answer: ShortPixel, Imagify and Optimole head the list of TinyPNG alternatives drawn from our image optimization services ranking. The first three places are kept for challengers when the category has enough of them; the best-known brands come after that, in ranked order. ShortPixel is the one to try if you want a small European vendor with plugins for WordPress and a one-time payment option. Each of the 11 alternatives sits in Best Image Optimization Services in 2026 and is described against TinyPNG.
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Pricing: 500 free API compressions each month without a payment method; separate pages cover paid API, web and CDN prices, which were not read
Established in: Not stated by the vendor
Built for: Designers and developers compressing mixed formats now and then, then moving to the API
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Why buyers look past TinyPNG
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The free web tool has fixed ceilings
The home page allows up to 20 images of 5 MB each in the free web tool and caps free conversion at three images. Paid access is sold as Web Pro and Web Ultra, but the pages we read show no prices, so a team cannot cost a move up before it starts.
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A licence covers one person for a year
One licence gives one user a full year of extra features, and further licences are bought under one account. Auto-renewal is currently exclusive to credit card payments. Groups that pay by invoice, or that share one login, may prefer plans billed per site or per volume.
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Compression and delivery are priced apart
The developer page grants 500 free API compressions a month with no payment method, and an image CDN is listed too. Their paid prices sit on separate API, web and CDN pages that we did not read. Planning a whole pipeline therefore means piecing together several price lists.
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What each one does differently
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ShortPixel
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ID Scout SRL owns the ShortPixel trademark and the site says it is made in Bucharest. Its Image Optimizer and Adaptive Images plugins for WordPress serve resized files from a CDN, and it syncs with Cloudflare. A free plan, an unlimited subscription and a one-time payment exist, but the pages we read show no prices.
Switch from TinyPNG if you want a small European vendor with plugins for WordPress and a one-time payment option.
SAS WP Media of Lyon edits Imagify, a WordPress plugin with bulk compression and WebP and AVIF conversion. Starter is free at 20 MB a month with 2 MB per image, Growth is 2.99 dollars a month billed yearly for 500 MB, and Infinite removes the image cap. The plans list no CDN.
Switch from TinyPNG if your images live in a WordPress media library and a small monthly allowance is enough.
Optimole bills by unique daily visitors, 48,000, 120,000 or 300,000 a month, with unlimited images, instead of by file volume. Vertigo Studio SA is the contracting party and the Terms place it in Romania. The pricing page shows no prices, the trial length is not stated, and a card is not needed to start.
Switch from TinyPNG if your library is large but your traffic is modest.
Kraken.io prices in USD by gigabytes of unprocessed images, from Micro at 5 dollars a month for 500 MB to Enterprise at 79 dollars for 60 GB, each with an overage rate. One quota covers the API, web interface and both plugins. Nekkra UG is the contracting party and every account starts with 100 MB free.
Switch from TinyPNG if you want published monthly tiers for an API-driven compressor.
Bunny Optimizer costs 9.50 dollars per website each month whatever the traffic, with unlimited requests and transformations and a 14-day trial without a card. A site connects without a plugin. The per-site price favours one big site over an agency with many small ones, and sites beyond twenty are quoted by sales.
Switch from TinyPNG if you run a few busy sites and want a bill that ignores traffic.
Sirv says it is incorporated in the United Kingdom. Its free plan gives 0.5 GB storage and 2 GB bandwidth a month, and Business is 19 dollars a month with 20 GB bandwidth and 20 users. Beyond compression it offers 360-degree spin viewers and plugins for WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento and BigCommerce.
Switch from TinyPNG if you sell products online and want spin views beside compression.
Cloudimage, from the Scaleflex team, publishes euro prices excluding VAT: Essential at 49 euros a month with 100 GB of CDN traffic and 25 GB storage, Grow at 99 euros, Scale at 279 euros. Traffic overage is charged per gigabyte. Only Essential has a 30-day trial, and the page states no headquarters country.
Switch from TinyPNG if you want prices in euros and caps on traffic, storage and operations.
Thumbor is an MIT-licensed thumbnail service from globo.com that you install with pip and run yourself. URL options such as 300x200/smart crop to faces and features, and storage can be local disk, AWS S3, Rackspace or Ceph. Servers, scaling and any CDN in front are yours to run, with no paid support mentioned.
Switch from TinyPNG if you have engineers and want images processed on your own servers.
ImageKit Private Limited runs a forever-free plan with 20 GB of bandwidth, 3 GB of DAM storage and 2 users. Lite adds 9 dollars a month with overage of 0.5 dollars per GB, and Pro is 89 dollars. It offers 50+ URL-based transformations and can serve originals from your own S3, GCS or Azure Blob bucket.
Switch from TinyPNG if you want originals to stay in your own bucket while images are served resized.
Uploadcare begins with intake: its File Uploader takes device, camera, Dropbox, Google Drive and link sources, followed by a chainable URL API. The free plan allows 1,000 operations and 5 GB of traffic but only for personal use, and Pro is 66 dollars a month billed yearly. Operations, traffic and storage are each metered.
Switch from TinyPNG if your users upload files and you need intake and resizing in one service.
Imgix, Inc. sells credits instead of image counts: two per stored gigabyte a month, one per delivered gigabyte. Starter is 25 dollars a month with 100 credits, up to Growth Plus at 500 dollars. A 30-day trial gives 100 credits without a card, and heavy delivery drains the allowance.
Switch from TinyPNG if you can forecast storage and delivery and want real-time URL transformations.
You compress inside WordPress and want a French vendor
Imagify: Imagify is edited by SAS WP Media in Lyon, and its Starter plan is free at 20 MB a month with 2 MB per image.
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You want one flat price per site whatever the traffic
Bunny Optimizer: The Optimizer costs 9.50 dollars per website a month with unlimited requests, and a 14-day trial needs no card.
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You want to run the processing on your own servers
Thumbor: It is MIT-licensed, installs with pip and stores on local disk, AWS S3, Rackspace or Ceph.
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You want originals to stay in your own cloud bucket
ImageKit: It can serve images from your S3, GCS or Azure Blob bucket, and a forever-free plan includes 20 GB of bandwidth.
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You want euro prices and capped traffic
Cloudimage: Essential is 49 euros a month excluding VAT with 100 GB of CDN traffic and a 30-day trial.
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When TinyPNG is still the right choice
TinyPNG does one job with little setup. The web tool takes WebP, AVIF, JPEG XL, PNG and JPEG by drag and drop, the API gives 500 free compressions a month, and official WordPress and Figma plugins plus Make and Zapier integrations are listed. Client libraries cover Ruby, PHP, Node.js, Python, Java and .NET. The terms name Tinify B.V. in the Netherlands as operator, with disputes heard in Amsterdam. For occasional use that is a tidy arrangement.
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What moving off TinyPNG involves
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Count what you compress each month
Work out whether your volume stays inside 500 API compressions, 20 images per web session, or neither. The answer decides between a plugin with a monthly allowance, a quota in gigabytes, or a per-site flat price.
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Decide where images are delivered
TinyPNG compresses files you then host. Services such as ImageKit, Sirv and Cloudimage also deliver them, which changes the bill from storage to traffic. Imagify's plans list no CDN, so delivery would stay where it is.
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Look at renewal dates
Licences run for a year and auto-renewal needs a credit card, with a reminder email one month before. Check when each licence ends so you can switch at renewal instead of paying for an unused year.
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Questions about replacing TinyPNG
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Who runs TinyPNG?
The terms say the service is owned and operated by Tinify B.V., governed by Dutch law with disputes heard in Amsterdam courts. The site presents itself as Tinify while keeping the tinypng.com domain.
How much can I compress for free on the website?
The home page allows up to 20 images of at most 5 MB each in one go, and free format conversion is capped at three images. Beyond that you need the Web Pro or Web Ultra subscription.
Which alternatives have a free tier?
Imagify Starter is free at 20 MB a month, Sirv has a free plan with 0.5 GB storage, ImageKit has a forever-free plan with 20 GB of bandwidth, and Kraken.io gives 100 MB of testing quota. Uploadcare's free plan is for personal use only.
Do I need a plugin or an API?
TinyPNG itself offers both. Among the alternatives, ShortPixel, Imagify and Optimole describe WordPress plugins, while Kraken.io lists API, web interface, WordPress and Magento routes. Thumbor and Uploadcare are URL and API services.
Is there a flat price that ignores traffic?
Bunny Optimizer lists 9.50 dollars per website per month regardless of traffic, with unlimited requests and transformations. Optimole counts unique daily visitors and offers unlimited images instead.
Can I run image optimisation on my own servers?
Thumbor can. It is MIT-licensed and installs with pip. You supply the servers, storage and any CDN, and no paid support is mentioned on its repository page.
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Checked 7 November 2026
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