These two are the closest match in this series. Both give you an uploader, storage, a CDN and URL-based image processing. Uploadcare has the more polished uploader interface, more add-on services and more integrations. Fileboy has a simpler model and a flat price per app. If the uploader UI or the add-ons matter to you, look hard at Uploadcare first.
We have not quoted Uploadcare prices, because plans and limits change. Check their pricing page and compare with ours.
Check current prices: Uploadcare pricing · Fileboy pricing
| Fileboy | Uploadcare | |
|---|---|---|
| Uploader interface | Browser uploader and a React component with progress and large file support. You style it yourself. | A configurable file uploader with many sources, previews and built-in editing. More polished. |
| Upload sources | Local files from the browser or your server. | Local files plus connected sources such as cloud storage and social accounts. |
| Image transformations | Resize, crop, content-aware smart crop, rotate, trim, rounded corners, padding, borders, colour and blur effects, and AVIF and WebP for browsers that take them, in the URL. | A wide set of URL operations, including a proxy mode for images already stored elsewhere. |
| Colour palettes | The dominant colour and up to 16 main colours with their share of the image, vibrant and muted swatches and a WCAG text colour for each, as JSON or CSS from the image URL. Worked out at upload and the same every time. | A main colours URL operation that returns an image's main colours as RGB values. |
| Video | Adaptive HLS and DASH streaming up to 1080p, an automatic poster, seek-preview thumbnails, captions, a React player, an iframe embed and webhooks. No encoder of your own. | Video processing and delivery as part of the platform. |
| Add-on services | None. The product is deliberately small. | Optional extras such as malware scanning and content recognition. |
| Use your own storage | No. Files live in Fileboy storage, which is included in the plan. | Can be connected to your own storage on suitable plans. |
| Pricing model | Flat monthly price per app. Image transformations are unlimited on every plan. | A free tier, then plans based on usage such as traffic, storage and operations. |
| Storage reporting | Storage against your plan, split into images, other files, video parts and cached copies, with your biggest files and videos and a daily total. In the dashboard and the API. | Usage, including storage of your original files, in the dashboard. |
| Metadata | Your own key and value metadata, labels and nested folders, searchable through the API. | File metadata and grouping features. |
| Photo metadata (EXIF) | Camera, lens, exposure, date taken with its time zone, orientation and GPS from JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF and HEIC, plus every raw EXIF, IPTC and XMP tag. Only your private key sees locations and serial numbers, and locations can be removed at upload. | Image info with EXIF data, the original date, the location and the orientation. |
Reviewed November 2026. Products change, so check Uploadcare's own documentation for current details. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
Uploadcare has more features and a more finished uploader, so for many teams it is the better choice. Fileboy suits teams that want a smaller product with a flat per-app price. Try both with a real file before you decide.
Yes, but it is a migration: upload the files to Fileboy through the API, store the new IDs and update your image URLs. There is no automatic importer.
It has a browser uploader and a React FileUploader component. They cover the common cases. They do not include the connected sources or built-in editing that Uploadcare's uploader offers.
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