Fastly Image Optimizer vs TinyPNG
No leader: the top candidate Fastly Image Optimizer has only 0.28 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for image optimization. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Fastly Image Optimizer
An edge-based image optimization service that automatically resizes, transforms, and caches images in real-time to improve page load times and user experience across different devices and browsers.
TinyPNG
A web-based API and CDN service that reduces image file sizes across multiple modern formats while preserving visual quality. It provides automatic compression, format conversion, resizing, and cropping capabilities to accelerate website performance.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Fastly Image Optimizer
Free tier (100,000 image requests/month) + usage-based pricing from $0.015–$0.50 per 10,000 requests
- Free + Pay-as-you-goFree
TinyPNG
Pay-per-compression from $0.002–$0.009 per image or prepaid bundles from $9. Free: 500 compressions/month.
- Pay-per-compressionTiered metered pricing: $0.009 per compression (first 9,500/month), then $0.002 per compression
- 500 free compressions per month
- Automatic usage tracking
- Format conversion
- API resizing and cropping
- Flexible scaling
- Credit Bundle - 1,000 credits$9 one-time purchase ($0.009 per credit)
- 1,000 prepaid credits
- No subscription
- Credits never expire
- No automatic renewal
- Credit Bundle - 2,500 credits$22 one-time purchase ($0.0088 per credit, 2% savings)
- 2,500 prepaid credits
- 2% volume savings
- No subscription
- Credits never expire
- Credit Bundle - 5,000 credits$40 one-time purchase ($0.008 per credit, 11% savings)
- 5,000 prepaid credits
- 11% volume savings
- No subscription
- Credits never expire
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Fastly Image Optimizer
Not documented yet.
TinyPNG
- WordPress
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