ShortPixel
Reduce image file sizes while maintaining quality through intelligent compression and modern format conversion
- Vendor
- ID SCOUT SRL
- Also known as
- shortpixel
Available worldwide
What is ShortPixel?
ShortPixel is a cloud-based image optimization service that compresses images and automatically converts them to next-generation web formats like WebP and AVIF. It integrates with WordPress, WooCommerce, and other platforms to optimize images on upload, with support for both lossy and lossless compression techniques.
ShortPixel pricing
We don't have ShortPixel's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Unlimited monthly subscription or one-time payment options. Free plan available. Annual billing includes 2 months free.
What ShortPixel does
The capabilities that matter for image optimization, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Architecture model
- Managed cloud API CDN
- On the fly URL parameter resizing and cropping
- -
- Auto webp avif format negotiation via browser headers
- ✓
- AI smart crop face detection centering
- ✓
- Lossless and perceptual lossy compression algorithms
- ✓
- Global CDN edge delivery network included
- -
- Watermarking and text overlay via URL API
- -
- Video transcoding and gif to mp4 conversion
- ✓
- Svg sanitization and optimization
- -
- Dashboard analytics for bandwidth cache hit ratio
- -
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- ISO 27001
- -
- Pricing model
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (10)
Independently observed- Cloudflare⇄•
- WooCommerce•
- NextGEN Gallery•
- Modula•
- Foo Gallery•
- WP Retina 2x•
- WP Offload Media•
- WPML•
- Gravity Forms•
- Drupal•
ShortPixel alternatives
Other image optimization we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- GumletCloud-based platform for hosting, streaming, and optimizing videos and images with global CDN delivery and built-in securitymedium · 54%
- Fastly Image OptimizerOptimize images on-demand at the edge to improve performance and conversionslow · 28%
- Kraken.ioCloud image compression service to reduce file sizes and improve website performancelow · 37%
- Cloudflare ImagesImage storage, optimization, and global delivery platformlow · 28%
- TinyPNGIntelligent image file size reduction for web-optimized formatslow · 37%
- ImgixURL-based image and video optimization platform with automatic compression, transformation, and global deliverymedium · 53%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for ShortPixel, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 67 | 0.05 | 3.3 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.08 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 30 | 0.04 | 1.2 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Architecture model: managed_cloud_api_cdn · Ai smart crop face detection centering: Yes · Video transcoding and gif to mp4 conversion: Yes · Lossless and perceptual lossy compression algorithms: Yes · Auto webp avif format negotiation via browser headers: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-01 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 10 | mediumsource · 2026-09-01 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: RO · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-01 · 75% |