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Cloudinary vs FaunaDB

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Cloudinary

Software

Image and video API for developers

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
FaunaDB logo

FaunaDB

Software

The distributed serverless database for modern applications

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Cloudinary paid plans jump from a free tier straight to $224 per month, with usage priced on transformations, storage, and bandwidth credits that consume quickly at scale; FaunaDB the Internet Archive's capture of FaunaDB's homepage on 5 January 2019 confirmed a free 'Try Cloud' tier alongside a self-hosted download, with a separate Pricing page linked but not itself retrievable from the archive within two attempts.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Cloudinary and FaunaDB actually diverge.

Attributes where Cloudinary and FaunaDB differ
AttributeCloudinaryFaunaDB
FoundedUnknown2012

Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (freemium), free tier (Yes), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Cloudinary

Nothing recorded that FaunaDB does not also cover.

Only in FaunaDB

  • ACID Transactions
  • Document-relational Model
  • GraphQL API
  • Global Distribution
  • Temporal Queries
  • Multi-tenancy
  • Serverless
  • GraphQL

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Cloudinary

No use cases recorded yet. See the Cloudinary review.

FaunaDB

  • Serverless applicationsnot Cloudinary
  • Rapid prototypingnot Cloudinary
  • Mobile backendsnot Cloudinary
  • JAMstacknot Cloudinary
  • Microservicesnot Cloudinary

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Cloudinary

  • Paid plans jump from a free tier straight to $224 per month, with usage priced on transformations, storage, and bandwidth credits that consume quickly at scale

FaunaDB

  • The Internet Archive's capture of FaunaDB's homepage on 5 January 2019 confirmed a free 'Try Cloud' tier alongside a self-hosted download, with a separate Pricing page linked but not itself retrievable from the archive within two attempts.

Pricing, plan by plan

Cloudinary

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Cloudinary review.

FaunaDB

Free
  • FreeFree
    • 100K read ops
    • 50K write ops
    • 1GB storage
  • Pro$25/month
    • Pay per use
    • Priority support
    • Advanced features

Which should you pick?

Choose Cloudinary if

  • You want to start without paying.
Cloudinary review

Choose FaunaDB if

  • You need acid transactions.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You also want document-relational model.
FaunaDB review

Questions people ask

Is Cloudinary or FaunaDB better?
Neither clearly leads. Cloudinary starts at Free and FaunaDB at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Cloudinary or FaunaDB?
Cloudinary starts at Free and FaunaDB at Free.
Does Cloudinary or FaunaDB run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Cloudinary for free?
Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
What can Cloudinary do that FaunaDB cannot?
FaunaDB covers ACID Transactions, Document-relational Model, GraphQL API, Global Distribution.
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