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Cloudinary vs Turso

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Cloudinary

Software

Image and video API for developers

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Turso

Software

The Database for the Age of AI Agents

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Cloudinary has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • 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; Turso usage is metered across four separate dimensions at once (storage GB, rows read, rows written, and sync GB); the Free tier caps monthly rows written at just 10 million before per-million overage charges, as of August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Cloudinary and Turso actually diverge.

Attributes where Cloudinary and Turso differ
AttributeCloudinaryTurso
Starting priceFreeOn request
Pricing modelfreemiumusage-based
Free tierYesNo

Identical on both: platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

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

Turso

  • Usage is metered across four separate dimensions at once (storage GB, rows read, rows written, and sync GB); the Free tier caps monthly rows written at just 10 million before per-million overage charges, as of August 2026.

Pricing, plan by plan

Cloudinary

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Cloudinary review.

Turso

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Turso review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Cloudinary if

  • You want to start without paying.
Cloudinary review

Choose Turso if

Nothing in the data separates Turso from Cloudinary on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Turso review

Questions people ask

Is Cloudinary or Turso better?
Neither clearly leads. Cloudinary starts at Free and Turso at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Cloudinary or Turso?
Cloudinary has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Cloudinary and On request for Turso.
Does Cloudinary or Turso run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Cloudinary for free?
Yes. Cloudinary has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Turso starts at On request.
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