4.8/5
Capterra rating
29 reviews
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Should I Use Uploadcare?
Uploadcare provides companies with simple, powerful, developer-friendly building blocks to handle file uploading, processing, and delivery. A complete out-of-the-box solution, built for engineers by engineers.
Depends
DependsBuy it if your app has real user file uploads and a developer to wire the API; the free tier makes trying it cheap.
Solid developer file-upload stack with a free tier; great for apps with user uploads, overkill for simple hosting needs.
Confidence: Medium
4.6/5
G2 rating
10 reviews
$79/mo
Starting price
Pro plan; Free tier at $0
2011
Founded
Acquired by Tiugo Technologies, 2024
Value for money
3
Free start, but competitor claims it's expensive at scale
Ease of use
4
Reviewers repeatedly call it simple and developer-friendly
Feature depth
4
Full upload-process-deliver stack, many integrations and SDKs
Support quality
4
GetApp rates customer support 4.3/5
Security posture
3
Whitepaper published, but plugin CVEs and closed breach
Pros
Cons
Gotchas
- highWordPress plugin had CVE-2024-35636 (CSRF, medium) plus an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload flaw.⁸
- mediumCosts climb with usage — Bytescale's whole sales pitch is that Uploadcare gets expensive at scale.⁷
- mediumCompany disclosed and closed a potential breach involving text/html files — patched, but worth knowing.10
- lowSwitching means migrating stored files and rewriting delivery URLs — competitors run dedicated switch pages.⁷
Best for
- Apps with heavy user-generated uploads
- Dev teams wanting upload+processing+CDN in one
- SaaS needing image/video optimization
- Indie devs wanting a simple upload API
Not for
- Simple sites needing basic file hosting
- Image-transformation-only needs — Cloudinary fits better
- Non-technical buyers without a developer
- High-volume media apps on tight budgets
Companies that use it
- SnuggPro
- SupervisionAssist⁴
Pricing
Free
$0
- Start free, pay as you grow
- Image and video optimization tools included
Pro
$79/month
- Listed on SoftwareFinder
- For growing usage
Business
Not listed in sources
- Top tier
- Exact price not shown in reviewed sources
Security
Security whitepaper published; WordPress plugin had two disclosed vulnerabilities; a text/html file breach was disclosed and closed.
- CVE-2024-35636 — WordPress plugin CSRFCross-Site Request Forgery, medium severity, in the File Uploader and Adaptive Delivery (beta) WordPress plugin.⁸
- Unauthenticated arbitrary file upload — WordPress pluginVia add-image-data; made unauthenticated file uploads possible, per WPScan.⁹
- Closed potential breach (text/html files)Uploadcare publicly disclosed and closed a potential security breach involving text/html files.10
What users say
Users praise the simple, developer-friendly API and indie devs call it a good middle ground, though total review volume is small.
“Uploadcare is the best SaaS finding I ever had.”
“Greatest thing about Uploadcare is that it's simple”
“Uploadcare. Good middle ground. Simple API”
Alternatives
Compare Uploadcare with each alternative.
Cloudinary
Stronger media platform if transforms and delivery matter more than uploads
Uploadcare vs CloudinaryBytescale
Direct competitor marketing itself as cheaper at scale
Uploadcare vs BytescaleS3-compatible storage
Roll your own if your upload needs are basic
Full analysis
Based on ~20 public sources; individual review counts are small (10 on G2, 2 on Trustpilot), so ratings carry limited weight.
Sources
- Uploadcare Reviews — G2g2.comreview
- Uploadcare Reviews — Capterracapterra.comreview
- Uploadcare Customer Reviews — Trustpilottrustpilot.comreview
- Uploadcare fit vs Cloudinary — PicaJetpicajet.comreview
- Uploadcare Pricing — officialuploadcare.comofficial
- Uploadcare Pricing — SoftwareFindersoftwarefinder.comreview
- Uploadcare Alternative — Bytescalebytescale.comnews
- CVE-2024-35636 — NVDnvd.nist.govsecurity
security
security
- Tiugo Technologies Acquires Uploadcaretiugotech.comnews
- uploadcare/file-uploader — GitHubgithub.comofficial
- Uploadcare Reviews — GetAppgetapp.comreview
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