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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cloudinary

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACloudinary is an image and video management tool enabling users to manage, optimize, and deliver images, videos and other media across every device and channel.

    $49

    per month

    MediaValet

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMediaValet’s Digital Asset Management platform makes enterprise digital libraries accessible, discoverable, and shareable to the organization's entire ecosystem – globally.N/A
    Pricing
    CloudinaryMediaValet
    Editions & Modules
    Media Optimizer - Scale
    $49
    per month
    Programmable Media - Plus
    $99
    per month
    Programmable Media - Advanced
    $249
    per month
    Programmable Media - Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Digital Asset Management
    Custom Pricing
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CloudinaryMediaValet
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    CloudinaryMediaValet
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    Cloudinary
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    MediaValet
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    97%
    Would buy again
    36 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    30 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    36 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    25 Answers
    Features
    CloudinaryMediaValet
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Cloudinary and MediaValet
    Feature
    Cloudinary
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    24% above category average
    MediaValet
    7.2
    12 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Dashboards9.01 Ratings7.211 Ratings
    Standard reports9.01 Ratings7.79 Ratings
    Data exportability9.01 Ratings7.710 Ratings
    Content analytics9.01 Ratings6.710 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings6.88 Ratings
    DAM Features
    Comparison of DAM Features features of Cloudinary and MediaValet
    Feature
    Cloudinary
    9.6
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    MediaValet
    7.7
    22 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Uploading assets10.01 Ratings8.321 Ratings
    Downloading assets10.01 Ratings8.322 Ratings
    Categories9.01 Ratings8.721 Ratings
    Asset storage10.01 Ratings9.120 Ratings
    Asset sharing10.01 Ratings8.121 Ratings
    Asset search10.01 Ratings8.321 Ratings
    Tagging system9.01 Ratings8.520 Ratings
    Content editing9.01 Ratings6.615 Ratings
    Metadata9.01 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    User access9.01 Ratings8.519 Ratings
    DAM Integrations10.01 Ratings7.910 Ratings
    DAM API10.01 Ratings6.48 Ratings
    Collections00 Ratings8.315 Ratings
    Workflow automations00 Ratings5.610 Ratings
    Related asset discovery00 Ratings6.713 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Adobe Bridge
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Adobe Bridge
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    MediaValet
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Cloudinary
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Acquia DAM (Widen)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Acquia DAM (Widen)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CloudinaryMediaValet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.9
    (37 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CloudinaryMediaValet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cloudinary
    Cloudinary handles pretty much anything you have related to images. From serving them up efficiently to adding transformations on the fly, there's really little this service doesn't do. Their pricing plans allow you to grow into the right levels and their website dashboards are very helpful. I would easily recommend this for all but the simplest of use cases.
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    MediaValet
    MediaValet is well suited for DAM specific use cases, it provides robust features and functionality for sorting, segmenting and searching data so team members can easily access what they are looking for without knowing the platform. We find our Sales and Marketing teams both love this software for keeping marketing assets properly organized and available on demand whenever it's needed. This DAM solution is one of the most advanced out there and well suited for large teams looking to break silos.
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    Pros
    Cloudinary
    • Cloudinary is the best in the market for photo and video transformations.
    • Cloudinary takes customer's requests for special features and implements them very quickly.
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    MediaValet
    • We love Portals, as a means of creating, editing and sending collections of pictures
    • The tagging system allows for end users to find our photos, without knowing where we put them
    • The system is quick
    • Apart from our initial edit for size, customers gets full sized uncompressed files
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    Cons
    Cloudinary
    • Their API does require URLs that can get quite lengthy and not always easy to parse on sight.
    • Documentation on how transformations work and what they actually do to your image could be clearer (what does force_strip actually mean?).
    • Although a free tier exists and is quite generous, should you need to acquire a premium plan for your needs the pricing at scale can climb quickly.
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    MediaValet
    • I would love to have an improved MediaValet app. People send me pictures to my phone that need to go into the DAM, and it would be easier for me to upload from my phone rather than email to myself and then upload on the computer.
    • I would love to see upload dates displayed when searching for photos to add to the Portals I create.
    • I wish the delete feature didn't delete ALL of the pictures, even when they're in different categories.
    • It would be cool to somehow integrate MediaValet as a folder on the computer like dropbox.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cloudinary
    No answers on this topic
    MediaValet
    It is not only likely, but we have been doing it for more than 6 years. We have even had the service since before I joined the company. The service works well for me and I hope that this service will continue to be renewed next year, as not having it would make my job more complicated.
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    Usability
    Cloudinary
    Cloudinary is very easy to use and offers fast way to upload your images, files and videos to their servers. Then they give you quick ways t implement those files or images onto your website using their API or just a normal URL. They also give you very fast ways to make edits to those files and include them in the url.
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    MediaValet
    I gave MediaValet a 7 for overall usability because it is reliable and effective once you’re familiar with it, but it has a learning curve. The platform is powerful and well suited for managing large volumes of assets, but the interface can feel complex at times and some common actions take more steps than expected. With simpler navigation and a smoother onboarding experience for new users, usability could be even stronger.
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    Support Rating
    Cloudinary
    We rarely use their support. But when we need it they are always there. They provide great consultation and suggestions to help us manage our costs and resources better. In the last 8 years perhaps we have contacted them 3 or 4 times - which is really really great
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    MediaValet
    The team is very responsive to requests and makes a point to provide feedback or status updates before confirming solutions.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cloudinary
    No answers on this topic
    MediaValet
    I mainly use MediValet to send special medical images to our partners. Collaboration with other companies is very simplified through MediaValet. The qualitatively uploaded images can be excactly assigned and organised through various filters. It is much clearer and easier for our partners to understand when the images have been accurately labelled and assigned beforehand.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cloudinary
    Cloudinary seemed to be the most sophisticated with the most documentation and platform support. Other solutions seemed to be a lot harder to implement, however, due to the good documentation and API samples on their GitHub we were able to implement it nicely. Additionally, they have a lot of really well-known brands using them like Wired, Sky News, and eBay which gave us a lot of confidence that this was a good robust solution to use and to help others with
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    MediaValet
    MediaValet is much better and easier to use than File Explorer. MediaValet lets us search for photos, control who can access them, and not worry about our assets being deleted at random. This is critical for a government organization that oftentimes needs to search for assets from the distant past. MediaValet makes it much easier to tag our photos, add post dates, and set usage rights for each photo.
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    Return on Investment
    Cloudinary
    • Images are essential to our product and using Cloudinary has allowed us to serve them up in a cost-effective and efficient way. Not having to worry about your images frees you up to tackle the real challenges for your product.
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    MediaValet
    • While we have had MediaValet only for a short period, we are already seeing improvements in how quickly certain projects can be completed.
    • I recently created an Annual Report which had a lot of big image files and data tables and using a Lightbox with our design agency to share these files saved us a huge amount of time.
    • As we roll out MediaValet to the teams, staff are becoming more aware of the quality, amount, and value of our best assets.
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