ImageKit
ImageKit
Role
Third / final link in the family's 3-tier image-CDN fallback
chain. If both Cloudflare Images and
wsrv.nl are unavailable, the oriz-kit <Image>
wrapper resolves through an authenticated ImageKit endpoint. Doubles
as the family's DAM (digital-asset manager) for hand-curated
originals — see tooling/imagekit.md for
the original tooling-side entry.
Free tier
- 20 GB bandwidth / month
- 20 GB media storage
- Unlimited transformations
- Unlimited requests
- DAM (folders, tags, search, version history)
Card / subscription required?
NO. Free Developer plan: email-only sign-up, no card.
Alternatives
- Cloudflare Images — primary
- wsrv.nl — fallback 1
- Cloudinary — separate fallback already documented under tooling
Swap cost
Medium — URL transform syntax differs across providers, but the
oriz-kit <Image> wrapper isolates this.
Why this is our pick (for fallback 2)
The strongest free tier with a real DAM and a stable signed URL scheme — useful both as a CDN-of-last-resort and as the canonical home for hand-curated photo / illustration assets.
Note on duplication
A separate entry tooling/imagekit.md covers ImageKit's role as the family's image-tooling option. This file is the image-cdn-fallback-2 role specifically. Both reference the same account and same free tier.
Cross-refs
- Image CDN fallback chain decision
- Cloudflare Images — primary
- wsrv.nl — fallback 1
- tooling/imagekit — sibling DAM entry
- No card-on-file rule