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ImageKit Startup Program for media delivery and management
The ImageKit Startup Program gives you everything you need to optimize and manage images and videos on the web — at a pricing plan designed for startups.
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Over
3,000
businesses
and
300K
+ users
trust ImageKit with their media assets on the web
Learn about the ImageKit Startup Program
Eligibility Criteria
Startups that are less than 4 years old and rely heavily on images or videos.
Must be associated with an accelerator, incubator, or VC firm
mentioned here
. Proof, such as a public announcement, a verification email, or a partner letter, would be required to establish this.
Must have raised up to $20 million in funding or up to a series B round.
Must have a working company website or app.
Must not be an existing paid customer of ImageKit.
Must not have received previous ImageKit credits.
Must sign up using a business email.
Startup Program Benefits
Completely usage-based pricing - no monthly fixed costs.
Exclusive startup discounts on all billing components:
Media delivery bandwidth:
$0.10 per GB
Digital Asset Management storage:
$8 per 100GB
Video Processing Units:
$8 per 10K units
Extension Units:
$8 per 5K units
Custom Domain Name:
$8 per domain/month
Users:
3 included, additional users at $8 each
Full access to media transformation, optimization, and DAM features.
Automatic AVIF format support for better performance.
Priority support, plus a dedicated Customer Success Manager and Solution Architect.
Join the ImageKit Startup Program
Submit the form below with the required details, and our team will review your application. We'll reach out once it's been processed.
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Frequently Asked Questions
If you do not find the necessary information below, feel free to reach out to us via chat or support@imagekit.io.
Can I participate in this program if a VC, incubator, or accelerator program does not back me?
The above program only supports startups associated with recognized VCs, incubators, or accelerator programs.
How do I apply for the program?
Eligible startups can contact us by filling out the
form here
.
Can existing paying customers participate in this Startup Program?
No. Existing paying customers cannot participate in this program.
What help do I get from ImageKit's team to make the best use of the program?
You will get a dedicated account manager to demonstrate how ImageKit can work for your requirements. Once you are a part of the program, you will be assigned a Customer Success Manager and a Solution Architect to help you adopt the best practices of media delivery and management and to ensure that you are making the best use of ImageKit. You also get priority support on chat and email, if you encounter any problems using ImageKit.
What are the media processing and storage limits on the Startup Plan?
There's no limit to how much you can process, deliver, or store on the Startup Plan. However, individual file size limits apply, just like on
a paid plan
.
Deliver
Future-proof media optimization and transformation
Transform images & videos
Ship media-rich experiences faster without maintaining multiple variants with a unified URL-based API that supports 50+ real-time manipulations across images and videos.
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Balance visual quality and optimization
Deliver high-quality, lightning-fast experiences with uninterrupted streaming and real-time media optimizations that support the latest formats like AVIF, HEIC, WebM, WebP, and more.
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Dynamic media personalization
Unlock the potential to deeply connect with your customers with personalized, dynamic banners and rich product visuals by directly overlaying text, images, and videos from the URL.
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Integrate with your existing setup
Start delivering a world-class media experience in minutes by natively integrating ImageKit with your cloud infrastructure. Our powerful integrations, APIs, and SDKs seamlessly fit into your team's workflow.
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ImageKit AI
AI-powered image generation and editing at scale
Create images using text prompts
Generate new visuals by providing text prompts directly in the URL. Combine these with other ImageKit transformations in real time to effortlessly create new assets at scale with minimal effort
Generate image variations
Start with a base image and generate multiple variations using a simple URL-based transformation parameter. Keep your assets fresh with GenAI built into the image URL
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Change backgrounds with studio-quality realism
Transform your images with AI-generated, studio-quality backgrounds. Perfect for enhancing product photos, portraits, and more with a touch of professional realism.
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Expand images with Generative Fill
Set your desired dimensions, and let AI extend the background to adjust your images to any aspect ratio or device, all without the need for cropping or reshoots.
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Upscale low-resolution images
Enhance low-quality legacy images or grainy user-uploaded images into high-resolution, visually stunning assets with AI-driven upscaling and retouching.
Remove background and add shadows
Easily remove backgrounds, add shadows, retouch product images, and adapt assets to various platform requirements with intuitive URL-based AI transformations.
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Manage
Manage your growing storage with the integrated DAM
Centralized digital asset storage
From product images and videos to ad graphics, sales decks, promotional banners, and more, ImageKit helps keep your asset repository centralized and accessible as you grow.
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Organize assets your way
Use structured metadata with AI-powered tagging to create a customized content organization system suitable for a growing number of digital assets and publishing platforms.
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Find the right assets quickly with AI
The AI-powered search provides suggestions as you type and finds content visually similar to your input text or image. You can also combine multiple filters to pinpoint the specific assets you need.
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Collaborate
Simplified cross-team collaboration
Share assets
Safely share one or more assets with granular access control management and secure public links. Reduce risks associated with sharing via email, chat, or file transfers.
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Speed up collaboration
Collate feedback, track multiple iterations, monitor activity logs and asset history, and publish assets when ready without switching between various channels.
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Bring everyone on the same page
Eliminate duplication, maintain brand consistency, and ensure all teams refer to the correct asset version across channels with versioning and virtual Media Collections.
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Developers Love ImageKit
Better performance & UX with cost savings
Having access to individual sub-accounts for each business unit has been a game-changer. It allows our teams to try out new ideas quickly and keep track of how our media is performing. If there’s a problem with optimization in any business unit, we can address it promptly.
Farhan Rasheed
(
Engineering Manager, Swiggy
)
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Top-notch visuals and enhanced efficiency
A beautiful thing ImageKit did was crack the code to deliver a seamless migration. Migrating from the previous third party to ImageKit was merely a day's process. ImageKit helped us migrate without having to move our storage or shut down the old CDN.
Sarang Purandare
(
CTO, SaffronStays
)
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Sub-50ms load time for videos and images
ImageKit keeps things snappy for our users. Dynamic sizing, on-the-fly video thumbnails, video streaming, and a rock-solid CDN mean our images and videos show up fast in milliseconds and look good.
Jon Siragusa
(
CTO
)
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Faster load time at 50% lower cost
ImageKit ensured a seamless transition without requiring changes to our storage from AWS S3 or domain name. By enabling faster load times and delivering optimized media at 50% cost savings, ImageKit has become an indispensable part of our tech stack.
Prabhat Sharma
(
AVP Engineering
)
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Optimized bandwidth consumption by 25%
Effortlessly switched from our in-house image resizing solution to ImageKit. It helped make our web pages load faster on different devices and simplified our image workflow. It helped also us reduce our infrastructure costs!
Rupesh Kumar
(
Director of Engineering, BigBasket
)
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30% faster load time, 60% smaller videos
With ImageKit, we have saved more than half the cost we incurred earlier. Further, it allowed us to leverage next-gen image formats, drastically improving our web and app performance across all platforms.
Vaibhav Jain
(
Engineering Manager, BookMyShow
)
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Simplified image optimization
ImageKit allows us to deliver optimized images across web and mobile with minimal effort. We don't have to think much about compressing the images to the right size or delivering it in the right format. And it has made life simpler for our developers.
Sanjay Suri
(
CTO, Nykaa.com
)
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35% reduction in bandwidth usage
Effortlessly switched from our in-house image resizing solution to ImageKit. It helped make our web pages load faster on different devices and simplified our image workflow. It also helped us reduce infrastructure cost!
Bharanidharan Viswanathan
(
CEO, 91mobiles.com
)
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Improved web performance
ImageKit has made real-time image manipulation, optimization and resizing across devices really easy. It’s an out of the box plug & play offering with minimal changes in existing infrastructure. And yes, your images stay where they are!
Suyash Katyayani
(
CTO, Purplle
)
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A must-have for any modern project!
ImageKit has changed the game with fast and reliable video and image delivery! The intelligent transcoding and compression algorithms optimize media delivery across all devices, allowing us to focus on building our products. Exceptional support and seamless integration make it a must-have for any modern project!
Robert Armstrong
(
CEO, Appstem
)
Optimizing images has never been easier
Images are a crucial part of any good website design. With different device sizes and screen aspect ratios, it can be time-consuming to prepare images in all the necessary dimensions. That's why our customers are always delighted to hear how we've automated this process for them with ImageKit. As a result, it has become one of our agency's standard tools for all web development projects.
Patrik Fluck
(
CEO, Etrex
)
Accelerating teams with a modern DAM
We've enabled over 270 team members to independently access and deploy hundreds of media assets, eliminating manual bottlenecks and accelerating speed to market. By modernizing asset management and distribution, we've strengthened operational agility and reinforced brand consistency across all customer and partner channels.
Raj Tiwari
(
Senior VP of Digital and AI Transformation, Stanley Martin
)
Centralized assets, better experiences
ImageKit has streamlined how we manage our media library. It gives us a clean, central space for our brand assets, allowing us to efficiently turn raw content into the high-conversion experiences our customers expect.
Bharat Murali
(
Head of Engineering, Fermàt
)
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/5
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