ImageKit pricing
How ImageKit charges, what to know before you commit, and what you'd pay at your usage — next to what the alternatives would cost for the same thing.
How it charges
Checked 2026-10-08 on imagekit.io ↗ · USD, list pricesBilled by bandwidth and storage, with image transformations not charged: free for 20 GB delivered and 3 GB stored, Lite $9 for 40 GB then $0.50 per GB, Pro $89 for 225 GB then $0.45 per GB.
- Free plan
- Yes
- Cheapest paid plan
- $9.00/mo
- Side project
- $0/mo Forever Free
- Growing
- $14/mo Lite
- Scaling
- $440/mo Pro
What the model leaves out
Image transformations aren't billed on any plan, so the transformations driver costs nothing. Storage converts at 500 KB per original (2,000 images per GB): Free 3 GB, Lite 10 GB then $0.10/GB, Pro 225 GB then $0.09/GB. If your originals stay in your own bucket, storage at ImageKit is zero and you pay the bucket instead. Video processing units (500 on Free and Lite, 5,000 on Pro then $9 per 10,000) and extension units for AI add-ons (650 / 650 / 4,000, Pro $9 per 5,000 more) are left out.
- On the free plan, a feature stops mid-month once you pass its limit, until you upgrade.
- Bandwidth is the optimized bytes delivered, counted on every request including cached ones.
- Storage counts only files uploaded to ImageKit's media library; images fetched from your own S3 bucket or server don't count.
- Pro includes 5 users, then $9 per user; Lite and Pro cap purge requests at 1,000 a month (Pro $9 per 1,500 more).
| Plan | Monthly fee | Images stored | Images delivered per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forever Free | Free | up to 6k images | up to 20 GB |
| Lite | $9.00/mo | 20k images includedthen $0.05 per 1,000 images | 40 GB includedthen $0.5 per GB |
| Pro | $89/mo | 450k images includedthen $0.045 per 1,000 images | 225 GB includedthen $0.45 per GB |
What you'd pay
Usage only some alternatives charge for
Lite$9.00 plan + 10 GB × $0.5 per GB$14/mo
Cost as you grow
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