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Transloadit vsNutrient

A source-backed, feature-by-feature comparison of Transloadit and Nutrient. Document-first platform with cloud APIs and SDKs for PDF viewing, editing, OCR, extraction, and conversion workflows.

Switching Notes

If you are evaluating a switch from Nutrient, 95% of its features are available in Transloadit, including Image optimization, Text recognition (OCR), and Document conversion, with 73 additional capabilities. However, Nutrient currently offers 1 feature not yet available in Transloadit: Document viewer.
Transloadit's free tier (5GB processing/mo) makes it easy to evaluate the platform hands-on before committing to a switch.
Nutrient specializes in document workflows (PDF, Office, OCR, extraction), while Transloadit is broader across media and file-processing categories.
Nutrient supports combining multiple document actions in one API request, including chained workflows like merge + OCR.
Nutrient provides a cloud Viewer API for in-browser document rendering and collaboration features.

Key Differentiators

Only in Transloadit73

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Only in Nutrient1

Feature Coverage by Category

TransloaditNutrient
8/11
0/11
Video
6/6
0/6
Audio
6/6
1/6
Image
9/10
9/10
Document
16/16
4/16
AI
17/18
0/18
File Mgmt
9/11
2/11
Security
5/6
2/6
Compliance
10/10
0/10
Infra
6/6
2/6
Dev Tools

Overview

Across the 93 capabilities we compare, Transloadit offers 92 while Nutrient offers 20. The two platforms share 19 features in common (95% of Nutrient's set), while Transloadit offers 73 additional features that Nutrient does not, including Video encoding, Adaptive streaming, and Video concatenation.

Transloadit leads in Audio (6/6) and Image (6/6), while Nutrient shows particular strength in Document (9/10) and Compliance (2/6).

Deep Dive Analysis

Transloadit covers Video, Audio, File Mgmt, Infra where Nutrient has no comparable features yet, including Video encoding, Adaptive streaming, and Video concatenation.

Transloadit uses an open-stack ingestion model built on tus, Uppy, Companion, and tusd. You can self-host uploads and keep that ingestion layer independent of processing vendor choice. Nutrient's commercial stack is typically more integrated end-to-end.

Both platforms offer free tiers: Transloadit (5GB processing/mo); Nutrient (200 credits / month). Transloadit uses tier-based pricing while Nutrient uses usage-based pricing.

Transloadit offers official SDKs for Ruby, PHP, Java, Go, Swift, Android, Kotlin, iOS, and .NET that Nutrient does not.

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Full Feature Comparison

FeatureTransloaditNutrient
Company
Years active17
15
Source Availability
Starting price$9/mo$75/mo
Uptime SLA99.9%-
SDKs11
2
Supported formats688
21
Employees11–50
51–200
Fundingbootstrapped$100M
Free tier5GB processing/mo200 credits / month
Pricing modeltier basedusage based
GitHub stars41K
0
npm downloads/wk9.7M
0
Video
Adaptive streamingSupportedNot supported
On-demand video processingSupportedNot supported
Picture-in-pictureSupportedNot supported
Video concatenationSupportedNot supported
Video encodingSupportedNot supported
Video overlaysSupportedNot supported
Video subtitlesSupportedNot supported
Video thumbnailsSupportedNot supported
Audio
Audio artworkSupportedNot supported
Audio concatenationSupportedNot supported
Audio encodingSupportedNot supported
Audio loopingSupportedNot supported
Audio mixingSupportedNot supported
Audio waveformSupportedNot supported
Image
AI image descriptionSupportedNot supported
Image analysisSupportedNot supported
Image optimizationSupportedSupported
Image resizingSupportedNot supported
Spritesheet generationSupportedNot supported
WatermarkingSupportedNot supported
Document
Document analysisSupportedSupported
Document auto-rotationSupportedNot supported
Document conversionSupportedSupported
Document mergingSupportedSupported
Document thumbnailsSupportedSupported
Document viewerNot supportedSupported
PDF optimizationSupportedSupported
PDF splittingSupportedSupported
Webpage screenshotsSupportedSupported
Webpage to PDFSupportedSupported
Artificial Intelligence
AI chatSupportedNot supported
AI image generationSupportedNot supported
AI recognitionSupportedNot supported
AI-powered automationSupportedSupported
Background removalSupportedNot supported
Content moderationSupportedNot supported
Document data extractionSupportedSupported
Face detectionSupportedNot supported
MCP serverSupportedSupported
Object recognitionSupportedNot supported
Speech analysisSupportedNot supported
Speech transcriptionSupportedNot supported
Speech translationSupportedNot supported
Text recognition (OCR)SupportedSupported
Text to speechSupportedNot supported
Text translationSupportedNot supported
File Management
Automated file deletionSupportedNot supported
Custom metadataSupportedNot supported
File access controlSupportedNot supported
File compressionSupportedNot supported
File decompressionSupportedNot supported
File exportingSupportedNot supported
File filteringSupportedNot supported
File hashingSupportedNot supported
File importingSupportedNot supported
File previewSupportedNot supported
File type verificationSupportedNot supported
File upload handlingSupportedNot supported
Media catalogingSupportedNot supported
Metadata extractionSupportedNot supported
Metadata writingSupportedNot supported
Resumable uploadsSupportedNot supported
Thumbnail generationSupportedNot supported
Security
Custom security policiesSupportedNot supported
Encrypted storageSupportedNot supported
File encryptionSupportedNot supported
File virus scanningSupportedNot supported
Sandboxed encodingSupportedNot supported
Secure API accessSupportedSupported
Secure file handlingSupportedSupported
Signature authenticationSupportedNot supported
Two-factor authenticationSupportedNot supported
Compliance
CCPA complianceSupportedNot supported
GDPR complianceSupportedSupported
HIPAA complianceSupportedNot supported
PCI DSS complianceSupportedNot supported
SOC 2 complianceSupportedSupported
Infrastructure
Adaptive file deliverySupportedNot supported
Disaster recoverySupportedNot supported
Global file deliverySupportedNot supported
High uptimeSupportedNot supported
Multi-cloud supportSupportedNot supported
Multi-region supportSupportedNot supported
Rate limitingSupportedNot supported
Real-time monitoringSupportedNot supported
Region-specific processingSupportedNot supported
Scalable infrastructureSupportedNot supported
Developer Tools
Custom encoding presetsSupportedNot supported
Custom workflowsSupportedSupported
Developer APISupportedSupported
Media analysisSupportedNot supported
Playlist generationSupportedNot supported
Script executionSupportedNot supported
Overall Score97%
22%

The right choice depends on your needs

Nutrient and Transloadit were built to solve real production problems. Both are used in serious systems, and both have strengths.

Choose based on your workload: file types, delivery targets, and how much control you need over upload and processing. If you need broad file processing with a self-hostable upload stack and an API that has been stable for 17 years, Transloadit is worth a trial. If your needs are narrower, Nutrient may be the better fit.

Best for

  • ✓Teams building document-heavy products with PDF viewing, editing, OCR, and extraction requirements
  • ✓Developers who want hosted document APIs with modular tools and workflow composition

Not ideal for

  • •Workloads centered on video/audio transcoding, adaptive streaming, or media delivery pipelines
  • •Use cases requiring broad non-document file automation in a single platform

This page is maintained and updated over time. If you spot something wrong or missing, let us know and we actively welcome feedback from competitors and users alike.

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Nutrient's Perspective

As far as we know, Nutrient does not currently publish a first-party comparison page against Transloadit. If they add one and we miss it, please let us know and we will link to it here.

Testimonials

Loved by Developers Worldwide

Transloadit is used by developers all over the world to handle file processing. Don't take our word for it, see what they have to say.
Dave Perrett
Dave PerrettCTO / Shuttlerock
I'm not usually one for fanboy-ism but Transloadit is one service I would recommend without hesitation. Their product and customer support is outstanding.
Mike ReidDirector of Engineering / Signed
Top notch support — better than top notch.
Elio CapellaHead of Development / Filestage
We wouldn't be able to be here without your support. Your service is the best video transcoding service out there and I'm happy about the reliability.
Jon Wong
Jon WongStaff Software Engineer / Coursera
Having a solution for both uploading and transcoding has been a godsend for the current scale that we are at five years after first choosing Transloadit.
Braden SchaefferLead Engineer / Biginterview
I absolutely love you people. From the support to the technology, performance and APIs... you've taken what could have been the most painful process of my entire development career and turned it into an absolute joy. I cannot thank or recommend you enough.
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