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Transloadit vsZiggeo

A source-backed, feature-by-feature comparison of Transloadit and Ziggeo. Ziggeo specializes in video recording, playback, and moderation via embeddable SDKs, targeting apps that need in-browser or in-app video capture with built-in transcoding and compliance.

Switching Notes

If you are evaluating a switch from Ziggeo, 94% of its features are available in Transloadit, including Video encoding, Video thumbnails, and Watermarking, with 75 additional capabilities. However, Ziggeo currently offers 1 feature not yet available in Transloadit: Video player.
Transloadit's free tier (5GB processing/mo) makes it easy to evaluate the platform hands-on before committing to a switch.

Key Differentiators

Only in Transloadit75

Show 65 more features

Only in Ziggeo1

Feature Coverage by Category

TransloaditZiggeo
8/11
3/11
Video
6/6
0/6
Audio
6/6
1/6
Image
9/10
0/10
Document
16/16
3/16
AI
17/18
4/18
File Mgmt
9/11
0/11
Security
5/6
4/6
Compliance
10/10
2/10
Infra
6/6
1/6
Dev Tools

Overview

Across the 93 capabilities we compare, Transloadit offers 92 while Ziggeo offers 18. The two platforms share 17 features in common (94% of Ziggeo's set), while Transloadit offers 75 additional features that Ziggeo does not, including Adaptive streaming, Video concatenation, and Video subtitles.

Transloadit leads in Audio (6/6) and Image (6/6), while Ziggeo shows particular strength in Compliance (4/6) and Video (3/11).

Deep Dive Analysis

Transloadit covers Audio, Document, Security where Ziggeo has no comparable features yet, including Audio encoding, Audio concatenation, and Audio waveform.

Active since 2009 (17 years), Transloadit has a significantly longer track record than Ziggeo, which launched in 2014. As a bootstrapped company, Transloadit is not subject to external investor pressure to change pricing or pivot. The founders still love the product, actively contribute to it, and are committed to running the company for at least another 17 years.

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. Ziggeo's commercial stack is typically more integrated end-to-end.

Transloadit offers a free tier (5GB processing/mo), while Ziggeo does not.

Transloadit advertises a 99.9% uptime SLA, compared to Ziggeo's 99.95%.

Transloadit offers official SDKs for Go, Swift, Android, Kotlin, and iOS that Ziggeo does not.

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Full Feature Comparison

FeatureTransloaditZiggeo
Company
Years active17
12
Source Availability
Starting price$9/mo$99/mo
Uptime SLA99.9%99.95%
SDKs11
7
Supported formats688
9
Employees11–50
1–10
Fundingbootstrappedunknown
Free tier5GB processing/moNo
Pricing modeltier basedtier based
GitHub stars41K
100
npm downloads/wk9.7M
1.9K
Video
Adaptive streamingSupportedNot supported
On-demand video processingSupportedNot supported
Picture-in-pictureSupportedNot supported
Video concatenationSupportedNot supported
Video encodingSupportedSupported
Video overlaysSupportedNot supported
Video playerNot supportedSupported
Video subtitlesSupportedNot supported
Video thumbnailsSupportedSupported
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 optimizationSupportedNot supported
Image resizingSupportedNot supported
Spritesheet generationSupportedNot supported
WatermarkingSupportedSupported
Document
Document analysisSupportedNot supported
Document auto-rotationSupportedNot supported
Document conversionSupportedNot supported
Document mergingSupportedNot supported
Document thumbnailsSupportedNot supported
PDF optimizationSupportedNot supported
PDF splittingSupportedNot supported
Webpage screenshotsSupportedNot supported
Webpage to PDFSupportedNot supported
Artificial Intelligence
AI chatSupportedNot supported
AI image generationSupportedNot supported
AI recognitionSupportedNot supported
AI-powered automationSupportedNot supported
Background removalSupportedNot supported
Content moderationSupportedSupported
Document data extractionSupportedNot supported
Face detectionSupportedNot supported
MCP serverSupportedNot supported
Object recognitionSupportedSupported
Speech analysisSupportedNot supported
Speech transcriptionSupportedSupported
Speech translationSupportedNot supported
Text recognition (OCR)SupportedNot supported
Text to speechSupportedNot supported
Text translationSupportedNot supported
File Management
Automated file deletionSupportedNot supported
Custom metadataSupportedNot supported
File access controlSupportedSupported
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 handlingSupportedSupported
Media catalogingSupportedNot supported
Metadata extractionSupportedNot supported
Metadata writingSupportedNot supported
Resumable uploadsSupportedSupported
Thumbnail generationSupportedSupported
Security
Custom security policiesSupportedNot supported
Encrypted storageSupportedNot supported
File encryptionSupportedNot supported
File virus scanningSupportedNot supported
Sandboxed encodingSupportedNot supported
Secure API accessSupportedNot supported
Secure file handlingSupportedNot supported
Signature authenticationSupportedNot supported
Two-factor authenticationSupportedNot supported
Compliance
CCPA complianceSupportedNot supported
GDPR complianceSupportedSupported
HIPAA complianceSupportedSupported
PCI DSS complianceSupportedSupported
SOC 2 complianceSupportedSupported
Infrastructure
Adaptive file deliverySupportedNot supported
Disaster recoverySupportedNot supported
Global file deliverySupportedSupported
High uptimeSupportedNot supported
Multi-cloud supportSupportedNot supported
Multi-region supportSupportedSupported
Rate limitingSupportedNot supported
Real-time monitoringSupportedNot supported
Region-specific processingSupportedNot supported
Scalable infrastructureSupportedNot supported
Developer Tools
Custom encoding presetsSupportedNot supported
Custom workflowsSupportedNot supported
Developer APISupportedSupported
Media analysisSupportedNot supported
Playlist generationSupportedNot supported
Script executionSupportedNot supported
Overall Score97%
26%

The right choice depends on your needs

Ziggeo 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, Ziggeo may be the better fit.

Best for

  • ✓Apps needing embedded video recording with automatic transcoding
  • ✓Teams requiring SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI, and GDPR compliance for video workflows
  • ✓Projects that need built-in NSFW and profanity moderation

Not ideal for

  • •Heavy image or document processing pipelines
  • •Workflows requiring adaptive bitrate streaming (HLS/DASH)
  • •Teams needing broad multi-region coverage beyond US and EU

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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Ziggeo's Perspective

As far as we know, Ziggeo 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.

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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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