Uploadcare provides an end‑to‑end file management platform that lets developers add a ready‑made uploader widget or use its API for direct, multipart, and URL uploads. The service stores files on a global CDN with real‑time image/video transformations, format optimization, and AI‑powered operations, while offering signed uploads, malware scanning, and NSFW filtering for security. SDKs and REST endpoints support multiple languages, enabling rapid integration without managing infrastructure.
Funding
$1.7M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Developers must assemble and maintain a full‑stack file handling pipeline—upload UI, secure storage, content moderation, on‑the‑fly transformations, and global delivery—often requiring custom code, third‑party services, and ongoing infrastructure overhead.
Solution
Uploadcare delivers an end‑to‑end file management platform that abstracts the entire lifecycle of user‑generated media. A plug‑and‑play File Uploader widget integrates with any major JavaScript framework, while the Upload API supports direct, multipart, and URL‑based uploads. Uploaded assets are instantly available on a 325,000‑node worldwide CDN that applies real‑time image/video transformations, automatic format selection, and AI‑powered operations such as smart cropping and background removal. Built‑in security features—including signed uploads, signed URLs, malware scanning, and NSFW filtering—ensure compliance and protect brand integrity. Developers access the service via RESTful endpoints or native SDKs for JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Go, and more, allowing rapid integration and scaling without managing underlying infrastructure.
Target Audience
Primary users are development teams building web or mobile applications—e‑commerce platforms, SaaS products, media publishers, and enterprise portals—that require reliable, secure, and scalable file handling.
Features
- Ready‑made File Uploader widget with support for React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, and plain JavaScript, plus drag‑and‑drop and camera capture.
- Upload API offering direct, multipart (≥100 MB) and URL uploads, custom metadata, and automatic file‑type validation.
- Signed uploads and signed URLs (HMAC‑SHA256) for fine‑grained access control and time‑limited delivery.
- Server‑side validation, malware detection (ClamAV) and AWS Rekognition‑based NSFW filtering.
- On‑the‑fly image/video processing: resize, smart crop, format conversion (AVIF/WebP), compression, overlays, and AI‑driven background removal.
- Global CDN with 325 k+ edge nodes, automatic format/quality optimization, and 99.99 % uptime SLA.
- SDKs and client libraries for JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Go, Java, Swift, and other languages, plus comprehensive API documentation and webhook support.