How it ended:effective 2025-07-01 — Imgix replaced its self-service Free plan ($0, up to 1,000 origin images) with a 30-day trial of 100 credits when it moved to credit-based pricing on 2025-07-01. Source ↗Full history ↓
A verdict here is not a fixed property of the vendor. A one-off pricing event demotes a vendor while its recorded date falls in the last 180 days and then lapses on its own, with nothing about the vendor having changed; a standing condition — a free tier withdrawn and not restored, a product retired — does not lapse with time. This one rests on a standing condition, so it does not lapse.
Limits, pricing history. Verified November 2026. Last updated 2026-11-10.
imgix has no ongoing free tier; what it offers is a trial that expires: Image CDN and optimization — no permanent free tier. 30-day free trial with 100 credits, no credit card required… Its free tier has ended — one recorded free tier removal, on 2025-07-01. We no longer rate it.
The day we last read the vendor's page, and the day we last confirmed the terms we publish.
Free Tier Details
Image CDN and optimization — no permanent free tier. 30-day free trial with 100 credits, no credit card required. Paid plans start at Starter $25/mo (100 credits, 50 GB storage, 100 GB bandwidth); credit system charges 2 credits/GB/month for storage and 1 credit/GB for delivery.
We read that on 2026-11-10 from https://www.imgix.com/pricing, and our check recorded: the page names imgix as "imgix" and states "$25" and "100 credits 100 credits/mo".
From imgix.com/pricing, read 2026-11-10:
Try Imgix for Free Get 30 days and 100 credits to transform, optimize, and deliver high-performance visuals. No credit card required.
Data correction - Imgix ended its free plan on 2025-07-01, when its credit-based pricing took effect, not on 2026-04-13. A capture of 2025-06-14 lists the $0 plan and one of 2025-07-08 the 30-day trial. Source ↗
Before: Recorded 2026-04-13 as: No permanent free tier, 30-day trial with 100 credits only dated 2026-04-13
After: "This will go into effect on July 1, 2025." (Imgix FAQ, on the credit system)
Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-26). Retracted 2026-09-26: imgix's terms did not change around 2026-09-07. Its free plan ended on 2025-07-01, when its credit-based pricing took effect, and this record's previous state already said "no permanent free tier". The re-read compared the page with our own description, not with an earlier state of the page. Source ↗
Imgix replaced its self-service Free plan ($0, up to 1,000 origin images) with a 30-day trial of 100 credits when it moved to credit-based pricing on 2025-07-01. Source ↗
Before: Self-Service Free: $0 a month, up to 1,000 origin images
After: No free plan. "Get 30 days and 100 credits"; paid plans from $25 a month.
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No. What imgix offers is a trial that expires: Image CDN and optimization — no permanent free tier. 30-day free trial with 100 credits, no credit card required. Paid plans start at Starter $25/mo (100 credits, 50 GB storage, 100 GB bandwidth); cre...
Is imgix's free offer reliable?
imgix's free tier has ended — one recorded free tier removal, on 2025-07-01: Imgix replaced its self-service Free plan ($0, up to 1,000 origin images) with a 30-day trial of 100 credits when it moved to credit-based pricing on 2025-07-01. Source: https://www.imgix.com/faq-categories/general There is no free tier left to rate.
Is imgix's free offer good for production?
Not for long. It is a trial that expires, so plan for paid usage before you depend on it.
What changed in imgix's pricing?
imgix has had 1 recorded pricing change. Most recently: Imgix replaced its self-service Free plan ($0, up to 1,000 origin images) with a 30-day trial of 100 credits when it moved to credit-based pricing on 2025-07-01. Source: https://www.imgix.com/faq-categories/general (2025-07-01).