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Filestack

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3 Reviews and Ratings

What is Filestack?

Filestack is a developer service for uploading files from anywhere onto the user's application. Filestack allows software developers to integrate more than 25 of the world’s leading cloud drives with just a few lines of code. End users can upload content from websites and mobile apps like Facebook, Instagram, and Dropbox or wherever that content is stored. Filestack enables developers to upload and store large files, transform and manipulate images and other file types, and deliver that content quickly, responsively, across any type of desktop or mobile device. Filestack is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas and, according to the vendor, been used by more than 50,000 app developers around the world.

Categories & Use Cases

Media

Screenshot of The powerful file uploader to connect your users to 20+ cloud drives for fast, reliable uploading.
Screenshot of Filestack Document Viewer to embed PDFs, PowerPoints, Excel Files and more directly on your website, without any heavy plugins.
Screenshot of Only 2 lines of code to implement Filestack in your application.

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Screenshot of The powerful file uploader to connect your users to 20+ cloud drives for fast, reliable uploading.

Who Buys & Uses Filestack

Filestack Reviews

What users are saying about Filestack.
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The Ultimate File Handling Solution

Priyanshu KumarView profile
Software Engineer in Engineering at Own App (1-10 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Filestack as our file uploader for our web application, and it performs flawlessly. It's reliable, easy to use, and simplifies file management for our users. Filestack allowed us to get started quickly with file conversions, thanks to its seamless API integration and excellent conversion efficiency. Plus, it offers great flexibility—you can store uploaded files in your own storage, an AWS bucket, or another preferred service.

Pros

  • An e-commerce platform wants users to upload product images from their Google Drive. Filestack’s file picker allows seamless integration without users manually downloading and re-uploading files.

Cons

  • Filestack’s pricing can reduced

Return on Investment

  • Faster Time-to-Market
  • Reduced Infrastructure Costs

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Uploadcare

My Experience with Filstack

Manish Kumar Shah
Web Developer in Research & Development at Techminified (11-50 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Filestack to simplify file uploads, optimize images and videos in real-time, and ensure fast, secure content delivery. It solves issues like failed uploads and slow processing, saving us time and improving user experience. With its powerful API and CDN, managing files has never been easier!

Pros

  • Reliable File Uploads – With its Content Ingestion Network (CIN), Filestack ensures high upload success rates, even on slow networks, reducing failed uploads significantly.
  • Real-Time Image & Video Transformations – Resize, crop, compress, and convert files instantly via API, making media optimization seamless without extra processing steps.
  • Fast & Secure Content Delivery – Filestack’s built-in CDN accelerates file access worldwide, ensuring quick loading times and reducing latency for users.

Cons

  • Pricing for High Usage – Costs can scale quickly for businesses with heavy file processing needs. A more flexible pricing model would be helpful.
  • Advanced Feature Learning Curve – Some of the more complex functionalities, like custom processing workflows, require deeper technical knowledge. More intuitive UI or guided setups would be great.
  • More Customization for UI Components – The default file picker is useful but could offer more styling and branding options without requiring extra coding.

Return on Investment

  • Time Savings – Automating file uploads and transformations reduces manual work, speeding up development.
  • Better User Experience – Faster, more reliable uploads and optimized media improve engagement and retention.
  • Scalability – Handles high volumes of files without performance issues, supporting business growth.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Uploadcare

Excellent Functionality Effortlessly Delivered

Incentivized
Lakshya KashyapView profile
Software Engineer in Information Technology at HCL Technologies (501-1000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Filestack as a file uploader on our web and iOS apps. It works as promised. It is reliable and easy for our users to manage. FileStack got us started quickly with the conversion of our files. It was very easy to integrate with their APIs, and their conversion rate was excellent. As very flexible you can use your storage or your AWS bucket or [another service] to keep your files uploaded.

Pros

  • Easy to use
  • Easy to integrate
  • Very reliable
  • Multiple devices are supported

Cons

  • Tricky to navigate at first
  • No dashboard for the file conversion
  • Their script download used to fail on occasion

Return on Investment

  • Ease of implementation
  • Software works flawlessly
  • Multiple Gateways

Alternatives Considered

Sucuri

Other Software Used

LogicMonitor, AWS Backup, Azure API Management

Filestack Stacks High in my Book!

Incentivized
William (Matt) WoodView profile
Sales Engineer in Sales at Bizzabo (201-500 employees)

Pros

  • Digital Asset Management
  • Seamless Integration into WYSIWYG Editor
  • Asset Size Restrictions

Cons

  • Insights and Usage Dashboards
  • Developer Dependencies
  • Pricing Structure

Return on Investment

  • Decreased Development Load/Enabled Developer Bandwidth
  • Ease of Integration into CMS
  • Cost/Time Efficiency Boost

Alternatives Considered

Cloudinary and Akamai

Other Software Used

Cloudinary, Mux Video, Akamai

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