What's the difference between Cloudinary's automated cropping and Imagga's smart cropping

Both Imagga crop and Cloudinary's auto crop can intelligently crop your images, but they differ in several key ways.

Algorithm

Each solution uses a different algorithm to detect and focus on important content in your images.

Cropping modes and configuration

Imagga crop modes

Imagga crop offers two modes:

• crop mode - Crops the image based on Imagga's smart algorithm.
• scale mode - Similar to Cloudinary's standard fill mode, this generates an image of the exact requested width and height dimensions while including only a certain portion of the original image.

Cloudinary configuration options

Cloudinary's content-aware cropping offers more configuration flexibility. For details, see Transformation Reference - Gravity.

Quotas and pricing

• Imagga crop - A third-party add-on with its own quota limits.
• Cloudinary auto crop - Included with all plans without quota limits.

Which should you choose?

Test both solutions with your actual images to determine which works best for your specific use case.