Images are worth a thousand words, but if an image is too big to crash or takes too long to load, it can also destroy the user experience. That's why in this article, I'm going to share the best image optimization and compression websites.
While building a website or any app, optimizing for good speed is an important factor to keep in mind. Optimization includes many things, which also include images.
If an image is too big to take time it disturbs the user experience and increases the bundle size of our app, that's why we should take care of images.
As we're talking about image optimization, it should be kept in mind that image size must be as small as possible but not more than 150kb for a better experience.
We also need to take care of the quality of the image as well, that's where image optimization tools come into play. Luckily, in this article, I'm sharing some wonderful image optimization tools which not only reduce the size but also keep the quality of the image as well.
I’m not targeting developers only here, but everyone who wants to optimize images.
A single web application has as many images as we need it. These days, designers and developers use many different formats, like SVG and WebP images, which help load websites faster. They are also cached, which reduces the request load.
Many hosting platforms like cPanels provide configurations to convert images into webp format to improve the speed of web applications.
So, without further delay let's jump into the list of what are some of the best resources to reduce the size of our website by keeping the quality as well.
1) TinyPNG
In our list, TinyPNG took first place. This is such an amazing website that it makes image compression very easy with good UI.
You land on a website and the first screen you’ll the upload image button.
You don’t need to login/Register an account to start. It is also free for up to 20 images with a max size of 5MB at once, up to 100 images per month this is enough for someone with the free plan.
It also offers multiple pricing plans for someone who is kinda serious in image compression of big images with unlimited access at affordable prices.
2) Tinify
Tinify is the parent company behind the TinyPNG and TinyJPG websites. It shares the same UI, and pricing and is not only limited to PNG but it also accepts most used images like PNG, JPG, & WEBP images.
You can upload multiple format images in bulk each file with 5MB of max size and it works quite well and compresses without affecting your image quality.
3) Squoosh
Squoosh app is a completely free app for compress image size of any format.
It has quite an easy interface with shocking output. You can compress images as many as you want and no upload size limit.
Sqoosh was created by Google ChromeLab a browser-based application.
The only downside effect I see is, that you can compress one image at a time. But still, it is much more useful and easy to use for everyone who wants free image compression 😜
4) ILoveIMG
ILoveIMG is another amazing tool for image editing, optimizing, resizing, and converting to another format.
This tool allows us to compress the image in different formats like jpg, png, SVG, and gif and compress to its best match quality and ratio.
You can upload images in bulk with any size and any format and it can optimize each uploaded image.
5) Online Image Tool
Online Image tool is a great photo compressor online tool, that not only compresses images of different formats but also converts, resizes, and edits images online.
The Online Image Tool provides an easy interface with a good compression ratio of up to 90% for image optimization.
You don’t need to log in/register to start optimizing images. The good thing about this tool is that it like other tools also allows to upload images in bulk and with no specific upload size.
6) Optimizilla
Optimizilla serves as a simple interface for image compression. This tool accepts jpg, gif, png, and jpeg optimizer. We can upload a maximum of 20 images in bulk for compression.
This tool provides a preview after image compression, which is useful for those who want to reduce the size but keep the quality as well.
7) Compressor.io
Compressor.io provides a fast and efficient image compression tool online with a super clean interface with above 90% compression ratio.
This tool accepts only JPG, PNG, SVG, Webp, and gif images for optimization. With a straightforward and easy-to-use interface, we can upload multiple images in bulk with a max size of 10MB.
Image compression is an essential tool for creating digital assets for good performance and easy to load. Whether you’re a designer developer or someone who is looking to optimize image. These above resources work for all of you.
I personally used these resources for years as a web developer & designer and now I'm sharing them with you all to take the benefit.
Thanks for making it so far to the end.
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