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title: Overview · Cloudflare Images docs
description: Streamline your image infrastructure with Cloudflare Images. Store,
  transform, and deliver images efficiently using Cloudflare's global network.
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Store, transform, optimize, and deliver images at scale

Available on all plans

Cloudflare Images provides an end-to-end solution designed to help you streamline your image infrastructure from a single API and runs on [Cloudflare's global network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/).

There are two different ways to use Images:

* **Efficiently store and deliver images.** You can upload images into Cloudflare Images and dynamically deliver multiple variants of the same original image.
* **Optimize images that are stored outside of Images** You can make transformation requests to optimize any publicly available image on the Internet.

Cloudflare Images is available on both [Free and Paid plans](https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/pricing/). By default, all users have access to the Images Free plan, which includes limited usage of the transformations feature to optimize images in remote sources.

Image Resizing is now available as transformations

All Image Resizing features are available as transformations with Images. Each unique transformation is billed only once per 30 days.

If you are using a legacy plan with Image Resizing, visit the [dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) to switch to an Images plan.

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## Features

### Storage

Use Cloudflare’s edge network to store your images.

[Use Storage](https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/upload-images/)

### Direct creator upload

Accept uploads directly and securely from your users by generating a one-time token.

[Use Direct creator upload](https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/upload-images/direct-creator-upload/)

### Variants

Add up to 100 variants to specify how images should be resized for various use cases.

[Create variants by transforming images](https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/transform-images)

### Signed URLs

Control access to your images by using signed URL tokens.

[Serve private images](https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/manage-images/serve-images/serve-private-images)

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## More resources

[Community Forum](https://community.cloudflare.com/c/developers/images/63)

Engage with other users and the Images team on Cloudflare support forum.
