🆚 ImageEngine vs. Smush
- 📈 Smush is much more popular than ImageEngine.
- 🌍 Smush is more popular in all countries.
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About
ImageEngine is an image content delivery network that decreases image payload sizes, delivers images tailored exactly to each requesting device, and instantly sends images from the edge of the network.
Smush is a WordPress image optimization plugin that provides global CDN delivery, WebP and AVIF conversion, and critical LCP image preloading on Pro plans.
It compresses images on upload and in bulk, applies lazy loading and automatic resizing, detects incorrectly sized images, and supports directory and background optimization.
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Pricing
(70 GB bandwidth) $49/month
(400 GB bandwidth) $249/month
(800 GB bandwidth) $449/month
(CDN, 50+ GB traffic) $36+/year
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Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
Market share
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Awards
- 🔥 14th most popular in the United States in the Image Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 30th most popular in the United States in the CDN category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Image Optimization category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Image Optimization category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Spain in the Image Optimization category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Image Optimization category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Brazil in the Image Optimization category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
Compare alternatives
Technologies with similar characteristics.
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🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,823,966 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.




