🆚 ShortPixel vs. Smush
- 📈 Smush is three times more popular than ShortPixel.
- 🌎 Smush is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Spain.
- 🌍 ShortPixel is more popular in Japan, Kyrgyzstan, and Fiji.
ShortPixel
SmushType
About
ShortPixel is a cloud-based image optimization service that reduces image file sizes to speed up websites and improve page load performance.
It supports bulk and on-upload optimization, compresses JPEG, PNG, GIF, and PDF files, converts images to WebP and AVIF, applies glossy JPEG compression, offers AI upscaling and background removal, and serves optimized images through a CDN.
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.
Headquarters
wpmudev.comPricing
(500GB CDN traffic, SmartCrop) $9.99/month
(+ unlimited AI background removal and upscaling ) $15.99/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
- 🥈 Second most popular in Japan in the Image Optimization category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Poland in the Image Optimization category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Germany in the Image Optimization category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Spain in the Image Optimization category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Italy in the Image Optimization 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.
🗃️ 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 3,814,833 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.