Kraken.io
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Kraken.io, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Kraken.io's own pricing page, checked 28 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 100 MB of testing quota; no credit card required · 100 MB testing quota |
| Micro | $50 a year | 500 MB of images per month; $5 per additional GB · 500 MB images per month · $5 per additional GB · $50 / yr. |
| Basic | $90 a year | 2 GB of images per month; $4 per additional GB · 2 GB images per month · $4 per additional GB · $90 / yr. |
| Advanced | $190 a year | 5 GB of images per month; $3 per additional GB · 5 GB images per month · $3 per additional GB · $190 / yr. |
| Premium | $390 a year | 15 GB of images per month; $2 per additional GB · 15 GB images per month · $2 per additional GB · $390 / yr. |
| Free Account | Free | 100 MB testing quota · no credit card |
| Micro | $5 a month | 500 MB images per month · $5 per additional GB · $5 / mo. |
| Basic | $9 a month | 2 GB images per month · $4 per additional GB · $9 / mo. |
| Advanced | $19 a month | 5 GB images per month · $3 per additional GB · $19 / mo. |
| Premium | $39 a month | 15 GB images per month · $2 per additional GB · $39 / mo. |
| Enterprise | $79 a month | 60 GB images per month · $1 per additional GB · $79 / mo. |
The facts
Each one read from Kraken.io's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- API authentication
- API requests use HTTPS POST with a JSON auth object containing an API key and API secret.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API credentials
- Each plan permits up to ten sets of API credentials for separate applications or sites.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Batch processing
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Changelog
- Plugin version 3.0.3 added 64 locales and a site-savings panel; version 3.0.2 tightened permissions and improved quota and error messaging.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Compression modes
- The product provides lossy, lossless and expert optimization modes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Current status
- On October 15, 2026 the status page reported all listed systems operational and no incident reported that day.checked 15 Oct 2026
- External storage
- API results can be stored directly in Amazon S3, Rackspace CloudFiles, Microsoft Azure and SoftLayer storage.checked 15 Oct 2026
- File-size limits
- The free interface allows 1 MB files while PRO plans allow files up to 32 MB.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founder
- Crunchbase identifies Karim Salman as CEO and co-founder and lists the company as an active private Berlin, Germany business.checked 15 Oct 2026
- GDPR
- Nekkra UG publishes a GDPR Data Processing Addendum effective September 4, 2023.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Image resizing
- Images can be resized with several strategies before optimization.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Documented integrations include WordPress, Magento, Gulp, Grunt and third-party clients or plugins for Haskell, Java, Python, Laravel, Symfony, Drupal, Perch, Umbraco, Contao and Sitefinity.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- WordPress.org identifies the Kraken.io Image Optimizer plugin as open-source software, but the hosted Kraken.io service is presented as a SaaS product rather than open-source software.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Billing frequency
- Customers can choose monthly or yearly billing.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Billing terms
- Terms state subscriptions are billed in advance monthly or yearly and are non-refundable.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Free account
- Every account starts with 100 MB of testing quota and does not require a credit card.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Free testing quota
- Every account starts with 100 MB of testing quota.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Limit: billing and support complaints
- Recent Trustpilot reviewers alleged unexpected overage charges, plan switching or charging problems, malfunctioning tests and unanswered support messages.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser web interface
- The browser tool optimizes, compresses, resizes, and converts images without code.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Browser workflow
- The web interface accepts drag-and-drop images, ZIP archives and format conversion without coding.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company size and headquarters
- LinkedIn lists Kraken.io as privately held, headquartered in Berlin, with 2–10 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Legal maker
- The legal provider is Nekkra UG (haftungsbeschränkt), registered in Berlin and represented by managing director Karim Salman.checked 15 Oct 2026
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