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Short Pixel Reviews: 4.5/5 — Highly Rated

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What is Short Pixel?

Short Pixel is a great software for optimizing images on websites. It uses advanced compression techniques to reduce the file size of images without compromising on quality, making the website load faster. It also offers a variety of optimization options such as lossy, glossy, and lossless, so you can choose the best option for your website. Short Pixel can also integrate with popular platforms like WordPress and Magento, making it easy to use for anyone with a website.

Company ShortPixel SRL
Year founded 2014
Company size 11-50 employees
Headquarters Bucharest, Romania
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69 Short Pixel Reviews
4.5 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 03, 2024
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Shikhar S. avatar
Shikhar S.
Self Employed
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"Compress images and serve in next generation format"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

Shortpixel's user-friendly interface makes it easy to install and connect to Cloudflare to deliver compressed images over a CDN. Shortpixel compresses images and all possible versions and drastically reduces the image size. Shortpixel converts images to deliver them in next-gen format.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

I do not like Short Pixel's limit of 100 images, although you can increase the limit by purchasing monthly or one-time credits on the Short Pixel website.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Shortpixel has improved the loading of my WordPress websites and reduced the loading time. It helps me deliver my content quickly on any network.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 07, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Md S. avatar
Md S.
Founder
Share
"Best WP plugin for image optimization"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

Simple and easy to use. You can use it for free.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

Only 100 images optimization is available per month on the free plan.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

It will reduce image size and improve website speed. You can see it on Google PageSpeed Insights.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 22, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Omkar M. avatar
Omkar M.
System Analyst
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"User friendly easy to use compression tool"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

It provides very simple and easy to use compression methodologies as per our needs. I also like its wordpress plugin it helped me easily optimize complete website inages at the click of a button. I personally use glossy compression techniques as it provides the balance between lossy and lossless.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

Sometimes images will have grainy texture after compression which sometimes doesn't look good to use on any platform. And in plugin optimization there is a daily limit which you can optimize.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Yes definitely short pixel is helping in improving website speed by easy compression techniques. Thereby improving the website loading time. It also helps in compressingimages in bulk. Also helped in lazy loading

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 16, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Om P. avatar
Om P.
Head Of Design And Marketing
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"Best tool to compress images for web use"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

Shortpixel is very easy to use and has integration with WordPress that can help bloggers like me to easily compress images on our blog. it also offers a generous free plan for beginners.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

It has multiple WordPress plugins that can confuse newbie people that are starting out and don't have knowledge.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Short pixel helped me in automatic image optimization on my blog.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 11, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Best Image Optimiser for Wordpress Websites"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

Affordable plans with occasional lifetimes credit deals and very compatible and regularly updated plugins for WordPress. Ability to create temporary API keys or sub-accounts and then assign credits to them. Also, I like the ability to optimize images stored in Google Drive by simply linking your drive account with Shortpixel, no download or upload is required from the user's side. Very convenient service.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

There isn't much to dislike with this service, as most of the core features work pretty well. Although I would appreciate the ability to optimize multiple images simultaneously when bulk optimizing images in a WordPress website.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am severely decreasing the file size of images on my websites, which helps in increasing the website speed. Also, the free CDN integration which comes with the plan is appreciated.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Feb 04, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Shubhanshi A. avatar
Shubhanshi A.
Assistant Manager
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"Good tool to Optimize images for Website"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

It helped a lot with the website's page speed optimization. The perfect image CDN that helps users load images quickly at their end and ultimately improves the website's performance.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

There is not much to dislike in this tool but yes, a few users might find it quite tricky setting up, and images' backup will consume the server's space.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps with images optimization and compression. The best part is it offers automatic bulk optimization, which is my favorite. It also shows image optimization stats for transparency.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 20, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
NS
Nathan S.
Owner
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"Great service to optimize images on my Wordpress sites"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

Just set up the plugin, and image optimization will be automated on our WordPress website. They have several different payment options, including one-time credit packages and monthly packages.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

I really don't have any complaints at this time.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

I currently use Shortpixel on my WordPress site to compress images convert them in webp format, and remove the EXIF information.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 06, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
John C. avatar
John C.
Entrepreneur
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"Great Integrated Image Optimization"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

ShortPixel is one of the best plugins I've used for WordPress. While most plug-ins do roughly the same thing, this one seems to give the best results not only in compression, but also in pagespeed delivery.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

The credits and costing can be a little more complex than some of the free plugins / unlimited use plugins that are newer to the market. But performance-wise, this is still a staple in my toolbox.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

ShortPixel optimization really comes in handy on sites where we have multiple administrators who don't understand image pre-processing. This way, we don't have to worry about whether or not they resize, compress, etc...

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 29, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
SS
Sushree S.
Marketing Manager
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"A good image optimization software"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

Just a few buttons and you are set. I like the simplified workflow.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

Nothing as such. It is a great platform and suits my budget.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

It works as a plugin in my Wordpress site and optimizes image on the backend without any manual intervention.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Dec 02, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
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Akash D.
Digital Marketing
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"Probably one of the best image optimization s/w out there.."
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

The UI is clean. The option to optimize image through URL is probably the best feature. Not a lot of software out there which allows you to compress through url

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

Its nothing major but i think sometimes the optimization takes a little bit of time. Cant think of any other cons apart from this.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

For small businesses, Shortpixel is the best image optimization tool you can find in market. Decent prized and has all the features.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 02, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Good WP plugin with free version"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

It compresses image sizes well and helps them load faster. I like that it will automatically compress images on your website.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

I only dislike that I can't pick the order of images to compress, although I really don't have room to complain since we use the free version.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

I don't have to take time to compress photos manually when I add them to the website. ShortPixel will automatically do it for us.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 06, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
KT
Kshitij T.
Software Developer
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"Optimize Images without Losing Quality"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

After trying out many image optimizers, I found shortpixel.com provide image optimization without loosing any Quality at the best value for money. It has multiple file options which are supported.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

Shortpixel WordPress plugins are easy to use, but some images load slow. I need to recheck when the plugin is updated.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am so happy with Shortpixel; it is easy to use and has helped me optimize images on the website. Website loads much quicker than before, and I don't have to worry about optimizing manually for every image.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 04, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Adam G. avatar
Adam G.
Ceo
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"Fast image compressor with bulk capabilities and WP+Shopify plugins"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

You can drag and drop images/pictures/pds into the box and they get uploaded straight away. Also there are 3 options for you to choose from (Lossless, Glossy and Lossy) - so that you can decide what is your priority: quality vs size

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

I would love for Shortpixel to introduce the possibility to make even more granular choices of compression. The best would be to install a slider and thus make it possible to choose exactly what output image and quality I'd like to get (vs only 3 options available now). Also, their Shopify plugin which I heavily count on had some issues and I couldn't use it. I hope they sort it out in the future so that it's automatically compresses chosen files

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

I've used Shortpixel multiple times over and over again and I'm still using it almost everyday to minimize existing pictures/photos/designs that I've created or downloaded. I also use the output files on most of my websites. This saves a lot of GBs of traffic on the server (along with using Cloudflare).

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 03, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Manish Kumar J. avatar
Manish Kumar J.
Digital Marketing Intern
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"Best wordpress Compressor plugin"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

It compress the image better than all competitor plugins available for wordpress. What I most liked about this software is that it doesn't reduce image quality.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

It's webp front end display for wordpress isn't working properly along with wp rocket cache plugin. It produces webp and original extension of the image on web browser.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

It reduce my images perfectly and add less load on bandwidth. It helps in seo as my website load faster.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 01, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Best for image compression"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

I personally like the glossy image compression option which i used on my site. I reduce image loading time and speed up my website loading speed.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

I found nothing to dislike till now. Just prices should be reasonable for the upgrade.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can see image loading speed reduced after using this tool. I am happy with the image quality seen on the website also. I will surely recommend it to everyone.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Oct 15, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Great software to help a slow website have a longer life. Recommended/"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

It's very intuitive to use. Other offerings are more complicated to get around.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

The credit system. It would be nice if there were an option to get more credits straight from WordPress.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our website is slow. Using ShortPixel helps to alleviate some of the issues with speed.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 30, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Bhaskar K. avatar
Bhaskar K.
Senior Associate
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"Best Tools for fast optimizing images"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

Shortpixel is based on a software as a service model and image optimization is offered via API from the cloud. My favorite features are - WordPress plugin, adaptive images wp plugin, reducer API, and short pixel App for zapier.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

For 100 Images/month is free but after that, we need to pay or buy a subscription-like - $3/month for 7000 Images, $8/month for 16000 images and so on.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Recently got this and replacing the other images compression tolls on all of my and my client's websites, Shortpixel reduces my lots of task and efforts. WordPress plugins are just awesome! for me. Love these tools, Highly recommended.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 30, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"A WordPress plugin to mitigate the hassle of manual image optimization"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

It processes all uploaded images automatically without losing any quality.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

I'd prefer if they could release an Android/IOS app for our day-to-day compression needs.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

It completely mitigates the need for manually optimizing images before adding them to our webpage.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 12, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
John A. avatar
John A.
Student
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"Shortpixel the best option for compressing files "
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

The fact that there is no file size limit for shortpixel

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

I can't think of anything uninteresting about shortpixel

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

With shortpixel I greatly reduce the size of my files without any noticeable difference in the quality.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 24, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
David H. avatar
David H.
Developer
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"ShortPixel saves you time, bandwidth"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

Shortpixel is the perfect addon to any site that cares about image optimisation and performance. Their new adaptive image technology is a game changer.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

Shortpixel hasn't yet developed a direct integration with elementor although they have with Brizy. I hope to see them forming similar partnerships.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Shortpixel understands that we all love adding images to our sites but nobody wants to spend hours in photoshop tweak sizes and resolutions. ShortPixel takes care of all of these annoyances for you.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 31, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"A perfect tool to help us keep our client sites optimized"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

We purchased two ShortPixel codes for a lifetime subscription when it was featured on AppSumo. While you definitely could not beat the price, the tool itself is super easy to use and offers an API which we are taking full advantage of for our client sites using Craft. There is also a ShortPixel Wordpress plugin if you use Wordpress. ShortPixel can also optimize other file formats that some of the free compression tools we were previously using did not include.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

We really have no complaints at this time, especially if you factor in the priced we paid for a lifetime subscription.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Designing and building websites is part of what we do. ShortPixel allows us quickly optimize images and once we take full advantage of the API the process will be completely hands-off and our clients can update their site imagery without worrying about file size.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
May 04, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
MM
Michael M.
Director Of Digital Marketing
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"Pretty decent service, good pricing options"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

I really like being able to prepay a set amount and let it run optimizing, either on the fly or in batches.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

Sometimes I've had issues with their CDN service, which occasionally encounters errors with our website cache or my host's CDN.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

When many separate users contribute images, they often upload massive files that serve poorly and take up a lot of space on the server. ShortPixel helps serve files that are faster and better optimized for the end-user and cuts down file size on the server. I also like that they can convert to WebP dynamically.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jan 04, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
Christina C. avatar
Christina C.
Digital Designer
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"Intuitive Workflow"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

Shortpixel does what it says it does. Its image compression is effective and creates compact sizes without the risk of losing quality.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

I think the pricing is a bit too high and sometimes I have had issues with compression where I had to run it again to get the correct results.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

During our web development stage, we were able to effectively compress our image library saving valuable space and increasing load time.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 17, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Good tool to optimize bulk images"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

Generous free limit to compress up to 50 images.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

Nothing as of now. I'd like to explore their other offerings like CDN etc.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

image optimisation

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 16, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
Ravi C. avatar
Ravi C.
Agency Owner
Share
"Good for image optimization"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

Bulk optimization feature is best for WordPress user. It really helps you to improve your blog performance.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

The pricing is little bit too high. Customer support is slow.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Image optimization is one of the many problems I solving with this amazing software. It helps me to improve my wordpress blog speed and also applies the lazy load features which is very helpful.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 14, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
Shahid S. avatar
Shahid S.
Workspace Owner
Share
"It's great to have ShortPixel in our CMS"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

The best thing about the plugin is that it helps in image compressions. I am using WordPress and it works perfectly whenever I add any image.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

There is not any particular reason for disliking the product but they can make it a subscription-based model and remove the credits base system.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps in image compressing that eventually helps our SEO and makes our site faster.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 30, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
CW
Catherine W.
Marketing Manager
Share
"Get A Faster Site And Have Pretty Images"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

Shortpixel is our go-to for speeding up our site and having beautiful images without hurting our site speed and boosting our google scores for desktop and mobile so now we have a fast site.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

Pricing and knowing what plans you need so you don't have our site lag or have image loading problems. Have had issues in the past where this doesn't load problem

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Short pixel has speed up our site considerably and improved our site scores meaning we can rank higher online and have better SEO and more business for our clients.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 28, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Great Tool"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

It is very easy to set up and does a really good job for SEO purposes.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

There isn't much I dislike but It is annoying that you only get a certain number of credits in the free version.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is great for compressing images to a reasonable size.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Sep 28, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Does the job!"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

Shortpixel is a reliable, easy to use, and scalable solution.

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

I liked it because it was very plug-and-play, but that comes with limited customizability.

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

This helped with image optimization for my SEO efforts.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 06, 2020
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
PS
Paul S.
Semi Retired
Share
"Optimize all the images that we have"
What do you like best about Short Pixel?

Not provided

What do you dislike about Short Pixel?

Not provided

What problems is Short Pixel solving and how is that benefiting you?

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