Where Logo.dev's free tier stops
Logo.dev Logo.dev's free Community plan gives you logo search by domain, name, or ticker, plus CDN hosting and always-up-to-date logos, but it stops at 500,000 requests per month. The other hard edge is attribution, which remains required on the free tier. If your app needs more request volume, no attribution, or the paid features around support, self-hosting, caching, and custom legal terms, you are already outside what the free plan is meant to cover.
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| Logo.dev | Cloudinary | Bitly | Imgix | Dub | Tavily | Kong Konnect | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly requests or credits | 500,000 requests/month | 25 monthly credits | 5 links/month | 100 credits | 1,000 tracked events/month | 1,000 API credits/month | No Gateway limits during 30-day trial |
| Search or lookup limit | Search by domain, name, or ticker | Search included | 2 custom landing pages | Unknown | 25 new links/month | Unknown | Up to 20 published APIs |
| Team seats | Unknown | 3 users per account | Unknown | Unknown | 1 user | Unknown | Unknown |
| Storage or asset handling | Hosted on CDN | Upload, store, transform, and deliver media | Link and QR code management | Transform, optimize, and deliver images and video during trial | Link management with API access | Web search and extraction | API gateways and developer portals |
| Analytics retention | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 30-day analytics retention | Unknown | 30 days |
| Trial length | Ongoing free tier | Ongoing free tier | Ongoing free tier | 30 days | Ongoing free tier | Ongoing free tier | 30 days |
| Card required | - | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| First paid tier | - | Plus, $99 per month | Core, $10/month | starter, $25/mo | Business, $90 per month | Pay As You Go, varies by usage | Plus, varies by usage |
The alternatives
Cloudinary
FTV 75 / 100Cloudinary's free plan gives you access to upload widget, API, and search, plus remote fetch, auto-backup, revision tracking, image and video transformations, video transcoding, adaptive streaming, CDN delivery, support through forums, tickets, and email, free add-ons, and MCP servers. It also includes 3 users per account and 25 monthly credits. Compared with Logo.dev, it is broader for media handling because you can store, transform, and deliver assets instead of only fetching logos. It falls short on logo-specific lookup by domain, name, or ticker, so you would need to build or manage that layer yourself. Switch if your real need is general media processing, not just brand logos.
- Beats Logo.dev: Broader media storage and transformation features
- Falls short: No built-in logo-by-domain/name/ticker lookup
- Who should switch: Switch here if you need image pipeline features more than a dedicated logo API.
Bitly
FTV 39 / 100Bitly's free plan includes 5 links per month, 2 QR Codes per month, 2 custom landing pages, 3 custom back-halves per month, unlimited clicks and QR Code scans, and QR Code customizations. The free tier is useful for lightweight link creation and tracking without paying, and it gives you simple web-facing tools instead of an API focused on company logos. It beats Logo.dev when your project is about short links, QR codes, or branded destinations rather than logo retrieval. It falls short because its free limits are tiny by comparison and it does not provide the same logo search or CDN-hosted brand image workflow. Switch if you need a small free link stack, not a logo service.
- Beats Logo.dev: Unlimited clicks and scans on a link and QR tool
- Falls short: Very small monthly creation limits versus logo request volume
- Who should switch: Switch here if your use case is short links or QR codes instead of logo display.
Imgix
FTV 48 / 100Imgix's free trial gives you 30 days of access to transformations, optimization, and delivery, with 100 credits and no credit card required. That makes it a straightforward way to test a full image delivery stack before committing. Compared with Logo.dev, it beats on image processing depth because you get URL-based transformations and delivery rather than only brand-logo lookup. It falls short because it is only a trial, not an ongoing free tier, and it is not specialized for finding company logos by domain, name, or ticker. Switch if you need a short evaluation period for image delivery and can live with the time limit.
- Beats Logo.dev: Full image transformation and delivery pipeline
- Falls short: Only a 30-day trial, not an ongoing free tier
- Who should switch: Switch here if you want to trial an image CDN before choosing a paid plan.
Dub
FTV 40 / 100Dub's free plan includes 1,000 tracked events per month, 25 new links per month, 1 user, basic support, API access, 3 custom domains, UTM templates, 30-day analytics retention, QR codes, real-time analytics, link tags, and an AI assistant. It is free forever, so it can be useful if you want attribution and link tracking features without monthly cost. It beats Logo.dev on analytics and link-management depth, especially if you care about branded short links and event tracking. It falls short because it is not a logo API and its link quotas are much smaller than Logo.dev's request allowance. Switch if you are building tracking links rather than brand image lookups.
- Beats Logo.dev: Tracked events and link analytics
- Falls short: Much smaller free quotas and no logo lookup API
- Who should switch: Switch here if your workflow centers on attribution links and QR codes.
Tavily
FTV 54 / 100Tavily's free tier includes 1,000 API credits per month, no credit card required, and email support. It is a clean fit for teams building AI or web-retrieval workflows that need a starter allowance without billing friction. Compared with Logo.dev, it beats on no-card access and is more aligned with web search and content extraction than static brand assets. It falls short because its credits are for search and extraction, not logo retrieval, and the monthly allowance is far lower than Logo.dev's request cap. Switch if your product needs web context for AI agents rather than a logo database.
- Beats Logo.dev: No credit card required for a monthly API allowance
- Falls short: Credits are for web retrieval, not logo lookup
- Who should switch: Switch here if you need web search and extraction for AI workflows.
Kong Konnect
FTV 25 / 100Kong Konnect's free trial gives you enterprise functionality for 30 days with no Gateway limits during the trial, analytics retained for 30 days, up to 5 Serverless Gateways, up to 2 Hybrid Gateways, up to 2 Dedicated Cloud Gateways, support for REST, HTTP, LLMs, Kafka, WebSockets, gRPC, and GraphQL, unlimited agents, a Universal LLM API with up to 5 unique models, unlimited MCP server proxies, PII sanitization, prompt guardrails, token-based rate limiting, token-level tracking, up to 2 Developer Portals, and support for up to 20 published APIs. It beats Logo.dev for platform breadth when you need API governance and AI connectivity. It falls short because it is only a 30-day trial and it is not a logo API. Switch if you are evaluating an API platform, not a media lookup service.
- Beats Logo.dev: Much broader API governance and gateway capability
- Falls short: Trial-only access and no logo lookup focus
- Who should switch: Switch here if you need an API platform rather than a brand asset service.
Two quick picks
Cloudinary
Cloudinary is the closest drop-in for teams that already serve media through APIs and a CDN. It keeps the same general delivery model and adds storage, transformation, and support features, so switching usually means less re-architecture than moving to a link or analytics tool.
Kong Konnect
Kong Konnect gives the most free headroom in raw platform scope. The trial includes gateway, portal, analytics, and AI connectivity features with no Gateway limits for 30 days, so teams can test far more infrastructure before paying.
Frequently asked questions
Which alternative is closest if I only need a CDN-backed image workflow?
Cloudinary is the closest fit because it also serves media through an API and CDN, but with broader image and video handling.
Which option gives the most free usage before I have to pay?
For ongoing free use, Logo.dev itself has the largest explicit monthly cap among these. Among the alternatives, Cloudinary, Dub, Tavily, and Bitly are ongoing free plans, while Imgix and Kong Konnect are time-limited trials.
Which alternative is best if I want no credit card requirement?
Cloudinary, Imgix, Tavily, and Kong Konnect all state that no credit card is required. Bitly and Dub do not clearly waive a card in the provided terms.
Which alternative should I choose if attribution is the problem?
None of the provided alternatives is a direct logo API substitute with the same lookup behavior and no attribution requirement. If attribution is the main issue, you should compare product fit carefully, with Cloudinary being the nearest media-platform switch.
Bottom line
For most builders who have outgrown Logo.dev's free tier, Cloudinary is the best first alternative because it stays in the same general lane of API-driven media delivery while adding storage, transformation, and workflow depth. If you only need logo lookups, though, it is not a perfect substitute. If your real need is broader image infrastructure rather than brand logo search, Cloudinary is the most natural next stop.
Read the full listing for Logo.dev. Scores use the FTV methodology at /ftv. Browse more alternatives on /alternatives, or head-to-head comparisons on /compare.