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cloudinary.com · Digital asset management · checked 2026-10-11

64/100CBand C

Rank 1 of 37 in Digital asset management, where the median is 22.

Public transparency score, not a product or security rating. Latest check: 2026-10-11. How the score works.

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Overview

5 days since the newest dated result, 5 since the oldest. 11 of 12 criteria have a measured result in the last 30 days. Failed checks and undated results are excluded.

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Cloudinary

cloudinary.com · Digital asset management

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  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
C 64of 100 Rank 1 of 37

Published commitments7 of 9 found

Measured behaviour0 of 2 found, 1 not measured

Checked 2026-10-11. Every line links the page we found it on. A cross means we found nothing at the addresses we checked, not that the vendor has no such document. A transparency score, not a product rating.

Downloads include all checks, source URLs, dates and the snapshot ID for your procurement file. We do not issue badges.

The label is the whole measurement in one object: every criterion with its weight, the band, and the date. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.

Every line in it links the page we found the result on, or lists the addresses we checked. A cross means we found nothing there, not that Cloudinary has no such document.

Where Cloudinary sits in Digital asset management

  1. A0 0%
  2. B0 0%
  3. C2 5%
  4. D2 5%
  5. E13 35%
  6. F20 54%
37 vendors with a score; 1 more without a score because we could measure too little. Bands have fixed thresholds, see how the score works.

The band of Cloudinary is marked. Vendors without a score are the ones where we could measure too few criteria to rank them – a gap on our side, counted separately.

What Cloudinary states

The exact figures and names we read off the pages linked below, with the sentence they stand in. This is what they publish, not what we verified about their systems.

Gaps, heaviest first

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Data processing agreement (DPA)

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No data processing agreement found.

Checked 8 addresses on 2026-10-11.

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  1. https://cloudinary.com/legal/dpa – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  2. https://cloudinary.com/dpa – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  3. https://cloudinary.com/legal/data-processing-agreement – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  4. https://cloudinary.com/data-processing-agreement – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  5. https://cloudinary.com/legal/data-processing-addendum – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  6. https://cloudinary.com/legal/gdpr – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  7. https://cloudinary.com/trust/dpa – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  8. https://cloudinary.com/privacy/dpa – reached, no match (HTTP 404)

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Across the market: Data processing agreement in Digital asset management: 4 of 37 companies

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HTTPS enforced with HSTS

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No enforced HTTPS with HSTS found.

Checked 2 addresses on 2026-10-11.

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  1. http://cloudinary.com/ – redirects to https://cloudinary.com/
  2. https://cloudinary.com/ – no HSTS header

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Across the market: HTTPS enforced with HSTS in Digital asset management: 27 of 37 companies

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Third-party requests seen on the first load, before any interaction.

Checked 1 address on 2026-10-11.

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  1. https://cloudinary.com/ – third-party requests before any interaction: 10042940.metrics.convertexperiments.com, cdn-4.convertexperiments.com, cdn.cookielaw.org, cdn.debugbear.com, cdn.jsdelivr.net, fonts.googleapis.com, geolocation.onetrust.com, logs.convertexperiments.com, pagead2.googlesyndication.com, www.googletagmanager.com

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Across the market: No third-party tracking before consent in Digital asset management: 0 of 36 companies

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Uptime SLA with a figure

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No uptime figure found.

Checked 6 addresses on 2026-10-11.

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  1. https://cloudinary.com/legal/sla – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  2. https://cloudinary.com/sla – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  3. https://cloudinary.com/legal/service-level-agreement – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  4. https://cloudinary.com/trust/sla – reached, no match (HTTP 200)
  5. https://cloudinary.com/uptime – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  6. https://cloudinary.com/legal/uptime-sla – reached, no match (HTTP 404)

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Across the market: Uptime SLA with a figure in Digital asset management: 5 of 37 companies

Evidence

The full source lists sit behind these two groups, so that the answer above stays readable.

Published, with a source 7
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Subprocessors: the published list

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The actual list is published, not just a promise to keep one.

Source: https://cloudinary.com/trust/subprocessors · checked 2026-10-11

Across the market: Subprocessor list in Digital asset management: 2 of 37 companies

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Data location: where they say data is hosted

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The hosting location is stated on a public page.

  • Locations named next to the hosting wording European Economic Area. This does not establish the company’s headquarters.
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    worldwide, and provides its enterprise customers with the ability to choose that their data will be stored in the EEA.

    Read at https://cloudinary.com/trust

Source: https://cloudinary.com/trust · checked 2026-10-11

Across the market: Data location stated in Digital asset management: 8 of 37 companies

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Status page with incident history

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A public status page with incident history.

Source: https://status.cloudinary.com/ · checked 2026-10-11

Across the market: Status page with history in Digital asset management: 11 of 38 companies

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Public pricing with figures

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Actual numbers on a public page.

Source: https://cloudinary.com/pricing · checked 2026-10-11

Across the market: Public pricing in Digital asset management: 18 of 37 companies

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Notice before subprocessors change

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The vendor commits publicly to giving notice before the list changes.

Source: https://cloudinary.com/trust/subprocessors · checked 2026-10-11

Across the market: Notice before subprocessors change in Digital asset management: 5 of 37 companies

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Certifications named (SOC 2, ISO 27001)

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SOC 2 or ISO 27001 named on a public page.

  • Named on that page HIPAA (not counted: the sentence does not carry it), SOC 2, SOC 2 Type II. The sentence we kept does not carry this finding on its own, so it counts in no list and no figure.
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    et the SOC 2 Trust Principles criteria for Security, Availability, Privacy, Confidentiality and the HIPAA Security Rule.

    Read at https://cloudinary.com/trust

    , that demonstrate how Cloudinary has achieved key compliance controls and objectives that meet the SOC 2 Trust Principles criteria for Security, Availability, Privacy, Confidentiality and the HIPAA S...

    Read at https://cloudinary.com/trust

    SOC 2 Type II certified The SOC reports are independent third-party examination reports, produced by Delo

    Read at https://cloudinary.com/trust

Source: https://cloudinary.com/trust · checked 2026-10-11

Across the market: Certifications named in Digital asset management: 9 of 37 companies

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Named privacy contact (DPO or privacy address)

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A data protection officer or a dedicated privacy address is named.

Source: https://cloudinary.com/privacy · checked 2026-10-11

Across the market: Named privacy contact in Digital asset management: 17 of 37 companies

Not measured by us 1
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security.txt (RFC 9116)

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Not measured. The vendor’s server blocked or rate-limited our crawler, so this was not measured.

Show the 1 address we checked
  1. https://cloudinary.com/.well-known/security.txt – blocked or unavailable (HTTP 403)

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Across the market: security.txt (RFC 9116) in Digital asset management: 8 of 34 companies

History

100 0 2026-10-04: 64 of 1002026-10-11: 64 of 100 2026-10-04 2026-10-11
Score over the last 2 runs we measured Cloudinary in: 64 (2026-10-04), 64 (2026-10-11).

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Cloudinary

7 found · 4 not found · 1 not measured across 12 public checks.

11 of 12 criteria have a measured result from the last 30 days. Oldest dated result: 2026-10-11.

Investigate 5 open evidence questions
  1. Data processing agreement

    Please share the current data processing agreement for the product and plan we are considering, including its annexes and signing process.

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  2. Uptime SLA with a figure

    Which availability commitment applies to our plan? Please include the measurement window, exclusions and credit claim process.

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  3. HTTPS enforced with HSTS

    How is HTTPS enforced on the product and sign-in domains we will use? Please distinguish those domains from the public website.

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  4. No third-party tracking before consent

    Which third-party requests occur before a visitor makes a choice, and for what purpose? Please distinguish the public website from the product.

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  5. security.txt (RFC 9116)

    Where should we report a vulnerability, and what acknowledgement and follow-up process should we expect?

    Inspect this check

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