Statically vs Sirv
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Statically and Sirv.
Quick Verdict
3.4/5
Statically
0 reviews
3.4/5
Sirv
0 reviews
Both Statically and Sirv are equally rated at 3.4/5. Free CDN for static files from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Gist, and npm, plus an on-the-fly image optimization endpoint. No sign-up required; public repositories only, 25MB per file. Sirv delivers images and videos globally with automatic format conversion, responsive sizing, and interactive features. Built for e-commerce, media, and content-heavy sites needing fast load times.
Statically Global CDN for static assets with instant deployment and free tier | Sirv Image and video CDN with smart optimization built in | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.4 (0 reviews) | 3.4 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | free | freemium |
| Starting price | Free | Free tier available |
| Best for | Open-source maintainers, hobby projects, and small sites that need to serve public Git or npm assets and images through a CDN at zero cost, without an uptime contract. | E-commerce and product-media teams that need zoomable, spinable, responsively delivered product imagery — especially on Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento or Drupal — without building their own image-processing stack. |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Tags | ||
| Tags | free tier | free tierapi access |
| Visit Statically → | Visit Sirv → | |
Statically
Pros
- + Completely free with no sign-up — just rewrite the URL
- + Supports GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Gist, and npm sources
- + Useful image endpoint: resize, WebP conversion, quality control
- + Delivery via bunny.net and Cloudflare, so edge reach is real
- + Assets stay in your own repository — zero lock-in if you leave
Cons
- - Public repositories only; no private content support
- - No SLA, no support contract, tiny donation-funded team
- - Undocumented bandwidth policy — the quoted '100GB free' figure is unverified
- - Rate limiting 'in cases of abuse' with no published thresholds
- - Undocumented, unpriced 'Pro' tier floating in the docs
Sirv
Pros
- + On-the-fly image transformation from URL parameters — no build-time processing pipeline to maintain
- + 360° spin and deep zoom are first-class, not add-ons, which is what product photography actually needs
- + Generous free tier with S3 and FTP access, so originals stay portable
- + Soft limits instead of hard cutoffs — a traffic spike does not break the site
- + Long track record (since 2007) and a 99.999% SLA on Enterprise
Cons
- - 20 GB transfer on the $19 Business plan is thin for media-heavy stores; scale pricing needs a custom conversation
- - No published uptime commitment below Enterprise — failover and off-site replication are $999/month features
- - Video delivery is a secondary feature, not competitive with dedicated video platforms
- - Small vendor (roughly a dozen staff, unfunded) — weigh continuity risk and keep originals exported
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