# Social Media App - Images **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Created:** [December 13, 2021, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/social-media-app-images/20751 "2021-12-13T07:26:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bobby](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/bobby/32/14843_2.png) [@Bobby](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Bobby)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/social-media-app-images/20751/1 "2021-12-13T07:26:00Z")
Hi, all! I’m just about done with a social media app that I am designing. It’s going to be an image focused app. I know very little about API’s and how to use them (although I can learn) Should image storage be done offsite on a site like Wasabi or will something like that take too long to load images? With Adalos pricing structure it doesnt seem like keeping everything on the Adalo DB would work since even the highest plan is only 20 GB. Thoughts / suggestions would be greatly appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![Bobby](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/bobby/32/14843_2.png) [@Bobby](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Bobby)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/social-media-app-images/20751/2 "2021-12-13T15:58:05Z")
Just bumping this in case anyone has any ideas or insight, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![njimmy10](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/njimmy10/32/23489_2.png) [@njimmy10](https://forum.adalo.com/u/njimmy10)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/social-media-app-images/20751/3 "2021-12-13T20:45:03Z")
When you’re talking about 20Gb of data, this is a lot, which the biggest apps in Adalo has never reached that number, and even if you do you can buy more storage ---
**Author:** ![Bobby](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/bobby/32/14843_2.png) [@Bobby](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Bobby)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/social-media-app-images/20751/4 "2021-12-13T20:47:54Z")
20GB of pictures doesnt seem like much for a social media app though. ---
**Author:** ![njimmy10](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/njimmy10/32/23489_2.png) [@njimmy10](https://forum.adalo.com/u/njimmy10)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/social-media-app-images/20751/5 "2021-12-13T20:49:54Z")
You can buy more storage ---
**Author:** ![Bobby](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/bobby/32/14843_2.png) [@Bobby](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Bobby)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/social-media-app-images/20751/6 "2021-12-13T20:58:54Z")
Does it say anywhere how much that is? Is it cost effective? Sites like Wasabi charge $6 per TB of storage. I just dont know how much using something like and an API would slow the app down. ---
**Author:** ![Victor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/victor/32/2054_2.png) [@Victor](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Victor)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/social-media-app-images/20751/7 "2021-12-14T10:36:25Z")
Hi @Bobby, If you would like a dedicated storage for your images, you can explore using services like Cloudinary. There were quite a lot of posts on the forum about Cloudinary integrations. Though this will require some API knowledge and may be (in some cases) creating some scenarios in Integromat. Best regards, Victor. ---
**Author:** ![Bobby](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/bobby/32/14843_2.png) [@Bobby](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Bobby)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/social-media-app-images/20751/8 "2021-12-14T16:20:11Z")
Hi @Victor, Would you happen to know the file size of the stored image in Adalo? Depending on that I may not need to use an outside service. I see they compress the image. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Victor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/victor/32/2054_2.png) [@Victor](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Victor)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/social-media-app-images/20751/9 "2021-12-14T16:22:49Z")
Hi @Bobby, As I remember the images are not being modified upon upload. So the size will be the same as on clients’ device. However, Adalo uses ImgIX as CDN for image delivery, so you can deliver images to users’ devices with some modifications (compressed, reduced sizes, etc. - I’ve made a video about that some time ago). Best regards, Victor. ---
**Author:** ![Bobby](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/bobby/32/14843_2.png) [@Bobby](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Bobby)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/social-media-app-images/20751/10 "2021-12-14T16:35:18Z")
I thought they were, maybe the auto compress here means just the image when viewed in the DB ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/2X/d/dd792802d6c67e2ed07ffc61f7b4c3803e3023ed.jpeg) Where can I find your video(s)? ---
**Author:** ![Victor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/victor/32/2054_2.png) [@Victor](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Victor)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/social-media-app-images/20751/11 "2021-12-14T16:39:12Z")
Here is the link: [Adalo hints and tricks: Image manipulation with ImgIX - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O6-nNmPOB0) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/system/32/40401_2.png) [@system](https://forum.adalo.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/social-media-app-images/20751/12 "2021-12-24T16:39:59Z")
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