# ServerOps.gg vs Uploadcare

Uploadcare: General-purpose CDN, primarily for images and image transformations on commercial websites.

ServerOps.gg: Game-server CDN with one-line Lua and Node bindings and per-project token attribution. Drop-in for Discord webhooks.

## What Uploadcare does well

- Image transformations are mature and feature-rich.
- Good fit for non-game-server use cases like blogs, marketing sites, and e-commerce.
- Long track record, broad CDN footprint, predictable REST API.

## Where ServerOps.gg wins

### Built for game servers, not adapted to them.

Uploadcare is shaped for marketing sites uploading product photos. ServerOps is shaped for RedM, FiveM, and Minecraft scripts uploading evidence, logs, and player media.

### Drop-in for Discord-webhook scripts.

Change discord.com/api/webhooks/... to serverops.gg/v1/upload. Keep your payload. Uploadcare needs a REST integration and a multipart re-wire.

### Per-token, per-project attribution.

Three scripts, three tokens, three usage lines in the dashboard. Uploadcare bills you in one big bucket; you cannot tell which script ate the bandwidth.

### Bundled with logs, cases, and apps on one bill.

Files attach to cases. Cases reference log lines. Apps post evidence to all three. With Uploadcare you are still buying the other three from somewhere else.

### Operator empathy as the product spec.

Built by the team running Ranch Roleplay, 46,000 players on RedM. We lost evidence to channel rolls; we built this. Uploadcare has never moderated a player.

## Feature comparison

| Feature | Uploadcare | ServerOps.gg |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Drop-in replacement for Discord webhooks | No | Yes |
| Per-script / per-project token attribution | No | Yes |
| Built-in case management and evidence binding | No | Yes |
| Lua + Node SDKs for game-server runtimes | No | Yes |
| Custom retention per project | partial | Yes |
| Image transformations on the fly | Yes | partial |
| Free tier for non-commercial servers | No | trial |
| EU data residency | Yes | Yes |

If you primarily need image transformations on the fly (resize, crop, watermark via URL), Uploadcare remains the better fit.