Cloud quickstart
From signup to your first optimized image on managed cloud — no server required.
Prefer not to run your own instance? The managed cloud at keenpix.com is the same engine, hosted — this page gets you from signup to an optimized image in a few minutes. Self-hosting instead? See the Quickstart.
1. Sign up and start your trial
Create an account at keenpix.com. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial — a card is required, but trial usage is never billed. During the trial you get the plan's full features with up to 2 projects and 20 GB delivered.
2. Create a project
From the dashboard, create a project and enter the hostname your images live on (e.g.
cdn.example.com or your S3/R2 bucket host). That origin hostname is automatically
added to the project's allowlist, so your first transform works right away — no API
key, no extra security step.
Find your project id
It's under Settings → General → Project ID. You pass it as project= in every URL.
3. Copy the transform URL
A request is just a URL — prefix your image with the cloud endpoint:
<img
src="https://keenpix.com/img/https://cdn.example.com/hero.jpg?project=YOUR_ID&w=800&fmt=webp"
sizes="100vw"
loading="lazy"
decoding="async"
alt="Hero"
/>Use fmt=auto to negotiate AVIF/WebP/JPEG from each browser's Accept header instead
of pinning a format. The first request is a cache MISS (Keenpix fetches + transforms
the original); every later request for the same parameters is a HIT.
4. Point your site at it
Swap your image URLs — or your framework's image loader — to the transform endpoint. Most codebases build image URLs in one place, so this is typically a single-file change. See the framework guides for Next.js, Nuxt, TanStack Start, SvelteKit, Astro, and more.
5. Watch the savings
Open Analytics to see bandwidth saved, cache hit rate, format mix, and live request logs — included on every plan. Because billing is on bandwidth delivered (transforms are unlimited), the bytes saved by AVIF/WebP show up directly on your invoice.
See the API reference for the full parameter list, or Projects & access for how allowlists gate requests.