Case Study: Dreamstime cuts mobile load times by 50% with Fastly

Dreamstime cuts mobile LCP by 50% with Fastly

Dreamstime, the world's largest stock photo community, faced a critical infrastructure challenge as its library grew to 320 million files. Their previous CDN provider could not support the real-time image manipulation needed to efficiently deliver its massive and ever-growing collection, making pre-generating every image size and format expensive and inefficient.

By implementing Fastly's CDN and Image Optimizer, Dreamstime gained the ability to dynamically resize images, generate modern formats like WebP on the fly, and apply real-time watermarks. This resulted in a 50% reduction in mobile load times, significantly cutting storage costs and operational overhead while providing a better experience for their users and distribution partners.

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