Case Study: Story.com delivers 1,500+ AI videos daily with 90% smaller files using ImageKit

Story.com reduces video sizes by 90% with ImageKit

Story.com, a platform that transforms text prompts into AI-generated videos, faced significant challenges in scaling their video delivery. As they evolved from illustrated books to real-time video generation, they needed to ensure fast, reliable, and mobile-first performance for over a million viewers, 65% of whom were on mobile. Their key hurdles included managing large file sizes, complex rendering pipelines, and the need for seamless integration with their existing Amazon S3 storage without rebuilding their media infrastructure.

By integrating ImageKit with their Amazon S3 storage, Story.com implemented a zero-maintenance media delivery solution. ImageKit automatically optimized and converted videos and images into modern formats, drastically reducing file sizes by over 90% and enabling smooth playback. This allowed Story.com to reliably deliver 1,500+ videos daily with a globally distributed CDN. The results included instant mobile playback, significantly lower data infrastructure costs, and the freedom for the team to focus on product innovation instead of maintaining media pipelines.

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