Show HN: Optimage 2 – compress images thoroughly

[vladdanilov]

http://getoptimage.com

[guessmyname]

There is also a free and open-source app called ImageOptim [1].

I believe ImageOptim is older than Optimage but they seem to work the same way.

They also offer a paid web API service with a similar price [2].

Posting just as an alternative, the more the better.

[1] https://imageoptim.com/mac

[2] https://imageoptim.com/api/pricing

[brudgers]

It might be worthwhile to raise the price significantly. The apparent discount from $15 to $9 makes the service look less valuable and the company less successful. A class of desirable customers are those willing pay hundreds of dollars a month or more. For serious work, the cost of integrating with a service is high and the long term financial stability of the service is important. Low prices correlate with higher risk that the service will disappear.

Good luck.

[_jn → brudgers]

OP might also want to consider releasing a CLI / other form of library at a higher price.

[guessmyname → _jn]

Optimage already offers CLI, see here:

    /Applications/Optimage.app/Contents/MacOS/
    ├── Optimage
    └── cli
        ├── gifsicle
        ├── gs
        ├── icnsutil
        ├── icotool
        ├── node
        ├── optimage
        └── svgo

    $ /Applications/Optimage.app/Contents/MacOS/cli/optimage --help
    Optimage, image optimization command line tool.
    Supported formats: PNG, JPEG.
    Usage: optimage [options] file ...
    Options:
    -h, --help           display this usage information
    -V, --version        display the version number
    -v, --verbose        run in verbose mode
    --lossy    	         perform lossy optimizations
    --srgb               convert to sRGB
    --strip-icc          strip ICC profile
    --strip-meta [meta]  strip metadata, e.g. EXIF, XMP, tEXt, iTXt, zTXt, comments, etc
    -d, --dest [path]    save output files to directory
    --prefix [prefix]    add prefix to output filenames, may also contain directory path
    --suffix [suffix]    add suffix to output filenames, default is -opt
    -f, --force          overwrite existing output files

[_jn → guessmyname]

Turning that into a premium feature is a pretty good opportunity for profit imo.