Image compressor

Online image compressor: fast, local and free

The Volade image compressor reduces the weight of your photos and visuals without going through a server: JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, SVG and AVIF files are processed right in your browser. Result: your files stay 100% private, processing is instant and you can compress as many images as you want — no hourly limit, with or without an account.

Perfect for lightening a website, speeding up your pages and gaining performance points, drag-and-dropping screenshots for quick sharing, preparing lighter attachments for your emails, or standardizing photo sizes before posting on social media.

Why compress your images?

A too-heavy image is the number one brake on a site's speed. By reducing its weight, you improve loading time, browsing comfort and your organic ranking: Google treats performance as a ranking factor. Lighter files also mean less storage, attachments that send instantly and lower mobile data use.

Compression is also a gesture for the environment: transferring and storing lighter files uses less server and network energy. For a high-traffic site, the difference in load can be considerable.

Compression of up to 80%, under your control

The quality slider fine-tunes the balance between weight and sharpness: 70-80% for the web, 40-60% for emails, 90-100% to preserve detail. Every file is compared before/after in real time, and resizing (width in pixels) applies in a single step along with compression.

In practice, a 10 MB photo can drop to 2 MB, a heavy PNG logo becomes a light WebP, and a screenshot sends in seconds. You stay in control at every step: the visible result stays just as crisp, without effort.

Which format: JPEG, PNG, WebP or AVIF?

JPEG remains the reference for photos: universal and very light, it offers the best compromise for detail-rich images. PNG preserves transparency and the sharpness of flat colours — ideal for logos, icons and screenshots. WebP, more modern, combines both: it is often 25 to 35% lighter than an equal-quality JPEG and supports transparency. AVIF, the newest, pushes the gain even further and stays perfect for the modern web.

The Volade compressor lets you choose the output format freely, converts on the fly and shows you the real gain before you even download. Flat graphics go to PNG, photos to JPEG or WebP, and resizing applies in one go.

RAW files and photographers: Premium does more

With a Volade subscription, decode your RAW files locally (CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, DNG, ORF, RW2 and more, up to 100 MB), remove batch and file-size limits, and compress in bulk. Since processing never leaves your machine, your photos stay confidential, even on the Professional plan.

For a photographer, it's a double time-saver: the bulky raws from your camera are handled on the spot, without depending on a connection, and you export the right format for each client. No image ever passes through our servers: the confidentiality of your shots is total.

Who can benefit?

Webmasters and site creators after an impeccable performance score; e-commerce sellers standardizing hundreds of product photos; community managers prepping visuals for social networks; employees sending files by email; developers optimizing images before going live; and everyday users who simply want to lighten their gallery.

Whatever your level, the tool stays completely simple: drag, adjust, download. No sign-up needed for the free version.

Compressing also means protecting your data

Most online compressors ask you to upload your files to their server. Volade does the opposite: everything happens in your browser. No image leaves your device, and no account is needed for the free version.

This choice has two immediate benefits. First, privacy: your documents, photos and client files never pass through a third party. Then, speed: no need to wait for a network round-trip, compression starts as soon as you drag and drop, and EXIF metadata is removed automatically.