WEBP

Why Use WebP? Benefits & Use Cases

Discover the advantages, disadvantages, and best use cases for the WebP image format.

What is WEBP?

WebP is a modern image format developed by Google that provides superior lossless and lossy compression for images on the web. It relies on lossy & lossless, which makes it uniquely suited for specific types of digital media.

Advantages
  • Superior compression (smaller than JPG & PNG)
  • Supports transparency
  • Supports animation
Disadvantages
  • Not supported by some very old browsers

Best Use Cases

You should definitely use WEBP for:
Modern web delivery, improving PageSpeed, replacing both JPG and PNG.

Need to create a WEBP file?

Use our free client-side converters to transform your images into WEBP.

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