Soum, an e-commerce marketplace, cut loading times 10x and saved 80% on bandwidth costs after adopting Scaleflex Cloudimage. The Saudi Arabian platform connects millions of customers with individual and small business sellers across the MENA region, with 14k+ listings from 150+ cities. Before Cloudimage, slow page loads, rising image service costs and inconsistent visuals affected the user experience. Setup took a single day and integrated with Amazon S3, bringing lighter images, CDN-backed lazy loading and 360° product views.
The Company
Soum is a Saudi Arabian platform connecting millions of customers with individual and small business sellers across the MENA region. With 14k+ listings from 150+ cities and a focus on re‑commerce, Soum offers convenient, trustworthy access to reconditioned and second‑hand goods.
The Challenge
Before integrating Scaleflex’s Cloudimage solution, Soum struggled with slow page loads, rising image service costs, and inconsistent visuals across the marketplace. These issues affected user experience and added operational friction. Soum needed to reduce image weight without sacrificing quality, introduce faster loading, and support richer product displays such as 360° views.
The Solution
“Working with Scaleflex has been a game-changer for our image optimization needs. Our website’s performance has skyrocketed, and our users are experiencing faster load times than ever.”
Meshal Alsaleem
Product Analyst
Cloudimage helped Soum cut image weight without losing quality, speed up loading with CDN‑backed lazy loading, and enable richer visuals like 360° product views and watermarks. The setup was completed in a single day, integrated smoothly with Amazon S3, and allowed flexible on‑the‑fly transformations for both images and videos.
The Results
Soum boosted performance and cut costs after adopting Cloudimage. The improvements created a faster, more reliable experience for customers while supporting scalable media operations.
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Soum went live with Scaleflex Cloudimage in a single day. The setup integrated with Amazon S3 and included CDN-backed lazy loading and flexible on-the-fly transformations for both images and videos.
Yes. Cloudimage reduced Soum's image weight without losing quality, delivering 80%+ bandwidth savings. Loading time fell from ~230ms to ~21ms, giving customers a faster experience across the marketplace.
Yes. Cloudimage enabled 360° product views and watermarks for Soum, alongside on-the-fly transformations for images and videos. This gave the marketplace richer product displays without adding operational friction.
