GIF Compressor — Shrink Files Without Breaking Animation

Upload your GIF and it is re-encoded with a smaller color palette and optional lossy inter-frame optimization. Every frame, the loop setting and the per-frame delays are carried over from the original, so the compressed GIF plays exactly the same — it is only the file size that changes. You can preview the result before downloading.

It depends on the source GIF. Dropping the palette from 256 colors to 64 or 32 typically saves 30-60%, and raising the lossy level lets similar pixels be reused between frames, which shrinks busy animations dramatically. Scaling the GIF below 100% reduces the pixel dimensions too. The before and after sizes are shown so you can tune settings until the file fits your target.

GIFs store a color palette of up to 256 colors — the colors slider rebuilds that palette with fewer entries, which is a primary control for file size. The lossy slider sets how much per-pixel error is allowed when reusing data between frames: 0 keeps frames pixel-perfect, higher values trade a little visual fidelity for a much smaller file.

You can upload GIFs up to 20 MB on Free, 50 MB with Premium or 120 MB with Pro. Larger animations take a little longer to re-encode because every frame is processed, but the tool handles long, high-frame-count GIFs. If your GIF is over the limit, try scaling it down or trimming it first.

Your GIF is processed on our secure servers over HTTPS and removed under our Security policy. We do not sell your files or share them with third parties. The compressed result is available for download for a short window and then removed as well.

Yes — Pixoate supports batch and bulk processing. Switch to Batch mode, add up to 60 GIFs on Premium or 200 on Pro, set your options once, and every GIF is processed with the same settings before you download a single ZIP. Bulk processing is a Premium feature; the output uses the same quality and settings as single mode.

Yes — with bulk processing you configure the settings a single time and they apply to every item in the batch — up to 60 GIFs on Premium or 200 on Pro. There is no need to repeat the setup per item, and Temporary uploaded and generated files are processed securely and deleted automatically.

Almost always one of three things. The file is over the 20 MB free upload limit — Premium takes 50 MB and Pro 120 MB. The format is not one this tool accepts, so check the list shown on the upload panel. Or the file is not really the format its name says: renaming a file does not change what is inside it, and that is the reason a valid-looking image gets refused.

Cropping, rotating, resizing and framing keep your original pixels — quality loss almost always comes from somewhere else. The two usual causes are enlarging a small image past the resolution it actually has, and re-saving a JPG over and over, because each save throws away a little more. Start from the largest original you still have, and export PNG when the image contains text, screenshots or flat color.

GIF Compressor supports free standard use within the published processing allowances. Free downloads are clean — no watermark. No signup is required for standard tool use. Photo effects and AI edits have a web-size limit on Free, with the original-resolution result available through Premium or one credit. Crop, resize, rotate, compress and convert stay full size. Premium supports batches of up to 60 files, with the applicable plan limits shown before processing.

No — GIF Compressor runs in the browser on desktop and phone. There is nothing to install, no trial to start, and no license to buy before you can see whether it does what you need. Try it on the file you are actually stuck with rather than a sample.

Lowering Colors leaves fewer shades to draw gradients with, and a high Lossy level lets small differences between frames be reused, so both can add banding or grain. Raise Colors, bring Lossy level back toward off, or reduce Scale instead, then compare the preview again.

The Saved line appears only when the new file is smaller than the original. If it is missing, these settings did not make the file smaller. Lower Colors, raise Lossy level or reduce Scale, then run Compress GIF again and check the Before and After sizes.

There is no target size field, so you reach a size by adjusting Colors, Lossy level and Scale and reading the Before and After sizes after each run. A few runs with small changes let you home in on the size you need.

Only if you lower Scale. At 100 percent the width and height stay the same, apart from very large animations on a free account, which are brought down to web size. Colors, Lossy level and Compression effort change the palette and how frames are stored, not the size on screen.

Every setting that shrinks a GIF removes something: palette entries, small frame differences or pixels. The gentlest route is a high Colors value, Lossy level off and Scale at 100, then a check of the preview against the original.