Is it worth converting WebP to AVIF?
If you already serve WebP, switching to AVIF brings smaller gains than going from JPG, but it is still meaningful: another 10–25% on top of WebP for photographic content. For UI graphics and synthetic content the gap is narrower.
The cost is encode time (AVIF is slower than WebP) and a slightly more restricted browser support window — though over 90% of modern global traffic already handles AVIF natively.
Transparency is preserved
Both WebP and AVIF support an 8-bit alpha channel. If your WebP has transparency — logos, cutouts, UI overlays — it converts cleanly without losing the alpha plane.
How the converter works
- Drop or select one or more WebP files (up to 20 MB each).
- We decode them with libvips and re-encode with libaom (quality 60, encode speed 6).
- Download the AVIF ready to ship to production.