WebP is Google's attempt of a JPEG/PNG replacement. It can offer better compression in both lossy and lossless images compared to both JPEG and PNG.
✔️ Great compression. My simple tests show 20% better than PNG!
✔️ As it's from Google, it has good browser support.
➖ Loses a mark for no 32bit Windows version listed on their page...
❌ Decompression is slower compared to PNG and JPG.
Other image formats:
GIF |
JPEG |
JPEG XL |
PNG |
QOI |
WEBP
Comparison
Updated (20/06/2026)