This GIF to WEBP converter works in your browser on any computer or phone. Convert GIF images to WebP online for free. Upload one file or many, choose the quality and maximum size, then download the WebP results one by one or all together in a ZIP. No sign-up needed.
Animated GIFs are old and inefficient: they are limited to 256 colours and are often several megabytes. The same animation as WebP is usually much smaller and can show more colours, so it loads faster on websites and in chats that support WebP.
Keep the GIF for places that only accept GIF, such as some forums, older email programs and a few messaging apps.
GIF dates from 1987 and is best known for short looping animations. Each frame is limited to 256 colours and transparency is on or off only, so photographs often look banded. It is still handy for simple graphics and animations that need to work everywhere.
More GIF conversionsWebP is an image format developed by Google. It supports lossy and lossless compression, transparency and animation, and at comparable visual quality its files are usually smaller than JPG or PNG. That is why it is popular for websites, and current versions of all major browsers can display it.
More WEBP conversions| Feature | GIF | WEBP |
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Graphics Interchange Format | WebP |
| Compression | Lossless, 256 colours | Lossy and lossless |
| Transparency | Yes | Yes |
| Animation | Yes | Yes |
| Introduced | 1987 | 2010 |
| Developed by | CompuServe | |
| Best for | Short animations and simple graphics | Fast-loading website images |
Yes. Animated GIFs stay animated, with the same frames and timing.
GIF compresses each frame in a very simple way designed in 1987. Modern formats like WebP and MP4 store the same animation far more efficiently.
Click Select File or drop your GIF file onto the upload box. Pick the quality and maximum size, and the converted WebP appears in the list below with a download button. You can add many files at once and download them together as a ZIP.
Yes. There is no sign-up and no watermark. To keep the service available for everyone there is a 95MB limit per file and a cap on how many files one connection can process in a short period.
Your upload is used only to make the converted file. Images are processed in memory; other files are written to a private temporary folder that is deleted as soon as the conversion finishes. Nothing is kept after the result has been sent back.
For images, a little, by design: the image is re-encoded at the Quality you choose (default 75%). Audio and video are re-encoded with high-quality settings; documents keep their text and layout as far as the target format allows. Converting never restores detail that is already missing from the original.