api.video
Video platform as a service (VPaaS) software
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- Ease of management
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What is api.video
api.video is a video platform-as-a-service that provides APIs for uploading, encoding, storing, and delivering video content in applications and websites. It targets software teams that need to add video capabilities (on-demand playback, live streaming, and basic video management) without building and operating a full video pipeline. The product emphasizes developer-first integration with REST APIs, SDKs, and embeddable players, and it supports delivery via CDN-backed playback.
Developer-first API and SDKs
api.video centers its functionality around a REST API and provides SDKs to integrate video workflows into custom products. This approach fits teams that want to automate ingestion, processing, and playback from their own back-end and front-end code. Compared with more UI-led video hosting tools in the space, it is oriented toward programmatic control and embedding into existing applications.
Managed encoding and delivery
The service handles core VPaaS infrastructure tasks such as transcoding/encoding, storage, and playback delivery. This reduces the need to operate separate components for processing and distribution. It is useful for applications that need consistent playback across devices without maintaining their own encoding ladder and delivery stack.
Supports VOD and live streaming
api.video supports both video-on-demand workflows and live streaming, enabling a single vendor for multiple video use cases. This can simplify architecture for products that mix recorded content with live events. It also helps teams standardize on one API surface for different video modes.
Limited end-user marketing tools
As an API-centric platform, it typically provides fewer out-of-the-box tools for marketing analytics, lead capture, and audience engagement than platforms designed for business users. Teams may need to integrate third-party analytics, CRM, or marketing automation to match those capabilities. This can increase implementation effort for organizations that want turnkey business features.
Requires engineering resources
Most value comes from integrating APIs and managing video workflows in code, which assumes developer availability and ongoing maintenance. Non-technical teams may find the product less approachable than UI-driven video platforms. Implementation timelines and total effort depend on how much custom workflow, player behavior, and access control you build.
Advanced governance varies by plan
Enterprise requirements such as granular governance, compliance controls, and complex multi-tenant administration may require higher-tier plans or additional design work. Organizations with strict regulatory needs often need to validate data handling, retention, and audit requirements during procurement. Fit can vary depending on required certifications and administrative depth.
Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go Free tier/trial: Free sandbox available (see notes). No time-limited production trial stated on official site. Example costs / line items (official site):
- Video encoding: FREE for unlimited minutes.
- Video hosting (storage): as low as $0.00285 per minute of video stored.
- Video delivery: as low as $0.0017 per minute of video delivered.
- Video transcription (AI): $0.10 per minute of video.
- Video summarization: $0.10 per minute (abstract) + $0.05 per minute (takeaways).
- Video translation: available on sandbox accounts only (no public price listed).
- Analytics retention (examples):
- 3 months retention: 1-1,000 plays: $12/month | 1,001-10,000 plays: $49/month | 10,000+ plays: $99/month.
- 12 months retention: 1-1,000 plays: $36/month | 1,001-10,000 plays: $149/month | 10,000+ plays: $299/month.
- Add-ons / additional options:
- Custom domain: 60€ / month per domain (VOD or Livestream; help center lists 60€ VOD, 60€ Livestream, or 100€ for both as alternative pricing in help article).
- Add members: 20€ / month per additional member (base Pay-as-you-go includes 3 members; Enterprise includes 30 members).
- Domain referrer playback restriction: $20 / month for Pay-as-you-go (included in Enterprise).
- Video Restore: when activated, pay $0.005 per minute of video stored instead of $0.003 (per site language).
Billing & terms (notes):
- No commitments or credit card required to get started ("Get started for free").
- Payment options listed: Credit Card, Apple Pay, SEPA (on request), Monthly billing; Enterprise supports Wire Transfer, Annual billing.
- Enterprise: contact sales; Enterprise plan includes SAML SSO, isolated storage option, enhanced support and SLA credits.
Notes / caveats (from official site):
- Pricing is measured per minute (hosting and delivery billed per minute; encoding free regardless of qualities).
- The official Pricing FAQ states a free sandbox environment is available after account creation: sandbox allows unlimited tests but created video content is limited to 30 seconds, watermarked, and auto-deleted after 24 hours; upgrading to Production (paid) removes these restrictions.
- No explicit time-limited free trial for Production tiers is stated on the official pricing page.
Seller details
api.video
Paris, France
2018
Private
https://api.video/
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