What will video hosting cost for your minutes stored and watched, and who is cheapest?

Enter the minutes of video you store, the minutes viewers watch per month, your monthly uploads and your growth rate. Get Cloudflare Stream, Mux, Bunny Stream, api.video and a DIY AWS pipeline priced side by side, the 12-month spend, and the viewing level where the cheapest platform changes — before you build a course site or creator tool on one and find out when the invoice arrives.

Nothing is uploaded. Calculated in this browser from numbers you enter and approximate list prices you can edit. It cannot see your library or your invoice.

1. Your video

Minutes of video stored today

Minutes watched per month today

Minutes newly uploaded per month

Growth in all volumes per month (%)

Monthly budget in USD (optional)

Budget applies to

2. Comparison

Platform	Per month	Per year	12-month spend with growth

Where the cheapest platform changes

Minutes watched per month (at your stored and uploaded size)	Cheapest

Rows with several platforms are ties. Minutes watched are what viewers stream; encoding is free on every platform here except the DIY pipeline. Resolution ladders, live, DRM and captions are not priced, and per-GB platforms are converted at roughly 2.5 Mbps.

Rate cards (editable)

Platform	Base fee (USD/mo)	Storage per min-mo	Storage included (min)	Delivery per min watched	Delivery included (min)	Encoding per min uploaded

Press Compare after changing a value.

Prefer a CLI, or want a budget gate in CI?

node cli.mjs compare --stored-min 20000 --watched-min 500000 --uploaded-min 500 --growth 5
node cli.mjs compare --stored-min 20000 --watched-min 500000 --provider mux --budget 300   # exit 1 over budget
node cli.mjs crossover --stored-min 20000
node cli.mjs compare --stored-min 20000 --watched-min 500000 --prices prices.json --json

Get cli.mjs and engine.mjs — Node 18+, nothing to install, no network call. More: how to choose video hosting by minutes watched.

Common questions

Does this read my video account?

No. It uses only the minute volumes you type and rate cards you can edit. It cannot see your library, resolutions, viewers or invoice. Treat every figure as a way to compare options, never as what you will be charged.

Where do the prices come from?

They are approximate public list prices as best known in 2025 for on-demand 720p-1080p video, shown with an as-of line, and every number is editable. Bunny and the DIY AWS pipeline bill by GB, so they are converted at roughly 2.5 Mbps. Platforms change packaging often, so check each pricing page before deciding.

What is not included?

Live streaming, DRM, captions and AI features, 4K ladders, minimum commitments, enterprise discounts, other regions and each platform's fair-use terms. Per-GB platforms cost more per minute at high bitrates and less at low ones, so check the conversion against your own encodes.

Is my data uploaded anywhere?

No. The page calculates in your browser and sends nothing. The CLI reads local files and makes no network call.