Pricing is just multiplication.
One base rate, a few honest multipliers, no tiers to decode. The whole model is printed below.
That's the entire model. Everything below is this formula with different inputs.
Transcoding pricing
Per minute of output video. Bring your own storage.
Base rates — Standard quality, 30 fps, no add-ons.
Turn the knobs in the calculator| Codec | 480p | 720p | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | 8K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H.264/AVC Widely compatible, fast | €0.005 /min | €0.0075 /min | €0.01 /min | €0.02 /min | €0.04 /min | €0.08 /min |
H.265/HEVC 50% better compression | €0.0075 /min | €0.0113 /min | €0.015 /min | €0.03 /min | €0.06 /min | €0.12 /min |
VP9 Open format, YouTube std | €0.0094 /min | €0.0141 /min | €0.0188 /min | €0.0375 /min | €0.075 /min | €0.15 /min |
AV1 Best compression, royalty-free | €0.02 /min | €0.03 /min | €0.04 /min | €0.08 /min | €0.16 /min | €0.32 /min |
Swipe to see all resolutions →
The multipliers
They stack multiplicatively. That's the whole trick.
Economy
0.75x
VMAF 85–90
Previews, mobile
Standard
1.0x
VMAF 93–95
General streaming
Premium
2.0x
VMAF 97–99
Broadcast, archival
VMAF is Netflix's perceptual quality metric — 100 means visually identical to the source. Each tier targets its range across content types.
Framerate
24 fps
0.8x
25 fps
0.8x
30 fps
1x
50 fps
1.5x
60 fps
2x
120 fps
4x
Add-ons
Optional, per job. Off by default, like all good add-ons.
Want your exact price?
Same formula, with knobs. Every cell recomputes live.
HLS, DASH, CMAF, MP4, WebM, MKV, MOV — every output format and audio track is included. Charging extra for playlists felt wrong.
Video Hosting pricing
Upload, transcode, host & stream. How hosting works →
Three metered line items — encoding once, storage monthly, egress as it streams. The encoding base covers the default auto ladder; fancier codecs and resolutions use the same multipliers as above.
Encoding
€0.010 / output min
One-time, per rendition — H.264 1080p base; the transcoding multipliers apply to fancier ladders.
Storage
€0.020 / GB·month
Metered daily, prorated — source plus every rendition. Delete mid-month, pay for the days it existed.
Egress (CDN delivery)
€0.010 / GB
Global CDN edge delivery, metered hourly. Public, unlisted, and signed private streams — no per-request fees.
Ladder × codecs drives encoding — each rendition bills its own minutes.
Ladder depth drives storage — AV1 stores ~half the bytes of H.264.
Codec strategy drives egress — modern players pick AV1 and deliver roughly half the bytes.
A month, itemized
TRANSCODELY
ENCODE · STORE · DELIVER
60 source min × 3 renditions, one-time
3.8 GB × €0.020/GB·mo
1,831 GB · 10,000 views × ~5 min
SERVED BY worker-eu-central-1
THANK YOU FOR TRANSCODING WITH US
* sample. real invoices are metered to the byte.
Your month won't look like the sample.
Plug in your uploads, views, ladder, and codec strategy — the calculator prints your own receipt.
Frequently asked questions
- How is transcoding billed?
- Per minute of output video, rounded to the nearest second.
- What counts as "output"?
- Each rendition counts separately. A 10-minute video encoded into 3 HLS renditions = 30 minutes of output.
- Do I pay for audio tracks?
- No. Audio encoding and multi-language tracks are free.
- Do I pay for failed jobs?
- No. You only pay for successful output — charging for failure would be a bold business model.
- Is there a monthly minimum?
- No. No monthly fees, no commitments, no minimums. The base fee is €0.00 and we intend to keep it competitive.
- What currency are prices in?
- All prices are in EUR.
- Do you offer volume discounts?
- Yes. Contact us if you process more than 10,000 minutes per month.
- How do add-on features affect pricing?
- Each add-on feature applies a multiplier to the base price. Multipliers stack multiplicatively. For example, enabling DRM (1.25x) and HDR (1.40x) results in a combined 1.75x multiplier on top of your codec, resolution, quality, and framerate pricing.
- How is video hosting billed?
- Three line items: €0.010/min for encoding (one-time per video), €0.020/GB/month for storage (metered daily), and €0.010/GB for egress (metered hourly). No monthly minimums.
- Do I pay egress for private videos?
- Yes — egress is metered on all delivered bytes regardless of visibility. Private videos just require a signed URL before the CDN will serve them.
- Is hosting storage prorated?
- Yes. Storage is metered daily against average bytes stored, so uploading or deleting mid-month only charges for the portion of the month the bytes existed.
- Can I use hosting without the transcoding API?
- Hosting uses the transcoding engine under the hood, so every uploaded video is transcoded into the renditions your app config specifies. If you want to skip hosting and keep your own storage + CDN, use the transcoding API directly.
Ready when you are
No monthly fees. Pay only for what you use. The formula will still be multiplication tomorrow.