Video hosting software stores a video, transcodes it, and plays it on your site. It is not a webinar room and it is not a screen recorder. This page covers hosts with a public price.
Every entry uses the same fields: published price, free plan or trial, what the fee buys, and the main tradeoff. The order is not a quality ranking. Providers are sorted by the public entry price we could verify: a $0 plan or the lowest published list price first, and quote-led plans last.
Compared at a glance
| Provider | Published pricing | Billable unit | Best for | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunny Stream | $1 monthly minimum. Encoding free. Storage from $0.01/GB. CDN from $0.005/GB. Player and security features included. | Storage and bandwidth | Builders who want usage pricing and no transcode fee | Visit → |
| Wistia | Free $0 with 25 GB storage and 200 GB bandwidth. Business $79/month with 250 GB+ and 1 TB. Signals add-on path $329/month. Extra users $25. Enterprise custom. | Account, then storage and seats | Marketers who want a free host before a $79 business plan | Visit → |
| Vimeo | Free plan exists and does not insert third-party ads. Paid self-serve plans list 2 TB, 4 TB, and 7 TB storage, each with 2 TB bandwidth. Enterprise custom. Seat dollar did not render. | Storage and bandwidth | A brand that wants ad-free hosting | Visit → |
| Cloudflare Stream | Pricing page sells minutes delivered and minutes stored. Confirm the live per-minute rate at checkout; we did not invent a figure that did not render. | Minutes stored and delivered | A developer who wants video on Cloudflare | Visit → |
Pricing checked on October 3, 2026 against Bunny Stream and Wistia pricing pages. Free means a standing free plan. Bunny’s $1 is a minimum, not a seat.
One product is a usage meter. One product is a plan with a free tier.
How this market is priced
Hosting bills hide in transcoding and bandwidth. Bunny lists encoding at no charge and starts storage at $0.01/GB and CDN at $0.005/GB, with a $1 monthly minimum. Wistia sells a free cap, then a $79 business plan that includes 3 seats and charges $25 for each extra user. A marketing site with a few explainers is a different bill from a course library.
The 4 companies in detail
1. Bunny Stream
Usage minimum
Best for: Teams that will embed a player and pay for traffic
| Published price | $1 monthly minimum. Storage from $0.01/GB. CDN from $0.005/GB. Encoding listed as free. |
| Free vs trial | Not a free plan. The minimum is $1 a month. |
| What the fee buys | Player, transcoding, and security features are included. You pay storage and bandwidth. |
| Tradeoff | Enterprise support is a separate conversation. Region toggles change the CDN bill. |
- Bunny’s Stream pricing page says encoding is free and storage starts at $0.01/GB.
- CDN delivery on that page starts at $0.005/GB.
- The page lists a $1 monthly minimum and says all features are included at that floor.
2. Wistia
Free, then a business plan
Best for: Marketers who want heatmaps later, not on day one
| Published price | Free $0. Business $79/month. Signals path $329/month. Extra users $25. Enterprise custom. |
| Free vs trial | Standing free plan: 25 GB storage and 200 GB bandwidth. Business is a trial, not the free plan. |
| What the fee buys | Business starts at 250 GB and 1 TB bandwidth and includes 3 seats. Extra seats are $25. |
| Tradeoff | Everything in the account counts toward storage, including clips. |
- Wistia’s pricing table lists Free at $0 and Business at $79 a month.
- Free storage is 25 GB and bandwidth is 200 GB. Business extra users are $25.
- The FAQ says Business includes 3 seats to start.
3. Vimeo
AD-FREE HOST, PAID STORAGE BANDS
Best for: a brand that does not want third-party ads on the player.
| Published price | FAQ says Vimeo does not put third-party ads on videos, including the free plan. Paid cards showed 2 TB, 4 TB, and 7 TB storage. Enterprise is contact sales. The dollar amount did not render. |
| Free vs trial | Free plan exists. Paid plans are subscriptions. Enterprise is a quote. |
| What the fee buys | Hosting, player, and on paid tiers more storage and users. |
| Limitation | A missing dollar is not a $0 paid plan. |
- The FAQ says the free plan does not insert third-party ads.
- Paid tiers showed 2 TB, 4 TB, and 7 TB storage.
- Enterprise is custom.
4. Cloudflare Stream
MINUTES STORED AND DELIVERED
Best for: a developer already on Cloudflare who wants a video API.
| Published price | Stream is sold as minutes stored and minutes delivered. The live rate card should be confirmed at checkout. This row does not invent a per-minute figure that did not render on the product page. |
| Free vs trial | No standing unlimited free host on the product page we cite. |
| What the fee buys | Ingest, storage, and delivery minutes for on-demand video. |
| Limitation | This is a usage meter, not a seat. |
- Stream is a separate product from Bunny and Wistia.
- Billing is minutes, not a marketing seat.
- Confirm the live rate before a volume commit.
Company count corrected on October 4, 2026. Added vendors use the official pricing page checked that day. A missing dollar is not treated as $0.
Kurums Match
We want the lowest usage floor
Bunny Stream, $1 minimum, then storage and bandwidth.
We want a free marketing host
Wistia Free, until 25 GB or 200 GB bandwidth binds.
We need more than 3 seats
Wistia Business plus $25 per extra user, or ask Bunny if you will build the workflow.
Buying tip
Ask whether a view is bandwidth or a seat. Wistia’s extra user is $25. Bunny’s extra view is gigabytes.
How this comparison was put together
We read official pricing pages on October 3, 2026. We did not add hosts whose dollar figures did not render. No badges.
FAQ
Does Bunny charge for transcoding?
The Stream pricing page lists encoding as free. You pay storage and CDN traffic, with a $1 monthly minimum.
How many seats are on Wistia Business?
The FAQ says 3 seats to start, then $25 each.
Is Wistia Free a trial?
No. Free is $0 with 25 GB storage and 200 GB bandwidth.
Why is enterprise last or missing?
Wistia Enterprise is custom, so it stays inside the Wistia card rather than leading the table.
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Last updated October 3, 2026. Vendor links use rel sponsored nofollow. This page does not award Recommends, Top Pick, or Verified badges. Order is a pricing sort, not a quality rank.
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