api.video

What is api.video?

api.video is a video infrastructure service that lets developers add video on demand and live streaming to their own products through an API. You upload video from files or URLs, it encodes the video from 240p up to 4K without an encoding fee, stores it, and delivers it as HLS or MP4 through a CDN with more than 100 points of presence. Live streaming supports RTMPS and SRT ingest, low latency of about 3 seconds in good conditions, DVR, recording and simulcasting. A customizable player, analytics, webhooks, captions, chapters, thumbnails and clip editing are included, and AI features add transcription in 33 languages and video summarization. Pricing is pay as you go with no commitment or credit card needed to start: hosting from $0.00285 and delivery from $0.0017 per minute of video delivered, with an Enterprise plan that adds higher API rate limits, SSO, security reviews, longer audit logs and a signed MSA, SLA and DPA.

Use cases

• Add video hosting to an app
• Run live streams in a product
• Transcribe videos automatically
• Summarize long videos
• Embed a branded video player
• Migrate videos from another provider

Who it's for

• Software developers
• SaaS product teams
• Media companies
• Enterprise IT teams

Why use api.video

• One API covers upload, encoding, storage, delivery and live streaming, so you do not assemble separate services.
• Encoding is free, and you pay for hosting and delivery minutes only.
• No commitment or credit card is needed to start on pay as you go.
• Migration has no encoding fees, and an import tool helps move existing videos.
• Enterprise customers get SAML single sign-on, longer audit logs and a signed MSA, SLA and DPA.

api.video features

• Video upload from files or URLs with progressive upload
• Free encoding from 240p to 4K
• HLS and MP4 output through a global CDN
• Live streaming with RTMPS and SRT ingest and about 3-second latency
• Simulcast, live DVR and live recording
• Customizable player or any third-party player
• AI transcription in 33 languages and video summarization
• Analytics, webhooks, chapters, captions and watermarks
• Projects with their own API keys and analytics
• Video Restore for deleted videos within 90 days

api.video integrations

• Looker Studio
• Tableau

How to get started with api.video

1. Create a workspace and get an API key from the dashboard.
2. Upload a video by file or URL; it is encoded into multiple qualities automatically.
3. Embed the video in the built-in player or any third-party player, using the HLS or MP4 output.
4. Start a live stream by pushing RTMPS or SRT to your stream key and embed the live player.
5. Track usage and analytics, and add AI transcription or summaries through the API or dashboard.

api.video limitations

• Pay as you go allows 100 upload, 200 write and 500 read API calls per minute
• Audit logs on pay as you go are kept for up to 5 days, and storage is not isolated
• Custom domains start at $60 per month and domain referrer restriction is $20 per month on pay as you go
• Analytics retention beyond 1 month is a paid add-on
• AI transcription costs $0.10 per minute of video

api.video pricing

api.video has no free plan. Plans start at $0 usage-based, according to the official pricing page on 24 Oct 2026.

api.video plans

• Pay as you go

  As low as $0.0017 per minute delivered

  hosting as low as $0.00285

  • Free encoding
  • 100 upload API calls per minute
  • Audit logs up to 5 days
  • 99.9% SLA with credits

• Enterprise

  Custom

  • 200 upload API calls per minute
  • Audit logs up to 60 days
  • Isolated storage available
  • Security review included
  • Signed MSA, SLA, DPA

Plans as listed on the official pricing page on 24 Oct 2026. Prices can change and may vary by country or exclude tax. Check the official pricing page.

api.video alternatives

The main api.video alternatives listed on Debuly are TwelveLabs, Videograph, WaveSpeedAI, each::labs, MiniMax API Platform and OmniRoute. The table compares pricing and platforms; order is A–Z.

1. 

   each::labs

   One API for 600+ image, video, audio and text models, with fallback routing, versioned workflows and pay-per-call pricing.

   Developer platformsAutomation and agentsVideoImage generation
   PaidVisit each::labs (official site)
2. 

   MiniMax API Platform

   Developer platform to call MiniMax M3 language, H3 video, speech and image models by API, pay-as-you-go or with a Token Plan.

   Developer platformsCodingVideo
   PaidVisit MiniMax API Platform (official site)
3. 

   OmniRoute

   Free open-source AI gateway that puts 352 providers behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint with automatic fallback.

   Developer platformsCodingAutomation and agents
   Open sourceVisit OmniRoute (official site)
4. 

   TwelveLabs

   Video understanding API for searching scenes in natural language, analyzing footage and turning video into embeddings.

   Developer platformsVideoResearch and search
   FreemiumVisit TwelveLabs (official site)
5. 

   Videograph

   Video API platform for on-demand and live streaming, with transcoding, DRM packaging, ad insertion and an AI portrait cropping tool.

   Developer platformsVideo
   Visit Videograph (official site)
6. 

   WaveSpeedAI

   Pay-per-use API and web platform for running 1,000+ image, video, audio and language models without managing GPUs.

   Developer platformsVideoImage generation
   Free trialVisit WaveSpeedAI (official site)

api.video FAQ

Sources & verification

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