api.video

Video API with free encoding and published per-minute storage and delivery rates.

About api.video

Video API with free encoding and published per-minute storage and delivery rates. api.video sits in CostUse’s catalog of usage-billed APIs. Instead of a thin brand blurb, this page assembles what matters for budgeting: what the company bills for usage, in which unit, at which list rate, and on which date the figure was checked against the public source.

There are 2 published calculators for api.video. List unit prices run from $0.0017 to $0.00285, with a median of $0.002275. Billing units represented here: minute of video stored, minute of video delivered. The most recent price check in this group is 2026-07-30.

Official api.video pricing page

api.video pricing table

Compare meters side by side before opening each calculator. Watch the unit carefully: a “cheap” host rate is not comparable to a per-GB or per-million-events rate. The source column links to the official page used for verification.

ServiceUnit priceUnitSourceVerified
api.video delivery minute $0.0017 minute of video delivered api.video pricing
api.video storage minute $0.00285 minute of video stored api.video pricing

api.video services and APIs in this catalog

Each table row maps to a full service page: volume calculator, cost profile (what 1, 1k, and 1M units cost, and how far $100 goes), and the pricing documentation link. If api.video publishes included quotas on monthly plans, use the calculator for the variable part and read the inclusion on the official source.

For engineering and finops teams, the practical flow is: (1) list the meters your product actually hits, (2) fill real or peak volume, (3) sum the results instead of guessing a single “platform average.” Large platforms mix several counters—logs, APM, infrastructure, RUM—and budget misses start when every line is treated as the same meter.

api.video calculators

The cards at the top of this page open each service with its interactive calculator. Start with the meter that dominates your current bill, then explore the rest of the api.video lineup.

Frequently asked questions about api.video

What does api.video bill for usage in this catalog?

There are 2 published meters for api.video, billed in units such as minute of video stored, minute of video delivered. Each page shows the list unit price, the billing unit, and the date the figure was checked against the public source.

Which api.video meter has the lowest unit price here?

api.video delivery minute lists $0.0017 per minute of video delivered. Use that page’s calculator to project daily and monthly volume before you lock a budget.

Do api.video monthly plans roll into the calculator figure?

When the source publishes a per-unit rate (per GB, per request, per seat, and so on), the calculator uses that linear list rate. Included quotas, monthly minimums, annual packs, and volume discounts still need to be read on the official docs—CostUse keeps the source and verification date visible on every service page.

How should I compare api.video services against each other?

Use the pricing table on this page and sort by what you actually consume: log ingest, hosts, spans, seats, and storage are not comparable on the same unit. Then run each calculator with your team’s real volume, not a generic placeholder.