Kinescope
An all-in-one video infrastructure platform combining hosting, live streaming, and privacy protection, billed per GB with DRM built into paid plans.
About Kinescope
Kinescope is a video hosting and streaming platform that brings hosting, live streaming, and privacy protection together in one place. Its website claims transparent pricing with no enterprise-tier markup. Billing is based on GB: both storage and delivery start at 0.03 EUR per GB, with rates decreasing as usage grows; invoices are issued at the beginning of the following month, and usage can be monitored in real time in the dashboard. The free plan includes 100 minutes of video storage and 200 GB of CDN traffic per month, with no credit card required. The paid plan (Super) offers unlimited storage and bandwidth, streaming up to 4K, and includes Widevine and FairPlay DRM in all paid plans. The platform also provides APIs (video, player, DRM, privacy domains, CDN, analytics, billing, live streaming, and more) as well as Speak rooms, which support automatic transcription and automatic recording of calls, with transcripts downloadable as plain-text files with timestamps and speaker labels.
Best for
Best use cases
Hosting on-demand video and paying per GB for delivery
Running HD live streams and restreaming
Protecting paid or internal videos with DRM encryption and per-viewer watermarks
Managing video, players, DRM, analytics, and billing via API
Using Speak rooms for calls with automatic transcription and recording
Compare before choosing
According to the official comparison page: on Mux, DRM is an add-on costing 100 USD per month plus 0.003 USD per license, and it only applies to plus and premium quality tiers; Kinescope includes Widevine and FairPlay built in starting from its paid plan at 10 EUR per month.
According to the official comparison page: Mux bills encoding, storage, and delivery by the minute, with 1080p at 1.25 times the base price, 2K at 2 times, and 4K at 4 times; Kinescope charges for delivery starting at 0.03 EUR per GB, dropping to 0.01 EUR with higher usage, plus a 0.01 EUR-per-minute processing fee charged once at upload.
According to the official comparison page: Kinescope publishes a 99.98% monthly availability target (the Mega plan includes a financial SLA), while Mux does not publish a percentage and offers an SLA only on the enterprise plan; if you need PlayReady, 100,000 free delivery minutes per month, Mux Data quality analytics, or AI workflows from Mux Robots (dubbing, moderation, in beta), Mux may be the better choice.
Features
Video hosting & streaming
Hosting, live streaming, and privacy protection are centralized on one platform, with paid plans supporting streaming up to 4K.
DRM video encryption
Widevine and FairPlay DRM encryption are included in every paid plan.
Per-GB billing
Both storage and delivery start at 0.03 EUR per GB, with rates decreasing as usage grows; video processing is billed at 0.01 EUR per minute, charged once at upload.
Usage transparency
Usage is visible in real time in the dashboard, invoices are issued at the beginning of the following month, and your contracted rate stays the same upon renewal.
APIs & integrations
APIs for video, player, DRM, privacy domains, CDN, access tokens, webhooks, analytics, billing, live streaming, and more.
Speak rooms
Supports instant, permanent, and scheduled meeting rooms, with optional automatic transcription and automatic recording; transcripts can be downloaded as plain-text files with timestamps and speaker labels.
Pros
- Free plan requires no credit card and never expires
- Unlimited storage and bandwidth, with DRM included in every paid plan
- Per-GB billing with rates that decrease as usage grows; usage is visible in real time in the dashboard
- APIs covering video, player, DRM, CDN, analytics, billing, live streaming, and more
Pricing Plans
Free
- Up to 100 minutes of video storage
- 200 GB monthly traffic cap
- 20 minutes per HD live stream
- 20 viewers per HD live stream
- 2 workspace members
- 2 restream destinations
Super
- Unlimited video storage
- Unlimited full HD live streaming
- Unlimited restreaming
- DRM video encryption
- Final cost depends on actual usage
* Pricing information is for reference only. Please refer to the latest announcement on Kinescope's official website.