# api.video vs Mux

**Leader by Vioscale score:** api.video

| Attribute | api.video | Mux |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 43.9 (46% (low)) | 13.7 (3% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A developer-focused platform for integrating video hosting, streaming, encoding, and playback into applications with built-in AI-powered transcription and summarization features. | A video platform providing encoding, streaming, and real-time video services with SDKs and APIs for developers to build video applications. |
| features.capabilities | `{"architecture_model":"managed_cloud_saas","adaptive_bitrate_streaming_and_4k_hdr_support":true}` | - |
| integrations.count | - | 2 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Contentful","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"LiveKit","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"FR","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` | `{"cli":true,"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","summary":"Free tier with usage-based pricing and volume discounts","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://api.video/blog/product-updates/video-encoding-pricing-update/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-01T14:53:12.902Z"}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | - |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.999 | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | - | https://www.mux.com/security |

## Capabilities (Video Hosting)

| Capability | api.video | Mux |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Architecture model | Managed cloud saas | - |
| Ad free white label customizable html5 player | - | - |
| Adaptive bitrate streaming and 4k hdr support | ✓ | - |
| Interactive email capture turnstiles and ctas | - | - |
| Marketing automation CRM sync for watch time leads | - | - |
| Domain level embedding restrictions and password gates | - | - |
| Digital rights management drm and hls encryption | - | - |
| Automated AI transcription and closed captioning | - | - |
| Video seo json ld schema injection for google | - | - |
| Ott application builder for roku apple tv | - | - |
| SOC2 type ii | - | - |
| ISO 27001 | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:34:11.800Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*