api.video
API platform for video hosting, encoding, delivery, and live streaming with integrated AI features
- Vendor
- OVHcloud OCT1
- Also known as
- api-video
Available worldwide
What is api.video?
A developer-focused platform for integrating video hosting, streaming, encoding, and playback into applications with built-in AI-powered transcription and summarization features.
api.video pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free tier for testing. Production pay-as-you-go starting at $0.003/minute for storage. Add-ons from $20-60/month.
Free
FreeSandbox environment with full feature access limited to testing
- watermarked
- True
- auto_delete_hours
- 24
- video_length_seconds
- 30
- All platform features
- Unlimited testing
- API access
- Built-in player
- Analytics
- AI transcription
Pay-as-you-go
Production usage-based billing with optional premium features
- Video encoding
- Live streaming
- AI transcription and summarization
- Customizable player
- Analytics
- Multi-platform broadcast
- Rewindable live streams
- Screen/webcam capture
Add-ons
- Domain white-label$60/mo
- Domain referrer restriction$20/mo
- Video trash recovery$0.01 per minute of storage
What api.video does
The capabilities that matter for video hosting, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- 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
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- Web
- Android
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (13)
Independently observed- Bubble⇄•
- Strapi⇄•
- Contentful⇄•
- YouTube→
- Facebook→
- Twitch→
- Vimeo→
- AWS←
- GCP←
- Zoom←
- Dropbox←
- Looker Studio→
- Tableau→
api.video FAQ
Common questions about api.video, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is api.video?
A developer-focused platform for integrating video hosting, streaming, encoding, and playback into applications with built-in AI-powered transcription and summarization features. It is indexed under Video Hosting.
Source: https://api.video/blog/product-updates/video-encoding-pricing-update/
Is api.video free?
api.video offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://api.video/blog/product-updates/video-encoding-pricing-update/
What platforms does api.video support?
api.video supports the web, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://api.video/blog/product-updates/video-encoding-pricing-update/
Can api.video be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for api.video, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://api.video/blog/product-updates/video-encoding-pricing-update/
What security certifications does api.video have?
We have independently confirmed GDPR for api.video. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as api.video not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Where is api.video available?
api.video is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in France.
Source: https://api.video/blog/product-updates/video-encoding-pricing-update/
api.video alternatives
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Compare api.video
Side by side against other video hosting, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for api.video, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.08 | 8.4 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.06 | 3.1 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 67 | 0.04 | 2.7 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 33 | 0.05 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 64% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Architecture model: managed_cloud_saas · Ad free white label customizable html5 player: Yes · Adaptive bitrate streaming and 4k hdr support: Yes · Automated ai transcription and closed captioning: Yes · Domain level embedding restrictions and password gates: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-16 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 13 | mediumsource · 2026-09-16 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-16 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sla pct | 99.999 | mediumsource · 2026-09-16 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-01 · 75% |
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