Mux
Video streaming platform with developer libraries for building media players and handling video on web and mobile.
- Also known as
- mux
What is Mux?
Mux provides video streaming infrastructure with SDKs and tools for web, iOS, and Android, enabling video playback, upload, real-time communication, and monitoring capabilities through APIs and custom player components.
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- Web
- Android
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (2)
Independently observed- Contentful⇄•
- LiveKit⇄•
Mux FAQ
Common questions about Mux, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Mux?
A video platform providing encoding, streaming, and real-time video services with SDKs and APIs for developers to build video applications. It is indexed under Video Hosting.
Source: https://www.mux.com/blog/our-next-pricing-lever-baseline-on-demand-assets-with-free-video-encoding
What platforms does Mux support?
Mux supports the web, iOS, Android and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://www.mux.com/blog/our-next-pricing-lever-baseline-on-demand-assets-with-free-video-encoding
Can Mux be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Mux, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://www.mux.com/blog/our-next-pricing-lever-baseline-on-demand-assets-with-free-video-encoding
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Compare Mux
Side by side against other video hosting, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
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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 Mux, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrations | 14 | 0.05 | 0.7 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing transparency | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
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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 | 3 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 2 | mediumsource · 2026-09-01 · 60% |
Pricing
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Model | commercial | mediumsource · 2026-09-01 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Trust center | https://www.mux.com/security | mediumsource · 2026-09-01 · 60% |
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