Cloudflare Stream
High quality video streaming made easy and affordable at scale
Cloudflare Stream is an easy-to-use, affordable, on-demand video streaming platform. Stream seamlessly integrates video storage, encoding, and a customizable player with Cloudflare’s fast, secure, and reliable global network, so that you can spend less time managing video delivery and more time building and promoting your product.
Director of IT, Hypixel Studios
Cloudflare Stream: Making Video Easier
It is costly to build a video streaming platform for your application and it is also difficult to maintain. Cloudflare Stream simplifies on-demand video streaming by bundling storage, transcoding, distribution and playback in an easy-to-use solution that lets you stream high quality videos anywhere.
Key Features
Adaptive bitrate technology
Signed URLs
Webhooks support
VAST ad support
HTML5 player
REST API
Multiple playback options
Distribute videos using embed code or URLs
Per minute pricing for views and storage
Stream high quality video in minutes
Cloudflare Stream Pricing
Stream for Free, Pro and Business Plans
Simplified pricing of Cloudflare Stream
Streaming a library of 500 GB of HD videos over the course of one month with approximately 72,000 minutes of viewing time to a global market.
Total cost: $78.00/month
Streaming:
$72.00
Streaming costs at a rate of $1 per 1,000 minutes viewed.
Storage:
$6.00
Storage costs are based on 1,200 minutes of video content at $5 per 1,000 minutes stored.
Cloudflare Stream can save you $430.47 every month (or over $5,000 per year) when compared to a cloud provider offering.
- Free player included
- No additional costs to serve global users
Video streaming costs with a typical public cloud provider
Streaming a library of 500 GB of HD videos over the course of one month with approximately 72,000 minutes of viewing time to the Americas, Europe and Asia (Accessing data centers in Brazil, US, UK and Singapore).
Total cost: $508.47/month
Significantly higher costs (6.5x higher) when building a multi-product solution in the cloud
- An external open source player needs to be integrated
- Unexpectedly high additional costs for data egress
- Varying CDN costs for data center usage across different global regions
Easily publish video
Upload videos using the user interface or flexible API, then publish videos with a unique URL or embed code.
Lower video storage and streaming costs
Pay for video storage based on total video length, regardless of file size. Video streaming costs are based on the number of minutes watched instead of bandwidth.
Support fast video playback on any device
Cloudflare's global network ensures fast delivery and smooth video playback on any device.
Customize the player
A developer friendly HTML5 video player is included that can be customized to match your unique branding and desired playback behavior.
Web platform lead at Raspberry Pi Foundation
