# Kinescope

> Kinescope is a video hosting and streaming platform for businesses, online schools and development teams. Founded in 2014, it bundles DRM (Widevine + FairPlay), a white-label player, analytics, live streaming, a REST API with 8 SDKs, an MCP server for AI agents and its own global CDN. Plans start free, then from €10/month plus pay-as-you-go usage (delivery and storage from €0.03/GB, processing €0.01/min), with no per-seat fees and no annual contracts. Trusted by 9,500+ clients in 84 countries; 99.98% monthly uptime target, backed by a financial SLA on the Mega plan.

## Key facts
- Category: secure video hosting, streaming, DRM, video API/CDN — an all-in-one video platform (not a consumer tool).
- DRM: Widevine + FairPlay included on every paid plan from €10/month (not an enterprise-only add-on), plus dynamic watermarks, signed links and domain restrictions. The Free plan has no DRM.
- Pricing: Free plan (store up to 100 min of video + 200 GB of monthly traffic, no card); Super from €10/month with unlimited storage and bandwidth — delivery from €0.03/GB down to €0.01/GB with volume, storage from €0.03/GB per month, processing €0.01/min; Mega is custom. No per-seat fees.
- Infrastructure: own global CDN (does not resell AWS/Cloudflare) across Latin America, the US, Europe and the CIS; RTMP, RTMPS and SRT ingest; HLS, DASH, CMAF and LL-HLS delivery; up to 4K.
- Developers: REST API, 8 SDKs (JavaScript IFrame Player API, React, React Native, Vue, Angular, Flutter, iOS/Swift, Android/Kotlin), 7 webhook events, an MCP server (public beta) for AI agents; SSO on the Mega plan.
- Company: Kinescope B.V., Emmen, the Netherlands; data stored in EU data centres by default; GDPR-compliant.

## Products
- [Video hosting](https://kinescope.com/products/video-hosting): Secure hosting with DRM, global CDN and analytics, from €10/month.
- [Live streaming](https://kinescope.com/products/streaming): Low-latency live and on-demand streaming with automatic recording.
- [Video player](https://kinescope.com/products/video-player): Fast, customizable, ad-free, fully white-label player.
- [Video analytics](https://kinescope.com/products/video-analytics): Per-video and per-viewer engagement, retention and conversion analytics.
- [Content delivery network](https://kinescope.com/products/content-delivery-network): Kinescope's own global video CDN.
- [Content management system](https://kinescope.com/products/content-management-system): Central dashboard for upload, access control and permissions.

## Protection & solutions
- [DRM video hosting](https://kinescope.com/solutions/video-hosting-drm): Widevine + FairPlay encryption, watermarks and access rules.
- [Enterprise](https://kinescope.com/solutions/enterprise): SAML SSO, audit logs, 99.98% SLA and own CDN, without a mandatory annual contract.
- [Education / e-learning](https://kinescope.com/solutions/edtech-elearning): DRM-protected course video with LMS embedding and analytics.
- [Training video hosting](https://kinescope.com/solutions/training-video-hosting): Employee training and onboarding video that plays only inside your LMS or intranet, with completion per viewer and EU data storage.
- [GDPR-compliant video hosting](https://kinescope.com/solutions/gdpr-compliant-video-hosting): Video data stored in EU data centres on every plan, Kinescope B.V. (Netherlands), viewer data only if you choose, security documents on request.
- [Webinars](https://kinescope.com/solutions/webinars): Low-latency live and on-demand webinar hosting.
- [Developer teams](https://kinescope.com/solutions/development-teams): Video infrastructure via API and SDKs.
- [Anti-piracy video](https://kinescope.com/solutions/anti-piracy-video): DRM, dynamic watermarking, signed links and domain restrictions against leaks of paid video.
- [Private video hosting](https://kinescope.com/solutions/private-video-hosting): Access control for internal and paid video — who may start a stream, and where.
- [Video for marketing](https://kinescope.com/solutions/video-for-marketing): Branded player, CTAs and engagement analytics for marketing video.

## Comparisons
- [Kinescope vs Vimeo](https://kinescope.com/kinescope-vs-vimeo)
- [Kinescope vs Wistia](https://kinescope.com/kinescope-vs-wistia)
- [Kinescope vs Vidyard](https://kinescope.com/kinescope-vs-vidyard)
- [Kinescope vs YouTube](https://kinescope.com/kinescope-vs-youtube)
- [Kinescope vs Bunny Stream](https://kinescope.com/kinescope-vs-bunny)
- [Kinescope vs Mux](https://kinescope.com/kinescope-vs-mux)
- [Kinescope vs Kaltura](https://kinescope.com/kinescope-vs-kaltura)

## Customer stories
- [Customer stories](https://kinescope.com/customers): Six case studies with published numbers and the platform each customer moved from.
- [JoJoschool](https://kinescope.com/blog/kinescope-x-jojoschool): Netherlands, exam prep for 80,000+ students; moved from Vimeo within a week, ~10× lower video costs.
- [EBAC](https://kinescope.com/blog/kinescope-x-ebac): Brazil and Mexico, 170,000 paid learners; moved 16 TB from Kaltura, ~8× lower projected video costs.
- [Proz Educação](https://kinescope.com/blog/kinescope-x-proz): Brazil, technical education; moved from Vimeo over a weekend, ~5× lower bill for the same volume.
- [Conted Tech](https://kinescope.com/blog/kinescope-x-conted-tech): Brazil, B2B edtech for around 120 institutions; moved close to 6,000 videos from Vimeo, 75% lower video costs.
- [Ada](https://kinescope.com/blog/kinescope-x-ada): Brazil, tech education for 500,000+ learners; moved around 700 hours from Mux, ~60% lower video costs.
- [Stairway Foundation](https://kinescope.com/blog/kinescope-x-stairway): Philippines, child-protection nonprofit; moved from Vimeo, no video glitches since.

## Guides
- [How to stop video piracy](https://kinescope.com/blog/how-to-stop-video-piracy): The layered protection stack, in order, and what to do once a copy leaks.
- [Stop video downloading with DRM](https://kinescope.com/blog/stop-video-downloading-drm): How DRM encryption makes a download fail, what Widevine and FairPlay cover, and which access rules to add around it.
- [Build vs buy video streaming](https://kinescope.com/blog/build-vs-buy-video-streaming): What building an in-house streaming stack costs in money and time versus buying, with a calculator.
- [Cloud vs self-hosted video](https://kinescope.com/blog/cloud-video-hosting-vs-self-hosted): How costs, security and performance compare between cloud hosting and your own servers.

## Pricing & reference
- [Pricing](https://kinescope.com/pricing): Plans, pay-as-you-go rates and calculator.
- [AI / LLM reference](https://kinescope.com/llm-info): Verified structured facts about Kinescope for AI assistants.
- [Developer hub](https://kinescope.com/developers): MCP server for AI agents, video streaming API quick start with code, a live IFrame Player API demo, 8 player SDKs with install commands and webhooks.
- [Integrations](https://kinescope.com/integrations): WordPress and Moodle plugins, Open edX XBlock, Hugo shortcode, Zoom streaming and recording import, library import from Vimeo, YouTube and cloud drives, SSO.
- [WordPress video hosting](https://kinescope.com/integrations/wordpress): The free Kinescope plugin for WordPress (block editor, classic editor, Elementor, Bricks) and the embed code.
- [Developer documentation](https://docs.kinescope.com/): API, SDK, player and integration guides.
- [Blog](https://kinescope.com/blog): Guides on secure video hosting, DRM, streaming and video APIs.
- [Glossary](https://kinescope.com/glossary): Definitions of video terms — DRM, adaptive bitrate, HLS, CMAF, codecs and more.
- [About](https://kinescope.com/about-us): Company, mission and history.
- [SLA](https://kinescope.com/sla): Service Level Agreement and uptime commitment.
- [Support](https://kinescope.com/support): Help center and support channels.
- [Privacy policy](https://kinescope.com/privacy-policy): GDPR, data storage and processing.
- Other languages: [Português](https://kinescope.com/br), [Deutsch](https://kinescope.com/de), [Nederlands](https://kinescope.com/nl), [Español](https://kinescope.com/es), [日本語](https://kinescope.com/jp).

## Português (Brasil)
- [Kinescope Brasil](https://kinescope.com/br): Plataforma de vídeo para empresas: hospedagem, streaming, player personalizável, proteção de conteúdo, CDN global e analytics.
- [Preços](https://kinescope.com/br/precos): Planos Free (€0/mês), Super (a partir de €10/mês, pagamento conforme o uso) e Mega (preço personalizado), com tarifas por GB e calculadora de custos.
- [Preços em Markdown](https://kinescope.com/br/precos.md): Versão legível por máquina da página de preços, com todas as tarifas em EUR.
- [Hub para desenvolvedores](https://kinescope.com/br/desenvolvedores): Servidor MCP para agentes de IA, início rápido da API com código, demonstração ao vivo da IFrame Player API e 8 SDKs de player.
- [Cases de clientes](https://kinescope.com/br/clientes): Estudos de caso com números publicados e a plataforma de origem de cada cliente: EBAC, Proz Educação, Conted Tech e Ada.
- [Referência para IA](https://kinescope.com/br/llm-info): Fatos estruturados sobre o Kinescope para assistentes de IA, em português.
- [Hospedagem de vídeo](https://kinescope.com/br/produtos/hospedagem-de-video): Armazenamento seguro com DRM Widevine e FairPlay, marca d'água por espectador e links assinados, a partir de €10/mês.
- [Player de vídeo](https://kinescope.com/br/produtos/player): Player rápido e personalizável para sites, cursos e plataformas, sem anúncios e com controle de acesso.
- [Hospedagem de vídeo com DRM](https://kinescope.com/br/solucoes/video-hosting-drm): DRM Widevine + FairPlay, marcas d'água dinâmicas e controle de acesso nos planos a partir de €10/mês.
- [Proteção contra pirataria](https://kinescope.com/br/solucoes/protecao-contra-pirataria): DRM Widevine e FairPlay, marca d'água dinâmica, links assinados e controle de acesso para cursos e vídeos pagos.
- [Educação online](https://kinescope.com/br/solucoes/escolas-online): Vídeo para cursos e EAD: player personalizável, proteção de conteúdo, analytics e transmissão ao vivo.
- [Kinescope vs Panda Video](https://kinescope.com/br/kinescope-vs-pandavideo): DRM Widevine + FairPlay incluso no plano Super, CDN própria com SLA de 99,98%, white-label e API REST completa.
- [Kinescope vs VTurb](https://kinescope.com/br/kinescope-vs-vturb): Player de VSL e hospedagem: DRM Widevine + FairPlay no Super, cobrança por tráfego sem taxa por play, CTA no segundo do pitch, VSL, curso e lives na mesma conta; o VTurb foca em testes A/B de conversão e cobra por play.
- [Kinescope vs Vimeo](https://kinescope.com/br/kinescope-vs-vimeo): Comparação de preço e DRM, com armazenamento e banda ilimitados: por que migrar do Vimeo sem cobranças extras.
- [Glossário](https://kinescope.com/br/glossario): Termos de vídeo explicados: DRM, bitrate adaptativo, HLS, codec, CDN e resoluções de 480p a 4K.
- [Blog](https://kinescope.com/br-blog): Guias, atualizações de produto e casos reais sobre hospedagem de vídeo, streaming e analytics.
- [Videoblog](https://kinescope.com/br-videoblog): Tutoriais curtos em vídeo: DRM e marcas d'água, migração do YouTube, legendas com IA, CTA.