Build a video platform — host, deliver, and monetize video content.
YouTube hosts your videos and monetizes with ads to your audience. Vimeo charges monthly fees. A custom video platform gives you the delivery infrastructure, the monetization model, and the audience relationship — all owned.
Media company, creator, or educator who needs to host, deliver, and monetize video content without relying on YouTube or Vimeo as the platform
YouTube is free but monetizes your audience with ads and keeps the relationship. Vimeo Pro is $75/month but limits bandwidth. Neither is designed for gated content, subscription access, or course delivery.
Video delivery infrastructure: Raw video files are not served directly. A video processing pipeline:
- Upload raw video to S3
- Transcode to multiple resolutions (720p, 1080p, 4K) and bitrates
- Package as HLS (.m3u8) with fragmented MP4 segments
- Deliver via CDN (Cloudflare) with adaptive bitrate streaming
Managed video infrastructure: Cloudflare Stream (from $5/1000 minutes stored) or Mux (from $0.015/minute stored + $0.005/minute delivered) handle the transcoding pipeline and CDN delivery. This is the right choice for most video platforms — not self-managed ffmpeg.
Video platform deployed — video upload, processing, adaptive streaming delivery, paywall or subscription access, and video analytics
Video upload
direct upload with progress indicator
Processing pipeline
Cloudflare Stream or Mux integration
Adaptive playback
HLS player with quality selection
Access control
free, paywall, subscription-gated content
Video library
searchable catalog with categories
Analytics
views, watch time, completion rate per video
One honest number to start.
Fixed-scope, fixed-price. The number below is the starting point — final scope is built from your brief.
Video platform deployed — video upload, processing, adaptive streaming delivery, paywall or subscription access, and video analytics
Three steps, every time.
The same repeatable engagement on every project. No surprises, no mystery, no billable ambiguity.
Brief & discovery.
We send you questions, then get on a call. Output: a written scope with every step, feature, and integration listed.
Build & ship.
Fixed schedule, weekly reviews. No scope creep unless you change the scope — and if you do, we reprice it transparently.
Warranty & retainer.
30-day warranty on every launch. Most clients stay on a monthly retainer for ongoing features and maintenance.
Why Fixed-Price Matters Here
Video platforms have defined upload, delivery, and access control patterns. Fixed-price from the spec.
Related engagements.
Questions, answered.
Yes. Cloudflare Stream or Mux charges for storage and delivery. At small scale (~100 videos, 1000 views/month), cost is under $50/month. Budget depends on catalog size and view volume.
HLS streaming is more download-resistant than a direct MP4 link. Full DRM (Widevine + FairPlay) is available through Cloudflare Stream. DRM is an add-on to the base spec.
Tell Ryel about your project.
Describe what you’re building and what outcome you need. You’ll have a written, fixed-price scope within the week.