Mux — Free Tier for Startups

Deal Highlights

Mux — Video Infrastructure APIs for Developers

Mux provides video streaming, encoding, and analytics APIs that power video experiences for applications like Vimeo, Robinhood, and Notion. Instead of stitching together FFmpeg, CDNs, and custom players, Mux handles the entire video pipeline with simple API calls.

The Video Stack Problem

Building video features from scratch requires transcoding servers, adaptive bitrate packaging, CDN configuration, player development, and analytics instrumentation. This takes months of engineering. Mux provides all of this as API calls — upload a video, get a playback URL, track engagement.

Mux Video

Upload any video file. Mux automatically transcodes it into multiple resolutions and formats, packages it for adaptive bitrate streaming, and delivers it globally via CDN. One API call to upload. One URL to play. Works on any device.

Mux Data

Video analytics that show quality of experience metrics — startup time, rebuffering rate, video quality score, and viewer engagement. Understand how your video performs for real users, not just in your test environment.

Mux vs Cloudflare Stream

Cloudflare Stream is simpler and cheaper for basic video hosting. Mux offers more advanced features — per-title encoding optimization, real-time video, thumbnails, and deeper analytics. Mux is the choice for products where video is core functionality.

Getting Started

1. Sign up through SaaSOffers for a free tier
2. Upload a video via API or dashboard
3. Get a playback URL and embed in your app
4. Monitor quality metrics with Mux Data

Pricing

Free tier includes 10GB storage and 100GB streaming. Video at $0.007/min stored and $0.00575/min streamed. Data at $0.0025 per view. Pay as you go.

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