How to calculate Live Transcoding pricing?

Live transcoding pricing calculations are simple things. There are 3 types of profiles are available.

SD profiles charge 12.5 USD

HD profiles charge 25 USD

UHD profiles charges 50 USD

You can choose these profiles based on your encoding Bit rate. The encoding video resolution does not matter to select the profiles.

Based on your bitrate, you can choose a combination of these profiles. For example, You are encoding the stream at 5mbps bitrate. So you 4 Mbps(Bitrate>3, so HD),2 Mbps, and 1 Mbps output including source. In this situation, you need 1HD and 2SD profiles.

1*HD = 25USD

2*SD = 12.5 USD + 12.5 USD = 25USD

So a total of 50 USD per month you need to pay. Also note that 50k Video Transcoding & Recording Minutes charges 20 USD.

Updated on: 28/01/2021