Lina Danilova
Head of Content at Kinescope
Writes about everything behind hosting video, down to the line on the invoice.
About
Updated: July 20, 2026
Lina writes most of the blog and works with product and engineering to keep each explanation true to how the platform really works. Her background is in SaaS marketing and product, so she knows how the vendor’s pitch is built and reads it back from the buyer’s side.
Her focus is the decisions teams face once video is already money: which host fits the job, which protections hold up, what a course launch needs under the camera and lights, where the bill goes after year one. Each piece starts from a concrete trigger — a leaked course link, a surprise price jump, a silent recording failure — then maps the choices out, with dated sources, side-by-side comparisons and prices you can check.
She turns the recurring topics into guides you can use mid-decision: platform comparisons, DRM, white-label playback, hosting APIs, build-vs-buy, launch checklists. Some pieces are customer stories, following how the choices played out in a real migration. Between the range and the detail, most teams find something that fits where they are.
Articles
Training video software: the categories, and how to choose your stack
Wistia alternatives for business: real costs, DRM, and where to switch
Vimeo alternatives for business: security and API compared
How onboarding videos reduce churn — and how to host and measure them
Video hosting for online courses: how to choose the right platform
Enterprise video streaming: when to build and when to buy
Video hosting API: add video to your product without building the pipeline
Secure video hosting: what it means and how to choose
How JoJoschool cut video costs ~10× with Kinescope and stopped worrying about video infrastructure
Video DRM protection: how to actually stop downloads
White-label video player: what it is and when you need it
Live streaming a course launch: the setup, the hidden limits, and what it really costs
