PlayerAd-free, 4K, yours to brand An embeddable video player: ad-free, 4K, yours to brand
Fast, customizable and ad-free video player for websites, CMS and platforms.
Video hostingFor content you can’t afford to lose Secure video hosting for content you can’t afford to lose
Secure video storage, processing and global delivery with high performance.
DRMWidevine and FairPlay on paid plans Multi-DRM video hosting: Widevine and FairPlay on every paid plan
Encryption, with watermarks and access rules that turn it into a full protection stack.
AnalyticsTurns views into insights Video analytics that turns views into insights
Real-time video analytics: views, retention, engagement and audience behavior.
StreamingLive and on demand, at any scale Low latency streaming for enterprise: live and on demand, at any scale
Stable low-latency live streaming for events, webinars and product launches.
ManagerVideo CMS built for teams Video content management system built for teams
Central dashboard for upload, organization, access control and permissions.
CDNFast delivery worldwide Video CDN, built in: fast delivery for your video, worldwide
Global infrastructure for reliable storage and fast playback — at the cost of rented servers.
Video API Developer hub, MCP server and 8 SDKs Video infrastructure for the agentic era
One video streaming API for resumable upload, parallel transcoding, Widevine and FairPlay DRM, live streaming, CDN delivery and analytics.
curl -X POST https://uploader.kinescope.io/v2/video \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $KINESCOPE_API_TOKEN" \
-H "X-Parent-ID: $PARENT_ID" \
-H "X-Video-Title: Lesson 1" \
-H "X-Video-URL: https://example.com/lesson-1.mp4"
API reference REST API with one Bearer token API reference
Send REST requests with JSON to api.kinescope.io/v1, passing your API token as a Bearer header.
Player docs Iframe, IFrame API and playlists Player docs
Paste the iframe, or drive the player from JavaScript with the IFrame Player API.
<iframe src="https://kinescope.io/embed/VIDEO_ID"
allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; encrypted-media;"
frameborder="0" allowfullscreen
width="560" height="315"></iframe>
SDKs 8 open-source player SDKs Eight open-source SDKs for the same player
Integrations WordPress, Moodle, Zoom and more Integrations
MCP server For AI agents, in public beta Connect your AI agent to Kinescope
Kinescope MCP Server, now in public beta, lets Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code and other MCP clients work with your workspace in plain language. It uses your API token and your account’s access rights, and delete operations are turned off.
"Kinescope MCP": {
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://api.kinescope.io/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer …"
}
}
BlogGuides and platform comparisons Video BlogShort tutorials and tours 
Customer storiesHow six teams switched 
Mathijs de RuiterJoJoschool 
Whole catalogue · within a week ~8×lower projected video costs …a human touch, stable performance, and fair prices 
Denis KorovkinEBAC 
16 TB · a couple of weeks ~60%lower video costs Kinescope’s affordable, scalable, and accessible video solution has been a game-changer… 
Eriky KunitakeAda 
Around 700 hours · under two months VimeoPlans and caps compared 
YouTubeNo ads, no YouTube branding 
VidyardVideo for product and sales teams 
WistiaDRM and data in the EU 
Bunny StreamFull pricing with the DRM add-on MuxVideo API with DRM included KalturaWithout the annual contract 
Cloudflare StreamDRM and 4K included New 
VdoCipherDRM hosting billed monthly New 
WowzaDRM included, no annual contract New 
BrightcovePublic pricing, no annual contract New 
DacastDRM from €10, data in the EU New 
JW PlayerPublic prices, billed monthly New 
api.videoVideo API with DRM included New 
CloudinaryVideo priced per GB, with DRM New 
AWS MediaConvertThe video stack, already built New 
Moving your library?Migration guide in the docs 
Glossary41 terms in plain English 
Knowledge base Guides, API and player docs Getting startedMigrating from other platformsContent protectionPlayer setup and embeddingLive streamsAPI reference Search the docs or ask AI right inside the help center.
Kinescope vs AWS MediaConvert + CloudFront:
A video pipeline on AWS joins S3, MediaConvert and CloudFront, and you add the player, DRM licensing and analytics yourself. Kinescope covers upload, transcoding, delivery, player, DRM and analytics in one API and one dashboard.
MediaConvert encrypts video for DRM on its Professional tier, and the keys come from a DRM provider you connect through SPEKE. Kinescope includes Widevine and FairPlay licensing on every paid plan from €10 a month.
MediaConvert bills every output rendition by the minute. A ladder of 1080p, 720p, 480p and 360p in H.264 on the Basic tier counts as 6 normalized minutes, or $0.045 per source minute in US East (Ohio). Kinescope charges €0.01 per uploaded minute, once.
S3, MediaConvert and CloudFront include no player, so you add one and connect DRM to it. Kinescope ships a web player and open-source SDKs for iOS, Android, Flutter and React Native, with DRM already connected.
MediaConvert processes files; live video on AWS runs on separate services with their own setup and bill. Kinescope takes live streams over RTMP or RTMPS in the same API and records them automatically.
CloudFront’s SLA promises 99.9% monthly uptime, with service credits below it. Kinescope targets 99.98% monthly uptime, with a financial SLA on the Mega plan.
We bring your videos over at no cost on the Super and Mega plans. Your old embeds stay live until the Kinescope embeds are tested, so nothing goes dark. Hands-on EN/PT support throughout.
Every number is what they saved against the platform they left.
16 TBmoved off Kaltura in about two weeksWith Kinescope we get a convenient API, a human touch, stable performance, and fair prices. We worked out the cost up front, and on our volumes it came out about 8× cheaper than Kaltura
Denis Korovkin, LMS team lead
−75%off the video hosting bill after Vimeo
5×lower video costs than on Vimeo
€10,000+a year saved against Vimeo’s quoteVimeo suddenly told us we had to pay 20× more. With Kinescope we save at least €10,000 a year — and get more stability for free…
Mathijs de Ruiter, Co-founder
−60%off the video hosting bill after MuxKinescope’s affordable, scalable, and accessible video solution has been a game-changer, empowering us to deliver world-class education…
Eriky Kunitake, Head of Business & Operations
9M+children reached by the films…reinvest our resources into other matters, like the direct work with children in our shelter…
Ysrael C. Diloy, Child Protection Specialist
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https://api.kinescope.io/mcp in public beta and works with Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code and other MCP clients. With your API token, an agent can search and edit videos, organise projects and playlists, pull analytics and manage live streams; delete operations are disabled. Setup is in the developer hub.