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 
Moving your library?Migration guide in the docs 
Glossary32 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 Brightcove:
Brightcove publishes no prices: every package goes through sales, and Vendr’s 2026 data puts the median contract at $41,150 a year. Kinescope lists its prices — plans from €10 a month and delivery from €0.03/GB down to €0.01/GB.
Brightcove sells annual contracts, and under its service agreement an order can renew automatically unless you give notice 60 days before the term ends. Kinescope bills monthly with no annual commitment.
On Brightcove, “DRM requires an additional fee”, arranged through your customer success manager, and FairPlay needs your own licence from Apple. Kinescope includes Widevine and FairPlay on every paid plan from €10 a month.
Brightcove offers NAGRA forensic watermarking as a paid add-on, and you go to NAGRA to detect a leak. Kinescope includes a visible watermark with the viewer’s e-mail or ID, so a leaked recording points to the account it came from at a glance.
Brightcove’s standard renditions go up to 1920 pixels wide; 4K is enabled on request, and HEVC is a paid add-on. Kinescope delivers adaptive streams up to 4K on paid plans.
Each Brightcove account has a maximum number of users, and more seats are requested from Support. Kinescope has no per-seat fees: invite editors, marketers and developers to the same library.
On the Super and Mega plans we bring your library across at no cost. Your Brightcove embeds stay live until the Kinescope embeds are tested, so you switch page by page without breaking a single player. Hands-on EN/PT support throughout.
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