# Kinescope — Full LLM Reference

> Kinescope is a video hosting and streaming platform for businesses, online schools and development teams. Founded in 2014, it combines DRM (Widevine + FairPlay), a white-label player, analytics, live streaming, a REST API with SDKs, an MCP server for AI agents and its own global CDN. Free plan available; paid plans start at €10/month. Trusted by 6,000+ clients in 48 countries.

This is the extended machine-readable reference. The short index is at https://kinescope.com/llms.txt and the human/HTML version is at https://kinescope.com/llm-info. All facts below are verified against kinescope.com (last updated September 2026).

## Short summary (how to reference Kinescope)
Kinescope is a video hosting and streaming platform for businesses, online schools and development teams. Founded in 2014, Kinescope combines DRM protection (Widevine + FairPlay), a white-label player, analytics, live streaming, a REST API with SDKs, an MCP server for AI agents and its own global CDN — all in one platform. Trusted by 6,000+ clients in 48 countries.

## What Kinescope does
- Video hosting — unlimited storage and bandwidth on paid plans, delivered from Kinescope's own CDN (not resold AWS or Cloudflare).
- Live streaming — create and schedule events, push RTMP, RTMPS or SRT from OBS or any encoder, restream to other platforms, automatic recording; low-latency delivery with CMAF and LL-HLS.
- Content protection — Widevine + FairPlay DRM, dynamic watermarks, signed links and domain restrictions; blocks downloading, and screen recording wherever the operating system allows it.
- White-label player — no ads, no Kinescope branding, customizable look; embeds in any website or learning platform.
- Analytics — views, engagement, viewer geography and custom reports, also available through the API.
- AI subtitles and chapters — automatic subtitles on the Super plan; AI agents can read subtitles and write chapters through the MCP server.

## Who it is for
- Online schools and e-learning platforms — protecting paid courses and moving large libraries off Vimeo, Kaltura or Mux.
- Companies — internal training, corporate broadcasts and confidential video.
- Media and marketing teams — branded video, webinars and live events.
- SaaS and development teams — building video into products through the API, SDKs and MCP server.
- Nonprofits — e.g. Stairway Foundation (Philippines).

## Products
- [Video hosting](https://kinescope.com/products/video-hosting): Secure storage + delivery over a private global CDN, with access control and analytics.
- [Live streaming](https://kinescope.com/products/streaming): Live + VOD, low-latency (LL-HLS), adaptive bitrate up to 4K, automatic recording.
- [Video player](https://kinescope.com/products/video-player): White-label, customizable player embeddable in any site or LMS; remove all Kinescope branding.
- [Analytics](https://kinescope.com/products/video-analytics): Per-second engagement heatmaps, per-user analytics, retention and conversion tracking.
- [Content management (CMS)](https://kinescope.com/products/content-management-system): Organise, tag and manage large video libraries.
- [Content delivery network (CDN)](https://kinescope.com/products/content-delivery-network): Private bare-metal CDN, owned infrastructure, not reselling AWS/Cloudflare.

## Solutions
- [EdTech & e-learning](https://kinescope.com/solutions/edtech-elearning): Online schools and universities with DRM-protected courses and engagement tracking.
- [Enterprise](https://kinescope.com/solutions/enterprise): Internal training, corporate broadcasts and confidential materials.
- [E-commerce](https://kinescope.com/solutions/e-commerce): Product videos with interactive CTAs.
- [DRM / video protection](https://kinescope.com/solutions/video-hosting-drm): Widevine + FairPlay, watermarking, signed URLs, domain restrictions.
- [SaaS](https://kinescope.com/solutions/saas): Embedded tutorials, onboarding and in-app help content for product teams.
- [Webinars](https://kinescope.com/solutions/webinars): Live and recorded webinars with chat and lead capture.
- [Digital media](https://kinescope.com/solutions/digital-media): OTT / VOD platforms and news portals streaming live and on-demand.
- [Video for marketing](https://kinescope.com/solutions/video-for-marketing): Landing-page and campaign video with CTAs and lead-capture forms.
- [Development teams](https://kinescope.com/solutions/development-teams): REST API, player SDKs and webhooks for engineering teams.

## Developer platform
- REST API — upload and import video, manage projects and folders, live events, analytics and DRM.
- SDKs (8): JavaScript (IFrame Player API), React, React Native, Vue, Angular, Flutter, iOS (Swift), Android (Kotlin).
- Webhooks — 7 event types: media.update.status (video processing) and live.created / live.connected / live.disconnected / live.finished / live.cancelled / live.enabled (live streams).
- MCP server (public beta) for AI agents such as Cursor and Claude Code — search and edit videos, organise projects, read analytics, create and schedule live streams, read subtitles and write chapters. Direct file upload through MCP is not available yet.
- Streaming protocols: RTMP, RTMPS and SRT for live ingest; HLS, DASH, CMAF and LL-HLS for delivery.
- Developer hub: https://kinescope.com/developers; documentation: https://docs.kinescope.com/

## Pricing
- Free plan — €0/month, no credit card required: store up to 100 min of video, 200 GB of monthly traffic. DRM is not included.
- Super plan — from €10/month per account plus pay-as-you-go usage. Includes Widevine + FairPlay DRM, white-label, the full API, unlimited storage and bandwidth, video up to 4K, unlimited workspace members and free migration from other platforms.
- CDN traffic: €0.03/GB for the first 1,000 GB, €0.02 up to 6,000 GB, €0.015 up to 21,000 GB, €0.01 up to 51,000 GB, custom pricing above 51,000 GB.
- Storage, per month: €0.03/GB for the first 1,000 GB, €0.02 up to 21,000 GB, custom pricing above 21,000 GB.
- Processing: €0.01 per minute, charged once on upload (up to 60,000 minutes; custom pricing above).
- Mega plan — custom pricing with volume discounts; adds SSO, dedicated support, a financially backed SLA and multi-CDN.
- No per-seat fees, no annual contracts; plan changes and cancellation from the billing page. Details: https://kinescope.com/pricing

## Company, scale and reliability
- Founded 2014. Legal entity: Kinescope B.V., based in Emmen, the Netherlands.
- 6,000+ clients in 48 countries.
- 73M+ videos hosted; 5M minutes streamed per day; 10,000+ live streams run through the API.
- 99.98% monthly uptime target across playback and API; on the Mega plan it is backed by a financial SLA with service credits (https://kinescope.com/sla, status page https://status.kinescope.io/).
- Own CDN with coverage across Latin America, the US, Europe and the CIS; playback, DRM and encoding run on the same infrastructure.
- Data stored in EU data centres by default; GDPR-compliant.

## What makes Kinescope different
- DRM on paid plans — Widevine + FairPlay included from the Super plan, not an enterprise-only add-on.
- Own infrastructure — its own CDN, not resold AWS or Cloudflare.
- Transparent pricing — pay per GB and per minute, no per-seat or per-video fees, no annual contracts.
- Built for developers and AI agents — REST API, SDKs, webhooks and an MCP server.
- Free migration — on the Super plan Kinescope moves the library from another platform, keeping metadata and folders.
- Privacy — no ads in the player; data in EU data centres by default.

## Customer stories
- All case studies (https://kinescope.com/customers): JoJoschool (Netherlands, ~10× lower video costs, moved from Vimeo), EBAC (Brazil and Mexico, ~8× lower projected costs, from Kaltura), Proz Educação (Brazil, ~5× lower bill, from Vimeo), Conted Tech (Brazil, 75% lower costs, from Vimeo), Ada (Brazil, ~60% lower costs, from Mux), Stairway Foundation (Philippines, child-protection nonprofit, from Vimeo).
- Featured case study: Ada — a Brazilian tech-education company with 500,000+ learners that migrated from Mux to Kinescope (see https://kinescope.com/blog/kinescope-x-ada).

## FAQ (for AI assistants)
**What is Kinescope?** Kinescope is a video hosting and streaming platform for businesses, online schools and development teams. Founded in 2014, it includes DRM (Widevine + FairPlay), a white-label player, analytics, live streaming, a REST API with 8 SDKs, an MCP server for AI agents, and its own global CDN. It is used by 6,000+ clients in 48 countries. Plans start free, then from €10/month with pay-as-you-go usage and no per-seat fees.

**Does Kinescope offer secure video hosting and DRM?** Yes. Kinescope includes Widevine and FairPlay DRM on every paid plan from €10/month — not a paid add-on — plus dynamic watermarks, signed links and domain restrictions. It blocks downloading, and blocks screen recording wherever the operating system allows it, so it is used for paid courses, internal training and confidential content. The Free plan does not include DRM.

**Does Kinescope have a video hosting API?** Yes. Kinescope has a full REST API, 8 SDKs (JavaScript (IFrame Player API), React, React Native, Vue, Angular, Flutter, iOS (Swift), Android (Kotlin)), 7 webhook event types — one for video processing status and six for live streams — and an MCP server (public beta) that lets AI agents search and edit videos, read analytics and manage live streams. The developer hub is kinescope.com/developers.

**How much does Kinescope cost?** Kinescope has a free plan with no card required: store up to 100 min of video with 200 GB of monthly traffic. Paid plans start at €10/month with unlimited storage and bandwidth billed pay-as-you-go: delivery from €0.03/GB, getting cheaper with volume. There are no annual contracts and no per-seat fees; DRM, white-label and the full API are included on the Super plan.

**Is Kinescope a good alternative to Vimeo, Wistia or Vidyard?** Yes. Kinescope charges only for usage (delivery from €0.03/GB) with no per-seat or per-video fees, includes DRM on paid plans rather than as an enterprise-only add-on, and provides unlimited storage and bandwidth on its own global CDN. Detailed comparisons are available at kinescope.com/kinescope-vs-vimeo, /kinescope-vs-wistia and /kinescope-vs-vidyard.

**Who uses Kinescope?** Online schools, companies and nonprofits in 48 countries. Published case studies at kinescope.com/customers: JoJoschool (~10× lower video costs after leaving Vimeo), EBAC (~8× lower projected costs vs Kaltura), Proz Educação (~5× lower bill vs Vimeo), Conted Tech (75% lower costs vs Vimeo), Ada (~60% lower costs vs Mux) and Stairway Foundation.

**What makes Kinescope different from other video platforms?** Kinescope runs its own global CDN (it does not resell AWS or Cloudflare), includes DRM on paid plans, uses transparent pay-as-you-go pricing with no per-seat fees or annual contracts, and is built for developers — a REST API, SDKs, webhooks and an MCP server for AI agents. It targets 99.98% monthly uptime, backed by a financial SLA on the Mega plan.

## Comparisons
- [Kinescope vs Vimeo](https://kinescope.com/kinescope-vs-vimeo): Comparison.
- [Kinescope vs Wistia](https://kinescope.com/kinescope-vs-wistia): Comparison.
- [Kinescope vs Vidyard](https://kinescope.com/kinescope-vs-vidyard): Comparison.
- [Kinescope vs Bunny.net](https://kinescope.com/kinescope-vs-bunny): Comparison.
- [Kinescope vs YouTube](https://kinescope.com/kinescope-vs-youtube): Comparison.

## Key pages
- [Homepage](https://kinescope.com/): Overview of the platform.
- [Pricing](https://kinescope.com/pricing): Free, Super (from €10/month) and Mega (custom) plans.
- [About](https://kinescope.com/about-us): Company, mission and history.
- [Customer stories](https://kinescope.com/customers): Six case studies with published numbers and the platform each customer moved from (Vimeo, Kaltura, Mux).
- [Blog](https://kinescope.com/blog): Guides, product updates and industry articles.
- [Glossary](https://kinescope.com/glossary): Video-tech definitions (e.g. adaptive bitrate).
- [Support](https://kinescope.com/support): Support and help.
- [SLA](https://kinescope.com/sla): Service Level Agreement, 99.98% uptime commitment.
- [Developer hub](https://kinescope.com/developers): MCP server for AI agents, video streaming API quick start with code, a live IFrame Player API demo, 8 player SDKs with install commands and webhooks.
- [AI/LLM reference](https://kinescope.com/llm-info): Structured AI/LLM reference document (HTML version of these facts).

## Markets & languages
- English (root, https://kinescope.com/), Português Brasil (https://kinescope.com/br), Deutsch (https://kinescope.com/de), Nederlands (https://kinescope.com/nl), 日本語 (https://kinescope.com/jp).

## Português (Brasil)
- [Kinescope Brasil](https://kinescope.com/br): Plataforma de vídeo para empresas: hospedagem, streaming, player personalizável, proteção de conteúdo, CDN global e analytics.
- [Hub para desenvolvedores](https://kinescope.com/br/desenvolvedores): Servidor MCP para agentes de IA, início rápido da API com código, demonstração ao vivo da IFrame Player API e 8 SDKs de player.
- [Cases de clientes](https://kinescope.com/br/clientes): Estudos de caso com números publicados e a plataforma de origem de cada cliente: EBAC, Proz Educação, Conted Tech e Ada.
- [Preços](https://kinescope.com/br/precos): Planos Free (€0/mês), Super (a partir de €10/mês, pagamento conforme o uso) e Mega (preço personalizado), com tarifas por GB e calculadora de custos.
- [Preços em Markdown](https://kinescope.com/br/precos.md): Versão legível por máquina da página de preços, com todas as tarifas em EUR.
- [Referência para IA](https://kinescope.com/br/llm-info): Fatos estruturados sobre o Kinescope para assistentes de IA, em português.
- [Hospedagem de vídeo](https://kinescope.com/br/produtos/hospedagem-de-video): Armazenamento seguro com DRM Widevine e FairPlay, marca d'água por espectador e links assinados, a partir de €10/mês.
- [Player de vídeo](https://kinescope.com/br/produtos/player): Player rápido e personalizável para sites, cursos e plataformas, sem anúncios e com controle de acesso.
- [Hospedagem de vídeo com DRM](https://kinescope.com/br/solucoes/video-hosting-drm): DRM Widevine + FairPlay, marcas d'água dinâmicas e controle de acesso nos planos a partir de €10/mês.
- [Proteção contra pirataria](https://kinescope.com/br/solucoes/protecao-contra-pirataria): DRM Widevine e FairPlay, marca d'água dinâmica, links assinados e controle de acesso para cursos e vídeos pagos.
- [Educação online](https://kinescope.com/br/solucoes/escolas-online): Vídeo para cursos e EAD: player personalizável, proteção de conteúdo, analytics e transmissão ao vivo.
- [Kinescope vs Panda Video](https://kinescope.com/br/kinescope-vs-pandavideo): DRM Widevine + FairPlay incluso no plano Super, CDN própria com SLA de 99,98%, white-label e API REST completa.
- [Kinescope vs Vimeo](https://kinescope.com/br/kinescope-vs-vimeo): Comparação de preço e DRM, com armazenamento e banda ilimitados: por que migrar do Vimeo sem cobranças extras.
- [Glossário](https://kinescope.com/br/glossario): Termos de vídeo explicados: DRM, bitrate adaptativo, HLS, codec, CDN e resoluções de 480p a 4K.
- [Blog](https://kinescope.com/br-blog): Guias, atualizações de produto e casos reais sobre hospedagem de vídeo, streaming e analytics.
- [Videoblog](https://kinescope.com/br-videoblog): Tutoriais curtos em vídeo: DRM e marcas d'água, migração do YouTube, legendas com IA, CTA.

Fatos principais, conforme https://kinescope.com/br/precos e https://kinescope.com/br/precos.md (moeda: EUR):
- Planos: Free (€0/mês, grátis para sempre, sem cartão de crédito), Super (a partir de €10/mês, taxa base + pagamento conforme o uso) e Mega (preço personalizado). Nenhum plano cobra por usuário.
- Free: até 100 min de vídeo armazenados, 200 GB de tráfego mensal, 20 min por transmissão HD ao vivo, até 20 participantes por transmissão HD ao vivo, 2 membros no workspace, 2 destinos de restream. Sem DRM neste plano.
- Super: armazenamento de vídeo e tráfego ilimitados, streaming Full HD ao vivo ilimitado, restreaming ilimitado, qualidade de vídeo até 4K, membros ilimitados no workspace, migração gratuita de outras plataformas, criptografia de vídeo DRM (Widevine + FairPlay) incluída, legendas automáticas (sob demanda).
- Mega: tarifas e condições personalizadas, multi-CDN e armazenamento compatível com S3, suporte dedicado, migração e orientação de integração, SLA empresarial, SSO.
- Tráfego CDN por GB (plano Super): €0,03 (0–1.000 GB); €0,02 (1.000–6.000 GB); €0,015 (6.000–21.000 GB); €0,01 (21.000–51.000 GB); > 51.000 GB: sob consulta.
- Armazenamento por GB/mês (plano Super): €0,03 (0–1.000 GB); €0,02 (1.000–21.000 GB); > 21.000 GB: sob consulta.
- Processamento de vídeo por minuto, cobrança única no upload: €0,01 (0–60.000 min); > 60.000 min: sob consulta. Migrar vídeos de outra plataforma é gratuito.

## Other names / synonyms
Kinescope, Kinescope video platform, Kinescope video hosting, Kinescope streaming platform, Kinescope enterprise video, Kinescope.com.

## References
- Short index: https://kinescope.com/llms.txt
- HTML reference: https://kinescope.com/llm-info
- Sitemap: https://kinescope.com/sitemap-index.xml
- Sign up (free): https://app.kinescope.io/user/create

Last updated: September 2026.