Mux

Video infrastructure for uploading, streaming and measuring playback

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Websitewww.mux.com

CategoryStorage & media

PricingFreemium

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ABOUT

What is Mux?

Mux is a video API that handles uploads, encoding, adaptive streaming, playback and video analytics for web and native applications. Its free plan includes 100,000 delivery minutes each month and up to 10 stored videos, while live video requires a paid plan. Pay-as-you-go pricing includes a $20 monthly usage credit, with basic 720p storage starting at $0.0024 per minute-month and delivery after the free allowance starting at $0.0008 per minute.

BEFORE YOU SIGN UP

What you should know

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Managed video pipelineMux handles direct uploads, encoding, playback URLs and adaptive streaming, so an application does not need to operate its own transcoding pipeline.

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Useful delivery analyticsMux Data and Mux Player are included with video delivery, helping teams monitor playback quality and engagement alongside the media API.

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Pricing is based on minutesInput, storage and delivery are measured in video minutes rather than file size, and the first 100,000 delivery minutes are free each month.

Free plan excludes live videoThe free plan supports on-demand video only and limits storage to 10 videos, so live products and larger libraries need a paid plan.

COMMUNITY

From the forums

Developers on Reddit often describe Mux as a convenient way to avoid building upload, encoding, adaptive playback and CDN infrastructure themselves. It is repeatedly suggested for video courses, user-generated video and product sites where a managed video pipeline matters more than owning the media stack. The main reservation is cost at high viewing volumes, with discussions comparing Mux against cheaper storage plus CDN combinations and against video hosts with flatter bandwidth pricing.

— Community sentiment · Reddit

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

Is Mux free?＋

Mux has a free plan with 100,000 delivery minutes per month and up to 10 stored videos. It supports on-demand video only, and no credit card is required to start.

Does Mux support live streaming on the free plan?＋

No. The free plan is for on-demand video. Live video is available on the pay-as-you-go plan or higher.

How does Mux pricing work?＋

Mux charges separately for video input, storage and delivery by minute. The first 100,000 delivery minutes each month are free, then basic 720p delivery starts at $0.0008 per minute.