Platform fees

Compare video selling fees: Vimeo, Uscreen and more

Compare fees for video subscriptions, rentals and downloads. Plan costs, subscriber charges and hosting allowances can matter alongside the sale percentage.

7 platforms

US / USD unless labelled

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Vimeo OTT

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Plan cost
No upfront platform fee or monthly subscription Source
Sales fee
TVOD: 10% + $0.50 per sale Source
Payment processing
Web SVOD: 2.5% + $0.30 merchant fee; app-store purchases use store commission instead. The $1 subscriber fee still applies. Source
Subscriber charge
$1 per subscriber monthly; $12 for an annual subscriber Source
Hosting allowance
1h upload free; 10h $99, 25h $149, or 50h $199 Source

Vimeo On Demand

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Plan cost
Standard, Advanced, Pro, Business, Premium, or Enterprise plan required. Source
Sales fee
Creators keep 90% after transaction costs; Vimeo retains 10%. Source
Payment processing
Buyer transaction costs 4–17%; sales taxes may apply Source
Subscriber charge
New uploads blocked Aug 22; purchases and subscriptions blocked Sep 21, 2026. Source
Hosting allowance
Full shutdown and access end Nov 20, 2026. Source

Uscreen

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Plan cost
Starter $49/month only; Growth $149/month billed annually or $199 monthly; App Essentials $449/month annual or $499 monthly. Source
Sales fee
Starter 10%; Growth, App and Custom 5% on one-time sales Source
Payment processing
Stripe: 2.9% + $0.30; add 0.7% recurring or 0.4% one-time invoice fees. Other countries/methods vary. Source
Subscriber charge
Starter $0/sub; Growth $1.99/sub; App $0.99/sub monthly Source
Hosting allowance
Starter: 20 hours storage and 100 subscribers; Growth/App Essentials: 100 hours and unlimited subscribers. Source

Dacast

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Plan cost
Starter is $39/mo billed annually ($468/yr); paywall is an add-on. Event, Scale and Custom include it. Source
Sales fee
Paywall sales fee: 9.9% + $0.40 per PPV or subscription purchase. Source
Payment processing
Dacast includes payment processing in the paywall fee; a bank or PayPal may still charge a separate payout or transfer fee. Source
Subscriber charge
No separate per-subscriber fee is listed; the fee applies to each purchase. Source
Hosting allowance
Starter includes 2.4 TB bandwidth/year and 500 GB storage. Source

Muvi

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Plan cost
Standard is $399/month billed annually; extra apps cost $299/app/month on Standard and $499/app/month on Professional or higher. Source
Sales fee
Muvi One takes no transaction fee. Separate Muvi TV, Live and Meet Paywall products charge a 9% platform fee. Source
Payment processing
Muvi One gateway sets processing rates; iOS in-app purchases may incur Apple commission. Documented external checkout is limited to qualifying US App Store apps; separate Paywall products may add processor/conversion fees. Source
Subscriber charge
Muvi One includes unlimited subscribers and no per-user fee. Source
Hosting allowance
Standard includes 100 GB storage, 100 GB bandwidth/month and 20 GB encoding/month; overages are billed. Source

VPlayed

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Plan cost
One-time licence; VPlayed does not publish a standard amount and requires a sales quote. Source
Sales fee
VPlayed advertises zero platform revenue share and no commission on creator earnings. Source
Payment processing
Payment gateways are third-party integrations; their processing rates are not published by VPlayed. Source
Subscriber charge
VPlayed advertises no per-user fee. Source
Hosting allowance
Cloud or on-premise deployment is available; infrastructure allowance and cost are project-specific. Source

GUDSHO

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Plan cost
Offers video hosting and on-demand webinar recordings. Source
Sales fee
Current official pricing does not list a sales-commission rate. Source
Payment processing
Current official pricing does not list payment-processing rates. Source
Subscriber charge
Paid-VOD checkout and fees are not documented; GudSho promotes exclusive-video embeds on membership sites. Source
Hosting allowance
GudSho’s video-hosting page says storage and bandwidth have no caps or surprise overage charges. Source

Vimeo OTT

Branded streaming service

10% + 50¢Rentals and sales
$1Per subscriber a month

You keep 90% before other fees

Start
Free
Web card fee
2.5% + 30¢
Upload
1 hour free
+ 1 more rate
All Vimeo OTT rates
RateWhen
Rentals and purchases
10%+ 50¢Rentals and sales
Subscriptions
$1Per subscriber a month$12 for a yearly subscriber
2.5%+ 30¢Web card fee

App store purchases pay the store’s commission instead of the card fee.

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Uscreen

Video memberships

10%Starter, one-time sales
5%Growth and up

You keep 90% before other fees

Starter
$49 a month
Per subscriber
$1.99 on Growth
Card fees
2.9% + 30¢ Stripe
+ 3 more rates
All Uscreen rates
RateWhen
One-time sales
10%Starter, one-time sales
5%Growth and up
Per subscriber, each month
$0StarterUp to 100 subscribers
$1.99Growth
$0.99App Essentials

Sales in your own apps also pay app store commission.

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Dacast

Live and on-demand video

9.9% + 40¢Each purchase

You keep 90.1% before other fees

Starter
$39 a month, yearly
Processing
Included
Bandwidth
2.4 TB a year
All rates and sources
All Dacast rates
RateWhen
Dacast paywall
9.9%+ 40¢Each purchasePay-per-view or subscription

On the Starter plan the paywall is a paid add-on.

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Sources

Video and livestream creators

16 platformsHeadline fees: 5% to 50% (5 percentage rates)

Course stores and teaching platforms

30 platformsHeadline fees: 0% to 10% (26 percentage rates)

Digital download stores and marketplaces

25 platformsHeadline fees: 0% to 10% (22 percentage rates)