Lessons play only on your course site
Domain allowlisting on every paid plan makes the player load only on the domains you approve, so a copied embed code won’t play anywhere else.
Secure video hosting for online courses:protected lessons on any LMS
Video course hosting with multi-layered security, adaptive streaming and per-lesson analytics for every lesson on your course platform. From €10/month.
Everything a video course hosting platform needs
Video hosting for online courses has to do more than store files: lessons play only for enrolled students, inside your LMS, and you see where learners drop off.
Access follows enrollment
When a student presses play, Kinescope passes their identifier to your server and your rules decide whether the lesson loads. Revoke access the day enrollment ends.
DRM plus the student’s ID on screen
Widevine and FairPlay on every paid plan from €10/month, and dynamic watermarks that burn the student’s ID into every frame. Passwords, one-time codes and email allowlists add more layers.
See which lesson loses students
Per-lesson engagement, drop-off points and watch-through rates show where learners get stuck. Link view data to student IDs and pull it into your LMS through the API.
AI subtitles and chapters for every lesson
Generate subtitles in the lesson’s language and chapter markers from the video page, then edit them before publishing. The player supports subtitles in 90+ languages.
Live classes become lessons
Stream a live class, and the recording turns into a regular on-demand video when it ends. Trim it, add chapters and put it into the course.
Embed course video anywhere and brand the player
Grow your e-learning platform without worrying about video. Fast, secure streaming gives your users the smooth experience they expect.
Works anywhere
Upload your content, copy the embed link, and go. Works with any LMS, website, or learning platform.
- Clean, intuitive dashboard.
- Fast upload and transcoding.
- No-code embedding anywhere.
Brand It your way
Make the video player look like part of your platform — not someone else’s.
- Add your logo and colors.
- Customize player controls.
- Works across all devices.
Works with every LMS you already use
Kinescope fits smoothly into your existing tools — no need to rebuild or switch platforms. Works with Udemy, Canvas, Moodle, iSpring, Teachable, Webflow, WordPress, or any custom LMS via our public API.
Moving from Vimeo, Mux, or YouTube? We'll pull your library over, preserve metadata and folder structure for free on the Super plan. Most migrations complete within a week. Still comparing? See the best video hosting for online courses, seven platforms side by side.
Course video hosting pricing at three scales
The full feature set on every plan: DRM, adaptive streaming, analytics, white-label — at pricing that holds at renewal. See what you'd pay at three typical scales and spend more wisely.
Setup
Library
Audience
Storage
Delivery/mo
Kinescope
Vimeo
Small academy
50 hrs
500 students × 4 hrs/mo
350 GB
~5 TB
~€120/mo / ~€1,500/yr
Enterprise, ~€13,100–€30,500/yr
Mid-sized EdTech
600 hrs
25,000 students × 4 hrs/mo
4.2 TB
~250 TB
~€2,400/mo / ~€29,000/yr
Enterprise, ~€43,500–€108,800/yr*
University scale
3,000 hrs
100,000 students × 6 hrs/mo
21 TB
~1,500 TB
~€10,000/mo / ~€120,000/yr
Enterprise, 6-figure custom
*Storage = library hours × 7 GB/hr (average weight of the original file plus all resolutions combined). Delivery = viewing hours × 2.5 GB/hr (average file size streamed to one viewer, adapted to their connection).
*Range per Vendr's 2026 database of B2B SaaS contract pricing. Vimeo paid tiers (Starter €8, Standard €19, Advanced €69) cap bandwidth at 2 TB/month and don't include DRM — any EdTech setup at real scale lands on Enterprise.
*Vimeo contract figures are quoted in USD and converted to EUR at the EUR/USD exchange rate as of August 1, 2026.
“Kinescope's affordable, scalable, and accessible video solution has been a game-changer, empowering us to deliver world-class education to hundreds of thousands”
Eriky Kunitake, Head of Business & Operations, Ada (500,000+ learners · moved from Mux to Kinescope)
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“Vimeo 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. With Vimeo, we ran into downtime a couple of times a year. With Kinescope, I really can't remember the last time it happened”
Mathijs de Ruiter, Co-founder, JoJoschool (80,000 students · moved from Vimeo to Kinescope)
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“Kinescope took the migration we'd been dreading off our hands, and we're paying 75% less than on Vimeo. Three months in, we've got no problems to report — and for me, no news means it's working”
Hikaro Queiroz, Director of Pedagogy and Operations, Conted Tech (1,500 courses · moved from Vimeo to Kinescope)
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“With 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, EBAC (170,000 paid learners · moved from Kaltura to Kinescope)
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Scales from one course to thousands
The same setup handles your first course and your thousandth. Adaptive streaming picks the right bitrate for each viewer's connection, so playback stays smooth and you only pay for the traffic their device can actually use. On launch days and exam weeks, a global network spanning Latin America, the US, Europe and the CIS absorbs traffic spikes without a capacity call.
FAQ
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It's where course videos live between your upload and the student's screen: storage, transcoding, adaptive streaming, a player you embed in your LMS or course site, access rules and per-lesson analytics. Kinescope is video course hosting in that sense: it plugs into the course platform you already use instead of replacing it, and its player shows no ads.
One that protects lessons, fits your LMS, shows where students drop off and prices by what they watch rather than by headcount. Kinescope covers all four: DRM and student watermarks from €10/month, plugins for Moodle, Open edX and WordPress plus embeds for any other LMS, per-lesson analytics, and usage-based pricing for storage and delivery.
Yes. Every paid Kinescope plan includes a stack of access controls: DRM (Widevine + FairPlay), watermarks, domain restrictions, password protection, unique access codes, and integration with your own auth backend. SSO comes with the Mega plan. DRM is available on Super from €10/month, no custom contract required. You can lock playback to your LMS domain, bind sessions to student IDs, and revoke access when enrollment ends.
Yes. Moodle has the official media_kinescope plugin, Open edX has Kinescope XBlock, and WordPress sites have the Kinescope plugin — see all integrations. For other LMSs and course platforms, adding Kinescope works through an embed code. If your LMS doesn't accept embeds or you're on a custom stack, our REST API covers upload, embed, playback events, and access control. Need help migrating from another service or wiring up the integration? Our team covers both — migration is free on the Super and Mega plans.
The Kinescope team runs the migration for you at no extra cost on the Super and Mega plans. You share read access (API token or exported archive); we handle ingestion, transcoding, and metadata mapping. For larger or non-standard setups, we'll walk through the plan with you first. Coming from Kaltura, see how EBAC moved 16 TB, with a bill about 8× lower on the same volumes, in Kinescope vs Kaltura. Still comparing platforms? See our guide to the best video hosting for online courses.
You pay for storage, delivery, and a one-time transcoding fee at upload. Storage and transcoding depend on how much content you host, not how many students you have. Only delivery grows with how much they watch. See the calculator for your numbers.
Kinescope B.V. is based in Emmen, the Netherlands, and operates under GDPR. We don't store student personal data — student records live in your LMS, and Kinescope handles the video infrastructure behind them. The data Kinescope does hold (video files, aggregate playback analytics) stays within EEA infrastructure. Full details in our Privacy Policy and on GDPR-compliant video hosting.
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