Mux

Video API — encode, host, stream

Free tier + paidImages, video & filesmux.com

What it is

Video infrastructure API: POST a source file or push RTMP, get back adaptive-bitrate HLS, thumbnails, captions and a player. Bills per minute of video stored and delivered rather than per GB. Includes Mux Data, a QoE analytics product tracking startup time and rebuffering.

Why it earns a slot

The fastest path from a raw MP4 to a production-grade adaptive stream — one API call and encoding is handled. Per-minute billing is predictable for editorial video where you know runtime but not viewer bandwidth.

Know before you commit

Per-minute delivery scales with resolution — 4K costs 4x the 720p rate — so one popular 4K feature can dominate the bill. Storage bills per stored minute indefinitely, not per GB.

Getting started

npm i @mux/mux-node

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Pricing snapshot

Free: 100K delivery min/mo, 10 videos stored. Then storage from $0.0024/min and delivery from $0.0008/min at 720p (1080p 1.25x, 4K 4x). Encoding free on Basic; player and analytics free

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Evaluate Mux (https://mux.com) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Video API — encode, host, stream. Video infrastructure API: POST a source file or push RTMP, get back adaptive-bitrate HLS, thumbnails, captions and a player. Bills per minute of video stored and delivered rather than per GB. Includes Mux Data, a QoE analytics product tracking startup time and rebuffering.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): The fastest path from a raw MP4 to a production-grade adaptive stream — one API call and encoding is handled. Per-minute billing is predictable for editorial video where you know runtime but not viewer bandwidth.
Watch out for: Per-minute delivery scales with resolution — 4K costs 4x the 720p rate — so one popular 4K feature can dominate the bill. Storage bills per stored minute indefinitely, not per GB.
Pricing: Free: 100K delivery min/mo, 10 videos stored. Then storage from $0.0024/min and delivery from $0.0008/min at 720p (1080p 1.25x, 4K 4x). Encoding free on Basic; player and analytics free
Setup: npm i @mux/mux-node
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Neighbourhood

How Mux sits against the rest of the atlas — swaps, companions and the tools builders actually save alongside it.

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AWS S3 + CloudFront

aws.amazon.com

Object storage + global CDN

Free tier + paidImages, video & files

S3 Standard $0.023/GB-month (us-east-1), PUT $0.005/1K, GET $0.0004/1K. CloudFront: first 1 TB/mo and 10M requests free, then $0.085/GB NA/EU declining to $0.020/GB. S3 direct-to-internet egress $0.09/GB

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Backblaze B2

backblaze.com

Cheap S3-compatible object storage

Free tier + paidImages, video & files

$6.95/TB/month (about $0.0069/GB), first 10 GB free. Egress free up to 3x average monthly storage, then $0.01/GB. Class A/B/C API calls free; Class D $0.004 per 10K

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Cloudflare Images

developers.cloudflare.com

Image storage + edge transforms

Free tier + paidImages, video & files

5,000 unique transformations/mo free on every plan including Free. Then $0.50 per 1,000 unique transformations; $5 per 100,000 images stored/mo; $1 per 100,000 images delivered/mo

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Cloudflare R2

developers.cloudflare.com

S3-compatible storage, zero egress

Free tier + paidImages, video & files

Free 10 GB-month storage, 1M Class A ops, 10M Class B ops. Then $0.015/GB-month, $4.50/M Class A, $0.36/M Class B. Egress always $0 at any volume

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