Alternatives
VHX alternative.
Your own streaming service, without the per-subscriber fee.
VHX was one of the first ways an independent filmmaker could run a branded subscription channel. Today vhx.tv opens Vimeo OTT, and the fees are Vimeo's: a charge for every subscriber every month, and a share of every rental and purchase. Here is what that costs and what a flat-priced alternative looks like.
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By uncompressed.io · Updated October 2026
Short answer
What is a good VHX alternative now that VHX is Vimeo OTT?
VHX is the service Vimeo now sells as Vimeo OTT, at USD 1 per subscriber a month plus 10% and USD 0.50 on each rental or purchase. A flat-priced alternative such as uncompressed.io runs the same kind of branded streaming service with memberships, rentals and purchases, takes 0% commission, and charges a fixed plan instead.
- No per-subscriber fee, at any size
- 0% commission on rentals and purchases
- Monthly and yearly memberships with trials
- Money lands in your own payment account
- Films stream as exported, with no re-encode
- Optional Leak Shield, USD 99 a month or USD 1,188 a year
VHX today
VHX is Vimeo OTT
checked on Vimeo's own pages
On 12 October 2026, vhx.tv redirects to vimeo.com/ott and vhx.tv/pricing redirects to vimeo.com/ott/pricing. Vimeo's help article on OTT pricing links "pricing plans for Vimeo OTT" to vhx.tv, and its fee table names the 10% share on rentals and purchases "VHX Rev Share".
The fee
What USD 1 per subscriber costs
as your subscribers grow
Vimeo OTT Starter charges USD 1 per subscriber every month, before merchant fees. A flat plan does not grow with your audience.
USD 100
a month for 100 subscribers
Vimeo OTT Starter per-subscriber fee
USD 500
a month for 500 subscribers
Vimeo OTT Starter per-subscriber fee
USD 2,000
a month for 2,000 subscribers
Vimeo OTT Starter per-subscriber fee
Side by side
VHX (Vimeo OTT) and uncompressed.io
for an independent channel
Vimeo OTT figures from vimeo.com/ott, vimeo.com/ott/pricing and help.vimeo.com, read 12 October 2026; 4K figure from Vimeo's playback resolution guidelines, read 5 September 2026. The streaming platform is included with every paid plan for members who switch it on before 31 December 2026, and stays included for them afterwards; after that date new activations add USD 39 a month.
When Vimeo OTT is still the better fit
An honest fit
Who should switch
and who should stay
Switch if
Your subscriber count is growing and the per-subscriber fee is now your biggest bill, you sell rentals and purchases often, or you want the picture exactly as you graded it.
Stay if
You need the widest set of TV apps, live streaming, or advertising-supported video. Those are Vimeo OTT strengths.
What you get instead of per-subscriber fees
Read from the live price list. Verified 2026-10.
| Commission on sales | 0 percent, at any volume. Buyers pay into your own payment account; your card processor's fee applies. |
|---|---|
| What you can sell | Purchases (stream forever), downloads, rentals with a viewing window, memberships with monthly or yearly tiers, bundles and series. |
| Member tools | Free trials per tier, coupon codes, gift memberships, refunds and free access from your earnings page. |
| Your storefront | A shop under your name at yourname.uncompressed.io/on-demand, or on your own domain. Buyers need no account. |
| Picture quality | Films stream as you exported them: no re-encode of video or audio, with an optional lighter copy for slow connections. |
| Viewing hours included | Lite 1,000, Pro 5,000, Max 15,000, Studio 25,000 hours a month, then USD 29 per extra 20,000-hour block. Playback never pauses. |
| Plans | Starter free (5 GB, one film at a time); Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month; yearly is one month free. |
| Leak Shield (optional) | Every buyer gets their own invisibly marked copy; the open web and torrent indexes are searched; a confirmed leak names and blocks the buyer and sends the takedown. USD 99 a month or USD 1,188 a year, any paid plan. |
| Inclusion window | The streaming platform is included with every paid plan for members who switch it on before 31 December 2026, and stays included for them afterwards; after that date new activations add USD 39 a month. |
Plans and add-ons: pricing. The whole cluster starts at the creator platform guide.
Moving over
How to switch
without losing subscribers
Upload your library
Upload the films as exported. Vimeo users can import their library in one step: sign in once and click Import all.
Recreate your plans
One membership tier per VHX plan, monthly, yearly or both, each opening the collections that match.
Give a reason to move
A free trial per tier or a first-month coupon, so switching costs subscribers nothing.
Announce a date
Share the new link and a date after which new releases appear only there.
Questions
Frequently asked
What happened to VHX?
VHX is the service Vimeo now sells as Vimeo OTT. On 12 October 2026, vhx.tv and vhx.tv/pricing redirect to vimeo.com/ott and vimeo.com/ott/pricing, and Vimeo's own pricing breakdown article links its Vimeo OTT plans to vhx.tv and lists the 10% buy-and-rent fee as "VHX Rev Share".
How much does VHX (Vimeo OTT) cost?
Vimeo's OTT pricing page lists Starter at USD 1 per subscriber per month plus 10% of one-time purchases. Its help center adds merchant fees of 2.5% + 30 cents on subscriptions, 10% + 50 cents per buy or rent, and upload blocks of USD 99, 149 and 199 for 10, 25 and 50 hours. Enterprise is priced by Vimeo's sales team.
What is the best VHX alternative for independent filmmakers?
One with flat pricing and no share of sales. uncompressed.io runs your own streaming service with purchases, rentals and monthly or yearly memberships, takes 0% commission, and streams films as exported. Vimeo OTT keeps an edge if you need apps on many TV platforms or live streaming.
Can I move my VHX subscribers?
Subscribers are your audience, so you can invite them to a new service, but payment details do not move between platforms. Give them a date, a free trial or a first-month coupon, and a clear link.
Does uncompressed.io have TV apps like VHX?
Yes: branded apps for Apple TV, iPhone, Fire TV, Samsung and LG, built and submitted under your own developer accounts, where the stores' own developer fees apply. Vimeo OTT lists more platforms, including Android, Roku, Xbox and Vizio.
Does uncompressed.io charge per subscriber?
No. You pay a flat plan (Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month) and nothing per member or per sale. Your own payment provider charges its card processing fee.
Keep every subscriber's dollar.
The streaming platform, memberships and shop come with every paid plan (Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month), with no commission and no per-subscriber fee.
Sources
- 1.Vimeo OTT pricing breakdown, Vimeo help center (read 12 October 2026)
- 2.Vimeo OTT pricing (read 12 October 2026 (vhx.tv/pricing redirects here))
- 3.Vimeo OTT (read 12 October 2026 (vhx.tv redirects here))
- 4.Guidelines for determining playback resolution, Vimeo help center (read 5 September 2026)