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Uscreen vs uncompressed.io.
Two ways to run your own streaming service.
Uscreen and uncompressed.io both give a creator a branded video library with memberships and sales. They charge in very different ways: Uscreen adds a fee per subscriber and a share of one-time sales on top of the plan, uncompressed.io takes no commission. Uscreen also brings live streaming and community tools that uncompressed.io does not have.
Video hosting for filmmakers · 5 GB free · Paid plans from USD 9/month
By uncompressed.io · Updated October 2026
Short answer
Uscreen vs uncompressed.io: what is the difference?
Both run a branded video membership and store. Uscreen charges a plan plus a fee per subscriber and a share of one-time sales, and adds live streaming, community and marketing tools. uncompressed.io charges a flat plan with 0% commission, pays into your own account, streams films as exported and offers per-buyer leak tracing.
- Uscreen Growth: USD 149 a month plus USD 1.99 per subscriber
- Uscreen takes 5-10% of one-time sales
- uncompressed.io: flat plan, 0% commission
- Uscreen has live streaming and community; uncompressed.io does not
- uncompressed.io streams films as exported
- Per-buyer leak tracing only on uncompressed.io
The fees
Uscreen Growth at three sizes
as members grow
Uscreen Growth's plan price plus its per-subscriber fee, before the 5% on one-time sales and before card processing. Figures from Uscreen's own pricing page, read 12 October 2026.
USD 348
Uscreen Growth with 100 subscribers
USD 149 plan + USD 1.99 per subscriber, per month
USD 1,144
Uscreen Growth with 500 subscribers
USD 149 plan + USD 1.99 per subscriber, per month
USD 4,129
Uscreen Growth with 2,000 subscribers
USD 149 plan + USD 1.99 per subscriber, per month
uncompressed.io has no per-member line at all. The plan is chosen by storage and by the viewing hours your audience uses: Pro costs USD 39 a month, and each plan includes viewing hours for buyers and members (Lite 1,000, Pro 5,000, Max 15,000, Studio 25,000 hours a month). Above that, playback never pauses and an extra block is added. Card processing is charged by your own payment provider on both platforms.
Uscreen's annual billing saves up to 20% according to its pricing page, which lowers the plan line but not the per-subscriber fee.
Side by side
Uscreen and uncompressed.io
plan by plan
Uscreen figures from uscreen.tv/pricing, read 12 October 2026; Growth shown at USD 149 with USD 199 struck through, App Essentials at USD 449 with USD 499 struck through. 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.
Fit
Who should pick which
honestly
Pick uncompressed.io if
Your service is a film or video library: features, series, classes, concert films. You want a flat cost that does not rise per member, payments in your own account, the picture as you exported it, and a way to trace a leaked copy to the buyer.
Pick Uscreen if
Live classes, live chat and a member community are core to what you sell, you want onboarding and migration help bundled with the plan, or you want a vendor that also runs marketing automation in the same dashboard.
Uscreen's strengths
uncompressed.io as a streaming service
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.
Switching
Moving a Uscreen library
step by step
Export your list
Download your subscriber emails and your film files from Uscreen.
Upload as exported
Upload the masters; they stream without a re-encode.
Rebuild tiers and prices
Monthly and yearly tiers that give access to collections, plus purchase and rental prices.
Invite members with a reason
A free trial or a first-month coupon, since members subscribe again on a new platform.
Turn on Leak Shield if needed
USD 99 a month or USD 1,188 a year. Protection reduces risk and makes leaks traceable; it cannot guarantee a film never leaks.
Questions
Frequently asked
Is Uscreen or uncompressed.io cheaper?
It depends on your member count. Uscreen Growth was listed at USD 149 a month plus USD 1.99 per subscriber and 5% of one-time sales on 12 October 2026. uncompressed.io charges a flat plan (Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month) and 0% commission, so the gap widens as members grow. With a handful of members and a need for live streaming, Uscreen Starter can make sense.
Does Uscreen charge per subscriber?
On Growth, USD 1.99 per subscriber a month; on App Essentials, USD 0.99; on Starter, no subscriber fee but a 100-subscriber limit and 10% on one-time sales. Figures from uscreen.tv/pricing, read 12 October 2026.
Does uncompressed.io have live streaming or community like Uscreen?
No. uncompressed.io has no live streaming, live chat or community feed. If those are central to your membership, Uscreen covers them and uncompressed.io does not.
Which has better video quality?
uncompressed.io streams the file as exported, without an additional re-encode. Uscreen's pricing page measures storage in hours of video and does not state a delivery bitrate, so we make no claim about its picture.
Can I get TV apps on both?
Uscreen lists 2 mobile apps on App Essentials and 5 TV apps on its Custom plan. uncompressed.io offers 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.
Can I move from Uscreen to uncompressed.io?
Yes. Upload your films, recreate your tiers and invite members to the new storefront. Payment details do not transfer between platforms, so members subscribe again; a free trial or first-month coupon makes it easier.
See what your service costs without a per-member fee.
Start free with 5 GB. 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 0% commission.
Sources
- 1.Uscreen pricing (read 12 October 2026)
- 2.Uscreen home page (features) (read 12 October 2026)
- 3.uncompressed.io pricing (read 12 October 2026)