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Uscreen vs Vimeo OTT.
Two OTT platforms, two ways to bill you.
Uscreen and Vimeo OTT (the former VHX) both let a creator run a branded subscription video service. Uscreen sells a monthly plan with a per-subscriber fee and bundled community and live tools. Vimeo OTT charges per subscriber and per transaction, with storage sold in hours. This page compares them on their own published figures.
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By uncompressed.io · Updated October 2026
Short answer
Uscreen vs Vimeo OTT: which is better for a creator streaming service?
Vimeo OTT is usually cheaper for a small subscription service, since its published pricing is USD 1 per subscriber a month plus processing, with no plan fee. Uscreen costs more per member but bundles live streaming, community features, marketing tools and onboarding help. Pick on the tools you need, then check the fees at your expected subscriber count.
- Vimeo OTT: USD 1 per subscriber a month, no plan fee listed
- Vimeo OTT: 10% + USD 0.50 per buy or rent
- Uscreen Growth: USD 149 a month + USD 1.99 per subscriber
- Uscreen: 5% of one-time sales from Growth up
- Uscreen bundles live streaming and community
- Both price storage in hours of video
The fees
A month of subscription fees
at 500 subscribers
Platform fees only, for a subscription service with 500 paying subscribers. Card processing is extra on both: Vimeo OTT lists 2.5% + USD 0.30 per subscription payment.
USD 1,144
Uscreen Growth
USD 149 plan + USD 1.99 per subscriber
USD 500
Vimeo OTT
USD 1 per subscriber, processing extra
USD 0
Per-subscriber fee on uncompressed.io
flat plan, 0% commission
The order changes with your mix. A service that sells mostly rentals and purchases pays Vimeo OTT 10% plus USD 0.50 on each, which includes processing, and pays Uscreen 5% on Growth or above, with processing separate. A very small service may prefer Uscreen Starter at USD 49 a month with no subscriber fee, but it is capped at 100 subscribers and takes 10% of one-time sales.
Side by side
Uscreen and Vimeo OTT
from their own pages
Uscreen figures from uscreen.tv/pricing and uscreen.tv, Vimeo OTT figures from Vimeo's OTT pricing breakdown, both read 12 October 2026. Uscreen shows Growth at USD 149 with USD 199 struck through, and App Essentials at USD 449 with USD 499 struck through.
Fit
Which one suits you
by kind of creator
Uscreen suits
Fitness, yoga, education and community-led creators who run live classes, want a member community next to the library, and value onboarding and migration help bundled with the plan.
Vimeo OTT suits
Creators already on Vimeo who want a subscription channel with low fixed costs, can live with per-transaction fees on rentals, and can use Vimeo storage for their files.
Neither suits
Creators who want no per-member or per-sale fee at all, or who care most about delivering the exact graded file. That is where a flat-priced platform fits better.
Where uncompressed.io fits
For the direct comparisons, read Uscreen vs uncompressed.io and Vimeo OTT vs uncompressed.io.
The third option, in one table
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.
Questions
Frequently asked
Is Uscreen or Vimeo OTT cheaper?
For a small subscription service, Vimeo OTT is usually cheaper because it has no monthly plan fee in its pricing breakdown, only USD 1 per subscriber a month plus processing. Uscreen Growth adds USD 149 a month to USD 1.99 per subscriber. Uscreen bundles more tools, such as community and live streaming, into that price.
What does Vimeo OTT charge on rentals and purchases?
10% plus USD 0.50 per transaction, processing included, according to Vimeo's OTT pricing breakdown read 12 October 2026. Uscreen takes 10% of one-time sales on Starter and 5% on higher plans, with card processing separate.
Which has more storage?
Both measure storage in hours of video. Uscreen lists 20 hours on Starter and 100 hours on Growth and App Essentials. Vimeo OTT includes 1 hour free and sells blocks of 10, 25 and 50 hours for USD 99, 149 and 199; videos from a connected Vimeo account use Vimeo storage instead.
Which offers TV apps?
Uscreen lists 2 mobile apps on App Essentials and 5 TV apps on its Custom plan. Vimeo OTT lists branded apps as contact-us pricing. Neither publishes a single fixed TV-app price on the pages we read.
Do either of them take a fee on free trials?
Vimeo OTT states that users on a free trial are not charged subscription fees. Uscreen's pricing page does not address trials in its fee table.
Is there an option without a per-subscriber fee?
Yes. uncompressed.io includes a streaming platform with memberships, rentals and purchases on its paid plans with 0% commission and no per-member fee; it has no live streaming or community features, which both Uscreen and Vimeo OTT offer in some form.
A third option, with no per-subscriber fee.
uncompressed.io includes a streaming platform with memberships, rentals and purchases on every paid plan (Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month), at 0% commission. Start free with 5 GB.
Sources
- 1.Uscreen pricing (read 12 October 2026)
- 2.Uscreen home page (features) (read 12 October 2026)
- 3.Vimeo OTT pricing breakdown, Vimeo help center (read 12 October 2026)