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Video platform for creators.
Host, stream, sell and protect, with 0% commission.

Most creators stitch together four services: one to host the files, one to take memberships, one to sell films, and nothing at all against leaks. This guide shows what each job needs, what the common platforms charge for it, and where uncompressed.io does all four in one place.

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Video hosting for filmmakers · 5 GB free · Paid plans from USD 9/month

By uncompressed.io · Updated October 2026

Short answer

Which platform lets a video creator host, stream, sell and take memberships without paying a commission?

uncompressed.io is a video platform for filmmakers and creators: it hosts films without re-encoding them, runs your own streaming service with purchases, rentals and memberships at zero commission, and offers Leak Shield, a per-buyer watermark and leak search add-on. It replaces the usual stack of a video host, a membership site and a store, and it keeps no share of what you earn.

0% commission on purchases, rentals and memberships
Payments land in your own account, not ours
Films stream as exported, with no re-encode
Leak Shield: per-buyer watermark and leak search, USD 99 a month or USD 1,188 a year
Plans from USD 9 a month; Starter free
Branded apps for Apple TV, iPhone, Fire TV, Samsung and LG

The four jobs

What a creator platform has to do,
and who usually does them

A creator who earns from video needs four things to work together. Most tools do one well and the rest badly, which is why the stack grows.

Host

Keep the film looking the way you graded it. Most hosts re-encode to a lower bitrate; the grain, gradients and dark scenes are what suffer.

Stream

A storefront and player under your name, on phones, laptops and TVs, with series, collections and continue watching.

Sell

Purchases, rentals, downloads and memberships, with trials, coupons and gifts, and the money in your account.

Protect

Know who leaked a paid film and get it taken down. Passwords and DRM stop casual copying; a per-buyer mark names the source.

The money

What you keep
on USD 1,000 of memberships

One hundred members at USD 10 a month. Platform share only; card processing applies on every platform and is left out so the comparison stays like for like.

USD 1,000

uncompressed.io

0% commission; you pay your plan instead

USD 900

Patreon

10% platform fee on the income you earn on Patreon

USD 700

YouTube memberships

creator receives 70% of net revenue

USD 801

Uscreen Growth

after USD 1.99 per subscriber, plus the plan

At this size a Lite or Pro plan costs less than any percentage fee, and the gap widens with every member you add. Percentage fees grow with your success; a flat plan does not.

uncompressed.io for creators, 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.

Side by side

uncompressed.io
against the usual choices

Patreon

Uscreen

YouTube memberships

Vimeo OTT Starter

Platform shareof sales

10% of income

10% of one-time sales on Starter,5% on higher plans

30% of net

10% + USD 0.50per buy or rent

Per-member fee

None

USD 1.99 on Growth,USD 0.99 on App Essentials

None

USD 1 per subscribera month

Where themoney lands

Your ownpayment account

Patreon, thenpaid out to you

The platform, thenpaid out to you

Google, thenpaid out to you

Vimeo, thenpaid out to you

Video quality

As exported,no re-encode

Native video describedas HD (since 2022)

Not stated onits pricing page

Re-encoded bythe platform

Re-encoded; Vimeo's 4Kmaximum is 22 Mbps

Per-buyerleak tracing

Leak Shield,USD 99 a month or USD 1,188 a year

Entry price

Free; paid fromUSD 9 a month

Free to start

USD 49 a month

Free; eligibilityrules apply

Upload blocksfrom USD 99

Competitor figures from each platform's own pages, read 12 October 2026 (Vimeo OTT read 28 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.

Getting started

From upload to first sale
in an afternoon

Upload your films

Upload the export you graded. It is stored and streamed without a re-encode.

Turn on VOD Streaming

Name your service, connect your own payment account and pick a currency.

Set prices and tiers

Default purchase, rental and download prices, then membership tiers that unlock collections.

Open the shop

Share yourname.uncompressed.io/on-demand or point your own domain at it.

Add Leak Shield (optional)

Each buyer gets a marked copy, and the leak search starts on release.

Viewing hours

Each paid plan includes viewing hours a month for your buyers and members: Lite 1,000, Pro 5,000, Max 15,000, Studio 25,000. Above that, playback continues and an extra block is added; nothing pauses.

Every guide in this series

Read on
by job

Your own streaming service

OTT, VOD and SVOD explained, and how a filmmaker starts a branded streaming service without a developer.

Memberships and supporters

Patreon-style tiers for video: monthly and yearly members, free trials, gifts and members-only libraries.

Selling films and videos

Purchases, rentals, downloads, bundles and series, with zero commission and the money in your own account.

Leak Shield and piracy protection

Per-buyer watermarks, leak search, takedowns and what each protection can and cannot stop.

Alternatives

Honest comparisons with Patreon, Uscreen, Vimeo, Kajabi, Gumroad, YouTube and other platforms.

Head to head

Two platforms side by side on fees, features and who each one fits.

High-quality video hosting

The best, cheapest and highest-quality places to upload and host video, judged by what reaches the viewer.

Questions

Frequently asked

What is the best video platform for creators?

It depends on the job. For selling films, memberships and rentals without giving up a share, a platform with 0% commission that pays into your own account keeps the most money: uncompressed.io does this and also streams the file as exported. For pure audience growth, YouTube's reach is unmatched, but it re-encodes video and keeps 30% of channel membership revenue.

Is uncompressed.io a Patreon alternative?

Yes, for creators whose membership is mostly video. Members subscribe to monthly or yearly tiers that unlock whole collections, with free trials, gifts and coupons, and the payment lands in your own account with 0% platform commission. Patreon takes 10% of what members pay before processing fees, and its native video is described as HD rather than as-exported.

Does uncompressed.io take a commission?

No. There is no percentage of any sale, rental or membership at any volume. You pay for your plan, and your payment provider charges its card processing fee on each sale.

Can I run my own streaming service like a small Netflix?

Yes. You get a branded shop under your name or on your own domain, purchases, rentals and memberships, series and bundles, analytics, and branded apps for Apple TV, iPhone, Fire TV, Samsung and LG built under your own developer accounts.

How does Leak Shield stop piracy?

Every buyer receives their own invisibly marked copy. Leak Shield searches the open web and torrent indexes weekly for the first month after release and monthly after; when you confirm a sighting, the buyer is identified and blocked, a takedown notice is sent and a PDF case file is kept. It costs USD 99 a month or USD 1,188 a year. No protection can guarantee a film never leaks; this makes leaks traceable and costly.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Starter is free with 5 GB and one film at a time, no credit card. Selling, memberships and the streaming platform need a paid plan.

Open your own streaming service today.

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 no commission on what you sell.