Vimeo On Demand is closing
The best Vimeo On Demand alternatives in 2026.
Six options, ranked by what they take from a sale.
Vimeo On Demand stopped new purchases on 21 September 2026 and shuts down fully on 20 November 2026. The closest like-for-like replacements are Vimeo OTT and Uscreen if you need subscriptions or TV apps, Gumroad if you sell a handful of copies, and a flat-fee shop such as Uncompressed On Demand, Sellfy or Podia if you sell steadily and want to keep the whole sale price.
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By uncompressed.io · Updated September 2026
Uncompressed On Demand
Sell your films for $39 a month, 0% commission.
- Sell streaming, downloads, or both, at your own price per film.
- Buyers pay into your own payment account. We never touch the money and take nothing from any sale.
- Your own shop page at yourname.uncompressed.io/on-demand, with a free preview whose length you choose.
- Buyers need no account: they pay and the film opens from their receipt, on any device.
- Films play as you exported them, with 20,000 viewing hours a month included.
The deadline
What Vimeo has switched off,
and what is already gone.
22 Aug
Uploads blocked
2026
21 Sep
Purchases blocked
No new sales or subscriptions
24 Sep
Final payouts
Last seller payouts processed
20 Nov
Full shutdown
Buyers lose access
Your page can no longer take money, so every week between now and 20 November is a week with no store. Pick the replacement by how you sell, not by which name is newest.
Ranked
Six Vimeo On Demand alternatives,
for a filmmaker selling films one at a time.
Ranked for the typical Vimeo On Demand seller: a few films, sold as one-time purchases, at steady but modest volume. A subscription channel ranks them differently; the notes say how.
All prices USD from each official pricing page, fetched 25 September 2026. Podia's listed prices are billed yearly. Uscreen Growth adds $1.99 per subscriber and App Essentials $0.99; TV apps are on its Custom plan. Vimeo OTT TV and mobile apps are on Enterprise, priced through sales. Sellfy's plans cap yearly sales at $10k, $50k and $200k.
The ranking weighs three things: what leaves your pocket per sale, whether the tool is built for film playback, and how much you have to rebuild. Payhip was left out because its pricing page could not be retrieved to verify today.
Each option
What you actually get,
in one paragraph each.
Uncompressed On Demand
Set a streaming price, a download price or both, from $1. Buyers need no account: they pay, get a receipt email and open the film from its link on any device. An optional free preview is a separate cut, so a non-buyer never receives the full film. The shop lives at yourname.uncompressed.io/on-demand, and a film for sale is locked on your portfolio, embeds and share links.
Podia
A creator storefront with courses, downloads and video. Mover takes 5%; Shaker and Earthquaker take no Podia fee. Mover allows 500 videos and 50 products.
Sellfy
Digital downloads, subscriptions and merch with 0% transaction fees, but each plan has a yearly sales ceiling, and its pricing page does not list video streaming.
Gumroad
No monthly fee. 10% plus $0.50 on direct sales, 30% when a buyer finds you through its Discover marketplace. The cheapest start for low volume.
Vimeo OTT
The route Vimeo recommends. Starter runs subscriptions, one-time sales and free trials on the web; apps and live pay-per-view are Enterprise features.
Uscreen
Built for membership video businesses with a catalog, community and apps. Mobile apps start at App Essentials, TV apps at Custom.
Honest limits
When uncompressed.io is the wrong choice,
pick something else.
Pick Vimeo OTT or Uscreen if you run a subscription channel or membership: Uncompressed On Demand sells one-time streaming and downloads only, with no subscriptions, rentals that expire, coupons, bundles or pre-orders. Pick Uscreen or Vimeo OTT Enterprise if buyers expect a TV or phone app; ours opens in the browser. Pick Gumroad if you sell a few copies a year: a flat $39 a month costs more than 10% plus $0.50 until about 26 sales a month of a $10 film. Sales tax and VAT stay your responsibility here.
Pick us if you sell steadily, want every sale to land in your own account, and care that the film plays as you exported it rather than re-encoded. The cost math and the no-commission list go deeper.
Before you move
Questions
Frequently asked
When does Vimeo On Demand shut down?
Vimeo's shutdown page lists four dates: new uploads blocked 22 August 2026, new purchases and subscriptions blocked 21 September 2026, final seller payouts processed 24 September 2026, and the platform fully shut down 20 November 2026. Buyers can watch until the final date.
What does Vimeo recommend instead?
Vimeo points creators to Vimeo OTT. Its Starter plan lists $1 per subscriber a month and 10% of one-time purchases, and is web-only; TV and mobile apps are on the Enterprise plan, priced through sales.
Which alternative is best for selling a single film?
It depends on volume. Below roughly 26 sales a month of a $10 film, Gumroad's 10% plus $0.50 per sale costs less than a $39 flat add-on. Above that, a flat fee with no percentage keeps more of each sale. The cheapest-alternative page has the full math at 10, 100 and 1,000 sales.
Which alternative has TV apps for buyers?
Among the options here, Uscreen lists five TV apps on its Custom plan and Vimeo OTT lists TV apps on Enterprise. Uncompressed On Demand has no TV or mobile apps for buyers; films open in a browser on any device.
Sell your films for a flat $39 a month.
Uncompressed On Demand is an add-on billed separately from your storage plan: 20,000 viewing hours a month included and 0% of any sale. Sales are charged on your own payment account, so the money pays out to your bank; your payment provider's card fees still apply.
Sources
- 1.Vimeo On Demand shutdown timeline and Vimeo OTT recommendation (official, fetched 25 September 2026)
- 2.Vimeo OTT pricing: Starter $1 per subscriber a month, 10% of one-time purchases, web-only; Enterprise custom (official, fetched 25 September 2026)
- 3.Uscreen pricing: Starter $49, Growth $149, App Essentials $449, Custom; per-subscriber and one-time sale fees (official, fetched 25 September 2026)
- 4.Gumroad pricing: 10% + $0.50 direct sales, 30% Discover, no monthly fee (official, fetched 25 September 2026)
- 5.Sellfy pricing: Starter, Business, Premium, 0% transaction fees, annual sales limits, processor fees extra (official, fetched 25 September 2026)
- 6.Podia pricing: Mover 5% fees, Shaker and Earthquaker no fees, billed yearly, processor fees extra (official, fetched 25 September 2026)
- 7.uncompressed.io pricing: plans and the On Demand add-on (fetched 25 September 2026)