What is the best video hosting for filmmakers?
Name the job first. Seven tools, five jobs.

Discovery is a different job from hosting, and no other tool here competes for it. A single file can be up to 256 GB or 12 hours, whichever is less. By default an upload can be up to 15 minutes long; verified accounts can go longer.

Privacy is flexible enough for simple sharing. An unlisted video can be seen and shared by anyone with the link, without a Google Account. A private video can be seen only by you and the people you choose. Pick YouTube for trailers, behind-the-scenes, channel work and anything whose value grows with views. Look elsewhere when the page is a client deliverable or a reel a commissioner is judging frame by frame.

Frame.io is the specialist. The Free plan is USD 0 for up to 2 members, 2 GB of storage plus 2 GB of mounted storage, and up to 2 projects, and its help center lists 1080p HD playback on Free. Pro is USD 15 per member a month plus tax, for up to 5 members, with 2 TB included and 2 TB more per added member. Team is USD 25 per member a month for up to 15 members, with 3 TB included. External clients reviewing through Share links do not need an account. One cost to plan for: Frame.io says an internal user restricted to comment-only or view-only is still a paid seat. Pick Frame.io when review is the daily job and your team fits the member counts.

Dropbox Replay is the answer for teams already living in Dropbox. It is an add-on at CA$13 per user a month billed annually, or CA$16 billed monthly, and Basic users must upgrade to Plus or higher before buying it; Basic gets limited features. Files up to 150 GB and up to 12 hours are supported, and Dropbox lists frame-accurate edit notes, version comparison, password-protected review links and watermarking, with integrations for Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, After Effects and Pro Tools. Pick it when the Dropbox subscription is already paid.

Vimeo also has a review mode. Since April 2026 its blog says you no longer need an account to open or comment on a review link, every comment carries a timestamp, and reviewers no longer see suggested videos. The post does not say which plans include Review, so check your own account.

uncompressed.io includes a review room on the same link as the film: notes pinned to a time in the film, drawings on the frame, threaded replies, and an approval saved per version under the reviewer’s name. Timecoded notes can be pulled into DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro as markers. It is a good fit when you want review and delivery in one place; a large team whose day is spent in review is still better served by a dedicated tool. See the review room.

Wistia has a free plan with 25 GB of storage, 200 GB of bandwidth, one user and Wistia branding. Business is USD 79 a month billed annually, with 250 GB+ of storage, 1 TB of bandwidth and the option to remove Wistia branding. The plan above it, Business + Signals, is USD 329 a month billed annually. Viewer seats are free, can view and comment, and do not count toward seat limits. Pick Wistia when the video is part of a marketing operation.

SproutVideo has no free plan; every feature can be tried for 30 days. Seed is USD 12 a month billed annually or USD 15 monthly, with 150 GB of storage, 150 GB of bandwidth and USD 0.25 per GB over. Tree, labelled Best Value, is USD 72 a month billed annually or USD 95 monthly, with 1 TB of storage, 12 TB of bandwidth and USD 0.08 per GB over. Bandwidth resets every month on monthly plans and every year on annual plans. White-label hosting is on every plan, viewer login protection starts on Sprout, and dynamic watermarks and signed embeds start on Tree. Pick SproutVideo when you want predictable, published delivery pricing for a business library.

Both are good at jobs uncompressed.io does not try to do. If marketing tools are why you are shopping, stay with them.

Vimeo publishes two sets of plans, and they should not be read as one lineup. Its plan comparison lists Free, Starter, Standard, Advanced and Enterprise: Free holds 1 GB for the account’s lifetime, and Starter, Standard and Advanced hold 2 TB, 4 TB and 7 TB, with a 2 TB monthly bandwidth line. Separately, Vimeo describes two newer plans that are being rolled out gradually and may not be on your account yet. Creator lists 7 TB of total storage, 50 GB of managed storage for embeddable and non-public videos and 1 TB of monthly bandwidth. Core lists 7 TB total, 300 GB managed, 2 TB of monthly bandwidth, one seat with up to 3 team members added, a brand kit with custom fonts, and embed domain-level privacy.

Two details matter for a portfolio. Public and Private work on every Vimeo plan, while Unlisted, Password and Embed only need a paid plan. And Vimeo describes its 2 TB monthly figure as a threshold: it reaches out after two months over it in twelve, or one month over 10 TB. Pick Vimeo when a plan on your account fits your library and you use its wider feature set. This page states no Vimeo price, because the prices on its upgrade page could not be read on 17 September 2026.

uncompressed.io is built for the reel that is judged on image quality. Browser playback uses your uploaded export without another platform re-encode. Codec, device and connection requirements still apply. The player shows your logo and accent colour, with no platform branding, ads or related videos, on every plan. Each film can be Private, Password, Unlisted, Public or Embed only, and all five modes are on every plan including the free one. The profile page lays films out as Hero, Featured or Standard. The portfolio hosting guide covers the page, and free hosting without ads covers the free plan in detail.