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OTT platform for independent creators.
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An OTT platform lets you sell and stream your films straight to viewers over the internet, on the web, phones and TVs, without a broadcaster or a distributor in between. This guide explains what one has to include, what the hosted OTT services charge per subscriber, and how a filmmaker runs one alone.
Video hosting for filmmakers · 5 GB free · Paid plans from USD 9/month
By uncompressed.io · Updated October 2026
Short answer
What is a good OTT platform for an independent creator?
An OTT platform is the software that hosts your films, takes payment and streams them to viewers on the web, phones and TVs under your own brand. For an independent creator the deciding cost is the per-subscriber fee and the revenue share, since both grow with your audience; uncompressed.io charges neither and streams each film as exported.
- 0% commission on purchases, rentals and memberships
- No per-subscriber fee on any plan
- Branded apps for Apple TV, iPhone, Fire TV, Samsung and LG
- Shop on your own domain; buyers need no account
- Films stream as exported, with no re-encode
- Starter free with 5 GB; paid plans from USD 9 a month
Definition
What an OTT platform is,
and what it has to do
OTT stands for over the top. The video travels over the open internet, over the top of the cable and satellite networks, straight to the person watching. Netflix is an OTT service; so is a filmmaker selling a documentary from their own site.
Hosting and playback
Store the films and stream them at a quality that holds up on a television, adapting to each viewer's connection.
Payment
Sell purchases, rentals and subscriptions, with trials, coupons and gifts, and send the money somewhere you control.
Storefront
A catalog under your brand: collections, series with episode order, continue watching and a watchlist.
Devices
Web, phones and the living-room TV. Most OTT revenue is watched on a big screen, so TV apps are not optional for long.
The fee that grows
What per-subscriber pricing costs
with 500 subscribers at USD 10
Most hosted OTT services charge a fee for each paying subscriber every month, on top of a plan. That fee is small at launch and large once the service works.
USD 0
uncompressed.io
no per-subscriber fee; you pay a flat plan
USD 500
Vimeo OTT
USD 1 per subscriber a month, plus merchant fees
USD 495
Uscreen App Essentials
USD 0.99 per subscriber a month, plus the plan
USD 995
Uscreen Growth
USD 1.99 per subscriber a month, plus the plan
Side by side
Three OTT options
for an independent creator
Uscreen figures from uscreen.tv/pricing; Vimeo OTT figures from the Vimeo help center pricing breakdown and playback resolution guidelines; all read 12 October 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.
Who this is not for
The OTT platform, 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.
Launch
From library to live service
without a developer
Upload the library
Upload the films as exported. Vimeo users can import their whole library: sign in once, Import all.
Connect your payment account
Every charge is made on your own payment account. uncompressed.io never holds the money.
Price it
Purchases, rentals with a viewing window, downloads, and monthly or yearly membership tiers that open whole collections.
Open the doors
Share yourname.uncompressed.io/on-demand or your own domain, then add the TV apps under your developer accounts.
Questions
Frequently asked
What is an OTT platform?
OTT means over the top: video delivered over the internet straight to the viewer, bypassing cable, satellite and broadcast. An OTT platform is the software that hosts the films, takes payment, and plays them on the web, phones and TV apps under the owner's brand.
What is the best OTT platform for a small creator?
One with no per-subscriber fee and no revenue share, because those costs grow with every viewer you win. uncompressed.io charges a flat plan and 0% commission; Uscreen and Vimeo OTT charge per subscriber, and Uscreen remains a good fit if you also need native live streaming, which it lists on every plan.
How much does an OTT platform cost?
On uncompressed.io the streaming platform comes with any paid plan (Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month). Uscreen's pricing page lists Starter at USD 49 a month with 10% on one-time sales, and per-subscriber fees on higher plans. Vimeo OTT's help center lists USD 1 per subscriber a month and 10% plus USD 0.50 per purchase or rental.
Do I get my own TV apps?
Yes. uncompressed.io builds branded apps for Apple TV, iPhone, Fire TV, Samsung and LG, submitted under your own developer accounts. The stores' own developer fees apply, and approval timing is up to each store.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes. The shop runs at yourname.uncompressed.io/on-demand or on your own domain, and buyers need no account: they sign in with the email they bought with.
When is another OTT platform a better choice?
If you need live streaming, a community forum or a course builder with quizzes, choose a platform built for those. uncompressed.io is for selling and streaming finished video: films, series, classes and archives.
Open your own OTT service this week.
The streaming platform comes with every paid plan (Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month), with no share of what you sell. Payments land in your own payment account.
Sources
- 1.Uscreen pricing (read 12 October 2026)
- 2.Vimeo OTT pricing breakdown, Vimeo help center (read 12 October 2026)
- 3.Apple Developer Program (read 12 October 2026)
- 4.Guidelines for determining playback resolution, Vimeo help center (read 12 October 2026)