Your own streaming service
Subscription video platform for creators.
Monthly and yearly members, no per-member fee.
A subscription video platform lets fans pay you every month or year to watch your films, series or classes. Choosing one comes down to three things: how much of each subscription you keep, what tools you get to win and keep members, and whether the video looks the way you made it.
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 subscription video platform for creators?
A subscription video platform hosts your videos and bills fans monthly or yearly for access. For creators whose members pay to watch, the best fit takes no share of each subscription and charges no per-member fee; uncompressed.io charges a flat plan, takes 0% and pays each charge into your own payment account.
- 0% commission and no per-member fee
- Monthly and yearly tiers that open collections
- Free trials, coupons and gift memberships
- Payments land in your own payment account
- Starter free with 5 GB; paid plans from USD 9 a month
What you keep
USD 1,000 of subscriptions
from 100 members at USD 10 a month
Platform share only. Card processing applies on every platform and is left out so the comparison is like for like.
USD 1,000
uncompressed.io
0% commission; flat plan instead
USD 900
Patreon
10% platform fee on the income you earn on Patreon
USD 801
Uscreen Growth
after USD 1.99 per subscriber, plus the plan
USD 700
YouTube memberships
creator receives 70% of net revenue
Side by side
Four common choices
for subscription video
Competitor figures from each platform's own pages, 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.
Win and keep members
The tools
that a subscription needs
Free trial per tier
Each tier can have its own free trial, so new members watch before they are charged.
Coupon codes
A percentage or a fixed amount off, with a limit on uses and an expiry date. Good for launches and festival audiences.
Gift memberships
1, 3, 6 or 12 months, bought by one fan for another. Strong around holidays and premieres.
Yearly plans
Yearly pricing keeps your most committed members for twelve months at a time.
Continue watching
Members pick up where they left off, with a watchlist and series in episode order.
Analytics hub
Engagement, audience, MRR, funnel and referrers, with CSV export, to see what keeps members.
Subscriptions on uncompressed.io, 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.
Set up
Your subscription, step by step
in an afternoon
Upload and group
Upload your videos as exported and group them into collections.
Create tiers
A monthly price, a yearly price or both, each opening the collections you choose.
Add the offers
A free trial on each tier and a launch coupon.
Open the shop
Your own domain or yourname.uncompressed.io/on-demand; members sign in with the email they paid with.
Who this is not for
Questions
Frequently asked
What is a subscription video platform?
Software that lets viewers pay a recurring fee, monthly or yearly, to watch a creator's videos, and handles hosting, playback, billing and access. It is also called an SVOD platform.
What is the best subscription video platform for creators?
For creators whose subscribers pay to watch video, one with no revenue share and no per-member fee keeps the most. uncompressed.io charges a flat plan with 0% commission. Patreon is stronger for posts and community, and YouTube for discovery.
How much do subscription video platforms take?
Patreon's pricing page lists a 10% platform fee on the income you earn on Patreon plus processing; YouTube pays creators 70% of net channel membership revenue; Uscreen charges USD 1.99 per subscriber a month on Growth. uncompressed.io takes 0%.
Can I offer monthly and yearly subscriptions?
Yes. On uncompressed.io each tier can have a monthly price, a yearly price or both, and each tier opens the collections you choose.
Can members gift a subscription?
Yes. Gift memberships of 1, 3, 6 or 12 months are built in, alongside free trials per tier and coupon codes by percentage or amount with limits on uses and an expiry date.
When is a subscription platform the wrong choice?
When you have one finished film and no release schedule. Subscribers cancel when nothing new arrives; sell the film as a purchase or rental until you have more coming.
Start taking subscriptions this week.
Membership tiers, trials, gifts and coupons come with every paid plan (Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month), with 0% commission, paid into your own payment account.
Sources
- 1.Patreon pricing (read 12 October 2026)
- 2.YouTube partner earnings overview (read 12 October 2026)
- 3.Uscreen pricing (read 12 October 2026)
- 4.Vimeo OTT pricing breakdown, Vimeo help center (read 12 October 2026)