Your own streaming service
SVOD explained.
And an SVOD platform for independent creators.
SVOD is subscription video on demand: viewers pay a recurring fee and watch anything in the catalog, whenever they like. It is the Netflix model, and it works at small scale too, provided the catalog keeps growing and the platform does not take a cut of every member. Here is how it works, the numbers that matter and how to run one.
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By uncompressed.io · Updated October 2026
Short answer
What is SVOD?
SVOD (subscription video on demand) is a model where viewers pay a recurring fee, monthly or yearly, to watch anything in a catalog whenever they want. Netflix is the best-known example; an independent creator can run the same model with membership tiers that open collections of their films.
- SVOD = subscription video on demand
- Recurring monthly or yearly fee for a whole catalog
- Netflix is SVOD; so is a creator's members-only library
- Works best with a steady release schedule
- uncompressed.io: SVOD tiers with 0% commission
How SVOD works
The subscription model
in four parts
Tiers
One or more plans at a monthly price, a yearly price or both. Each tier opens one or more collections.
Catalog
What members get. The catalog is the product, and it has to grow: new films, episodes, classes.
Acquisition
Free trials, coupons and gift memberships bring members in at low risk to them.
Retention
Members stay while something new keeps arriving. Yearly plans lock in your most committed fans.
The money
What per-subscriber fees take
300 members at USD 8 a month
USD 2,400 a month in subscriptions. Card processing applies everywhere and is left out; this is the platform's share only.
USD 2,400
uncompressed.io keeps you
0% commission; flat plan instead
USD 2,100
Vimeo OTT
after USD 1 per subscriber a month
USD 1,803
Uscreen Growth
after USD 1.99 per subscriber, plus the plan
Is SVOD right for you
SVOD or TVOD
against selling title by title
You can run both from the same shop: a tier for the library and a purchase price for each new release.
When SVOD is the wrong choice
SVOD 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 it up
Your first SVOD tier
on uncompressed.io
Group the films
Put the films into collections: the archive, the current season, the extras.
Create the tier
Set a monthly price, a yearly price or both, and choose which collections it opens.
Add a free trial
A short trial per tier lets new members see the library before they are charged.
Open the shop
Share yourname.uncompressed.io/on-demand or your own domain. Members sign in with the email they paid with.
Questions
Frequently asked
What does SVOD stand for?
Subscription video on demand. Viewers pay a recurring fee, usually monthly or yearly, for access to a catalog of video they can watch at any time.
What are examples of SVOD?
Netflix, Disney+ and other monthly streaming services are SVOD. So is a filmmaker's members-only library where a monthly or yearly tier opens a collection of films.
What is the difference between SVOD and TVOD?
SVOD charges a recurring fee for a whole catalog. TVOD (transactional video on demand) charges per title, as a purchase or a rental. Many services offer both.
Is SVOD a good model for an independent creator?
If you release new video regularly, yes: recurring revenue is easier to plan around. If you have one feature film and nothing scheduled, purchases and rentals (TVOD) usually earn more, because subscribers cancel when nothing new arrives.
What is the best SVOD platform for creators?
One with no per-subscriber fee and no revenue share, since those grow with every member. uncompressed.io charges a flat plan with 0% commission and pays each charge into your own account; Vimeo OTT lists USD 1 per subscriber a month and Uscreen USD 1.99 on Growth.
Can I offer a free trial on an SVOD tier?
Yes. On uncompressed.io each tier can have its own free trial, and you can add coupon codes and gift memberships of 1, 3, 6 or 12 months.
Launch a subscription that keeps 100% of the fee.
Monthly and yearly membership tiers come with every paid plan (Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month), with 0% commission and no per-subscriber fee.
Sources
- 1.Vimeo OTT pricing breakdown, Vimeo help center (read 12 October 2026)
- 2.Uscreen pricing (read 12 October 2026)