api.video

API-first video hosting and streaming platform that handles video upload, encoding, CDN delivery, and live streaming via a developer-friendly REST API.

Evaluated Mar 06, 2026 (0d ago) vcurrent
Homepage ↗ Repo ↗ Other video streaming api-first encoding live-streaming cdn rest-api
⚙ Agent Friendliness
61
/ 100
Can an agent use this?
🔒 Security
83
/ 100
Is it safe for agents?
⚡ Reliability
82
/ 100
Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality
0
Documentation
85
Error Messages
82
Auth Simplicity
80
Rate Limits
78

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement
100
Auth Strength
82
Scope Granularity
72
Dep. Hygiene
78
Secret Handling
82

HTTPS enforced, API key + OAuth 2.0, GDPR compliant, private video support with tokens

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA
88
Version Stability
82
Breaking Changes
80
Error Recovery
78
AF Security Reliability

Best When

You are a developer or product team that needs to add video hosting, playback, or live streaming to an application without managing encoding infrastructure.

Avoid When

You need advanced DRM, complex ad insertion workflows, or broadcast-grade SLAs with dedicated support.

Use Cases

  • • Upload and host videos with automatic adaptive bitrate encoding
  • • Deliver videos via global CDN with embeddable player
  • • Build live streaming features into applications
  • • Add video capabilities to SaaS products or mobile apps
  • • Replace expensive video infrastructure with managed API service

Not For

  • • Large-scale broadcast or linear TV workflows — use Brightcove or AWS Elemental
  • • Teams that need an end-to-end CMS with editorial tools — this is infrastructure, not a platform
  • • Very high-volume production workloads on the free tier (30 min/month limit)

Interface

REST API
Yes
GraphQL
No
gRPC
No
MCP Server
No
SDK
Yes
Webhooks
Yes
OpenAPI Spec ↗

Authentication

Methods: api_key oauth2
OAuth: Yes Scopes: Yes

API key for server-to-server; OAuth 2.0 client credentials for delegated access. Sandbox environment available with separate API key.

Pricing

Model: usage_based
Free tier: Yes
Requires CC: No

Transparent pricing page; free sandbox environment for development. Storage and delivery charged separately.

Agent Metadata

Pagination
cursor
Idempotent
Partial
Retry Guidance
Documented

Known Gotchas

  • ⚠ Large video uploads require chunked/resumable upload — single POST will fail for big files
  • ⚠ Free tier watermarks player; agents building production flows need paid plan
  • ⚠ Encoding is asynchronous — agents must poll or use webhooks for completion status
  • ⚠ Live stream keys are separate from VOD API keys — different auth flow
  • ⚠ Sandbox and production environments use different API keys; easy to mix up

Alternatives

brightcove-api jwplayer-api mux-api cloudflare-stream

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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.

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