Suggestion on best and cheapest professional video hosting sites

myworld91575

New member
Jun 20, 2020
23
4
3
Hello all, I am running an ecom store which products contains many videos and that are loaded by visitors in a handsome quantity. I am looking for best and budgetive option to host all that videos as I can't add them on my server (it will consume heavy resources and slower site speed). I know aws s3 and have tried that but their prices seems to be so high for data transfer(bandwidth requests), do anyone have a best solution for this? You tube is obviously not in the list to go.

Thanks in advance
 

netluxe

New member
Dec 1, 2018
11
14
3
No offense, but if you are considering AWS to be too expensive for data transfer, you're probably not technically skilled enough to be utilizing their powerful resources properly. What kind of monthly bandwidth transfer do you think you need? There's too many different aspects to judge here such as your budget and your actual needs for me to give you good advice. You could always go with a cheap dedicated server from a host like Hetzner and use that as a cost-effective means to serve the video files.
 

Hackerino

Active member
Oct 22, 2019
147
72
28
24
Porto, Portugal
No offense, but if you are considering AWS to be too expensive for data transfer, you're probably not technically skilled enough to be utilizing their powerful resources properly. What kind of monthly bandwidth transfer do you think you need? There's too many different aspects to judge here such as your budget and your actual needs for me to give you good advice. You could always go with a cheap dedicated server from a host like Hetzner and use that as a cost-effective means to serve the video files.
I recommend this solution, i also recommend "OneProvider" for Dedicated Servers. You have some cheap locations like france, netherlands and germany with good specs. Hetzner is a good (and cheap) option for a VPS solution.
 

0xx0

New member
Aug 28, 2020
2
0
1
Hello all, I am running an ecom store which products contains many videos and that are loaded by visitors in a handsome quantity. I am looking for best and budgetive option to host all that videos as I can't add them on my server (it will consume heavy resources and slower site speed). I know aws s3 and have tried that but their prices seems to be so high for data transfer(bandwidth requests), do anyone have a best solution for this? You tube is obviously not in the list to go.
Thanks in advance
 

myworld91575

New member
Jun 20, 2020
23
4
3
No offense, but if you are considering AWS to be too expensive for data transfer, you're probably not technically skilled enough to be utilizing their powerful resources properly. What kind of monthly bandwidth transfer do you think you need? There's too many different aspects to judge here such as your budget and your actual needs for me to give you good advice. You could always go with a cheap dedicated server from a host like Hetzner and use that as a cost-effective means to serve the video files.

Thanks for your help, it's true that i am not high level techie to utilize aws. We currently need approx 4tb bandwidth per month and most of them are used in videos. Can you pls help little more on this?

Thanks in advance
 

myworld91575

New member
Jun 20, 2020
23
4
3
Do anyone can help with using youtube as a video host with auto play in iframe? I am successfull in removing youtube branding , uploader channel names, hiding controls and continuous play of same video. Just the problem now is i need auto play on all videos.
i know there is a perameter to autoplayvideo but, it's not working.
 

Hackerino

Active member
Oct 22, 2019
147
72
28
24
Porto, Portugal
Do anyone can help with using youtube as a video host with auto play in iframe? I am successfull in removing youtube branding , uploader channel names, hiding controls and continuous play of same video. Just the problem now is i need auto play on all videos.
i know there is a perameter to autoplayvideo but, it's not working.
Check out Plyr.io, it is a video player and they support youtube. They should also support autoplay :)
 
  • Like
Reactions: smalok

Elferan

Active member
Jul 24, 2020
168
113
43
Do anyone can help with using youtube as a video host with auto play in iframe? I am successfull in removing youtube branding , uploader channel names, hiding controls and continuous play of same video. Just the problem now is i need auto play on all videos.
i know there is a perameter to autoplayvideo but, it's not working.
I was about to say youtube as no one was saying it. YouTube can suit your requirements as you already know about hiding controls etc., But why turn on autoplay, as many sites are using it I saw some users complaining about autoplaying video that uses higher bandwidths on visitors data

You can also look at Vimeo for this matter, in many pro videos of brands I have seen Wistia, you can take a look on that as well if your required videos are low (wistia offers 3 embeds in free plan so)
 

MrSam_1

Well-known member
Administrative
Trusted Seller
Dec 1, 2018
23,615
26,958
120
Hello all, I am running an ecom store which products contains many videos and that are loaded by visitors in a handsome quantity. I am looking for best and budgetive option to host all that videos as I can't add them on my server (it will consume heavy resources and slower site speed). I know aws s3 and have tried that but their prices seems to be so high for data transfer(bandwidth requests), do anyone have a best solution for this? You tube is obviously not in the list to go.

Thanks in advance
You could always go with a cheap dedicated server from a host like Hetzner and use that as a cost-effective means to serve the video files.

What @netluxe said: get a dedicated server from hetzner (you can get one with 6Tb space with as low as 30/month with unlimited bandwidth) and host your dedicated streaming server with nginx+rtmp+hls with bandwidth control depending on connection.
 

myworld91575

New member
Jun 20, 2020
23
4
3
I was about to say youtube as no one was saying it. YouTube can suit your requirements as you already know about hiding controls etc., But why turn on autoplay, as many sites are using it I saw some users complaining about autoplaying video that uses higher bandwidths on visitors data

You can also look at Vimeo for this matter, in many pro videos of brands I have seen Wistia, you can take a look on that as well if your required videos are low (wistia offers 3 embeds in free plan so)

We have quantity of videos and that all are product videos. We are offering those videos on all products to make user experience better. We sell high ticket goods so it's necessary to use as many as possible videos. When a visitor opens any catagory of products, they should find all videos on each product areas. I know that will use massive bandwidth and that's why I am looking for a solution in YouTube. However, I am stuck now as remove YouTube branding and autoplay is not becoming possible even after trying all perameters in iframe.
 

myworld91575

New member
Jun 20, 2020
23
4
3
What @netluxe said: get a dedicated server from hetzner (you can get one with 6Tb space with as low as 30/month with unlimited bandwidth) and host your dedicated streaming server with nginx+rtmp+hls with bandwidth control depending on connection.

Do they provides cpanel included on that price?
 

MrSam_1

Well-known member
Administrative
Trusted Seller
Dec 1, 2018
23,615
26,958
120
No, but you get a 16Gb/32Gb RAM and 6Tb HDD bare server. You have to install everything for scratch. Cpanel is optional as a separate service for a fee.
 

Elferan

Active member
Jul 24, 2020
168
113
43
We have quantity of videos and that all are product videos. ... I am stuck now as remove YouTube branding and autoplay is not becoming possible even after trying all perameters in iframe.
In that case, as others suggested, a dedicated server with unlimited bandwidth will do you good, as you can customize that into however you want.

But I'm not sure why you would need YouTube's branding removed you can reach an even wider audience when leaving your videos public and use it as a marketing channel than listing it privately and embedding on your site. Of course, your audience might differ but I would use YouTube if I owned an ecom store.

Also, there is a third option here, SaaS CMS providers like Wix, Weebly for example provide Unlimited video + bandwidth with their solutions, you can upload it as a site content to Wix, then get their embed code and embed it on your site. This way, you get a semi-customizable player, like 70% customizable minus the hassle of servers. Plus, you can put up content here and make a new marketing channel such as a blog which you'll need anyway. I'm their partner so just saying, I can get their unlimited video plan for lower prices, if your content goes really well with their terms I can try getting it for like $5/m for unlimited videos and bandwidth. If interested let know!

Best wishes for your ecom project 😊🥳👋
 
  • Like
Reactions: myworld91575

rljao

Member
Feb 17, 2020
54
3
8
Thanks forr the suggestion. I've checked documentation, looks promising. I'll let you know nce i use it.

Thanks again
This may sound dumb but how can I incorporate this within a WordPress site?Can you provide some general guide? I am not so good as using scripts
 

About us

  • Our community has been around for many years and pride ourselves on offering unbiased, critical discussion among people of all different backgrounds. We are working every day to make sure our community is one of the best.

Quick Navigation

User Menu