Kinescope review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Video hosting with DRM and live streaming for courses and teams
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Kinescope report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for hosting course videos with DRM
Kinescope is video hosting with a branded player, DRM, live streaming and an API, with a free plan and paid plans from €10 a month plus usage. The free plan has 100 minutes and no DRM.
Who Kinescope is for
- Fits if you sell video courses and want DRM on the video
- Works for teams embedding video in WordPress or Moodle
Who Kinescope is not for
- Tight if you stay free, as it stops at 100 minutes and has no DRM
- Watch out: paid cost is usage-based, with processing from €0.01 per minute at upload
- Watch out: prices are in euros
- Watch out: SSO, an SLA and dedicated support are Mega only, which is custom-priced
Why Kinescope gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneySuper starts at €10 a month, plus usage from €0.03 per GB of traffic and per GB stored. It is a video host, so we weigh it on its own.
- CFree plan and trialThe free plan has 100 minutes of stored video, 200 GB of monthly traffic and 2 members, with no DRM.
- CFeaturesVideo hosting with a branded player, DRM, live streaming, analytics and an API. It does that smaller job fully and is not a course platform.
- CEase of useA web app where you upload and embed video, with no store rating on record.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with WordPress, Moodle, Open edX, Zoom, YouTube and Vimeo on the list, plus an API.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Kinescope's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/kinescope#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/kinescope.svg" alt="Kinescope: 2.4 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Kinescope stands among course and community platforms
Kinescope's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 66 of the 98 other course and community platforms we grade, and level with 16.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 79 of 98) and worst on features (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at about $11.17 a month, against a middle price of $36 for the category: 3 of the 65 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 99 course and community platforms we grade, cut by the letter each got. Kinescope’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 79 of 98, level with 14
- CFree plan and trialAbove 34 of 98, level with 36
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 98, level with 54
- CEase of useAbove 23 of 98, level with 72
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 25 of 98, level with 72
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 78 course and community platforms. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Kinescope, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Kinescope you would be making live video to hundreds of people at once. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.4 is higher than 66 of the 98 other course and community platforms we grade. It costs $134.06 a year.
What you could not
- Live video to hundreds of people at once.
- One live stream sent to several platforms at once.
- It plugs into other products, WordPress, Moodle and Open edX among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Kinescope’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Kinescope?
Kinescope is a video hosting platform that stores and delivers video through its own player, with encryption, DRM, analytics and live streaming. It is aimed at online courses, corporate training, webinars and developers who need a video API. Pricing is based on the storage, delivery and processing a team uses rather than on seats.
Worth knowing
- Prices are shown in euros, and the paid cost is usage-based: from €0.03 per GB of traffic and €0.03 per GB stored.
- The Free plan has no DRM and is limited to 100 minutes of video.
- Video processing is billed once at upload, from €0.01 per minute of video.
- SSO, an SLA and dedicated support are limited to the custom Mega plan.
Key features
- Ad-free branded player
- An embeddable player without ads or third-party branding, with open-source SDKs for web, React, Vue, Angular, Flutter, iOS, Android and React Native.
- DRM and content protection
- Widevine and FairPlay DRM on paid plans, plus encryption, domain restrictions, signed links and watermarks to limit copying and sharing.
- Live streaming
- Live streams to a branded player with restreaming to other destinations. The Free plan caps streams at 20 minutes and 20 attendees.
- Analytics
- Viewing statistics including retention, engagement and audience device and location, shown in the dashboard and available through the API.
- LMS and CMS plugins
- Integrations listed for WordPress, Moodle and Open edX, plus Vimeo and YouTube import and Zoom live streams and recordings.
- Video API
- A REST API for upload, transcoding, playback security, live streams, webhooks and analytics, with an MCP server in public beta.
Kinescope pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Kinescope has a free plan, and paid plans start at €10 per month, plus pay-as-you-go usage.
- Starts at
- €10 per month, plus pay-as-you-go usage
- Free plan
- 100 minutes of stored video, 200 GB of monthly traffic, 2 workspace members and 2 restreaming destinations. No DRM.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | €0 | 100 minutes of video, 200 GB monthly traffic, 20-minute HD live streams for 20 attendees, 2 workspace members. |
| Super | €10per month and up, plus usage | Unlimited storage, members and restreaming, DRM and 4K. Final cost depends on usage billed per GB and per minute. |
| Mega | Custom | Adds SSO, dedicated support, an SLA, multi-CDN and S3-compatible storage. Sold through sales. |
Read from kinescope.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Kinescope before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Kinescope have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Kinescope is listed for Web.
Does Kinescope have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Kinescope is listed for Web.
Is Kinescope open source?
Kinescope is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Kinescope have an API?
Yes. Kinescope offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.