Spotlightr review (2026): is it worth $13 a month, billed yearly?
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Spotlightr report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for protected video for course sellers
Spotlightr is video hosting with HLS encryption, a course module and in-video tools, from $13 a month billed yearly. Light allows 25 videos, and the course module starts on Plus.
Who Spotlightr is for
- Fits if you sell courses and want encrypted video
- Works for LearnDash or WordPress course sites
Who Spotlightr is not for
- Skip it if you want a free plan, as there is only a 14-day trial
- Tight on Light: 25 videos and no AI transcription minutes
- Watch out: the course module, gallery module and student reporting start on Plus, in-video quizzes on Premium
- Watch out: overage is $0.05 per GB of bandwidth and $0.03 per GB of storage
Why Spotlightr 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 moneyLight is $13 a month billed yearly ($15 monthly), inside the cheapest quarter ($20) but above $12. Plus is $21.
- CFree plan and trialA 14-day trial with no card. There is no free plan.
- CFeaturesVideo hosting with HLS encryption, analytics, subtitles and in-video engagement tools. It does that smaller job fully, and the course module needs Plus.
- CEase of useA web app where you upload and set up video, with no store rating on record.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with WordPress, LearnDash, Stripe, Kajabi and Thinkific on the list.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Zimmplify LLC'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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Spotlightr'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 $13 a month, against a middle price of $36 for the category: 7 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. Spotlightr’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 Spotlightr, or make your own?
Your call
You could make the core of Spotlightr for yourself: online courses, reports and popups.
What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $156 a year.
What you could make
- Online courses, reports and popups: an app builder makes these well.
- It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too.
What you could not
- It plugs into other products, WordPress, LearnDash and Stripe among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Spotlightr’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 Spotlightr?
Spotlightr is a video hosting service with a brandable player, HLS encryption against downloads, viewer analytics and in-video calls to action. Higher plans add a course module and a gallery module that can sit behind an email gate, access codes or Stripe payments. It is sold on monthly plans sized by bandwidth and storage.
Worth knowing
- Overage is billed at $0.05 per GB of bandwidth and $0.03 per GB of extra storage.
- The Light plan allows 25 videos and includes no AI transcription minutes; extra minutes cost $0.10 each.
- The course module, gallery module, student reporting and email gating start on the Plus plan.
- In-video quizzes, GeoControl and team accounts start on Premium.
Key features
- HLS encryption
- Every uploaded video is encrypted, which the vendor says stops browser extensions from downloading it. Plans add password protection and dynamic IP watermarks.
- Course module
- On Plus and above, build video courses with open, opt-in, access-code or Stripe-paid access, with student profiles and progress reporting.
- Gallery module
- Netflix-style pages of videos with the same access options as courses, including paid access through a Stripe integration.
- In-video engagement tools
- Clickable calls to action, lead capture forms, hotspots and email gating, with quizzes and comments on the Premium plan.
- Analytics and tagging
- Viewer analytics with heatmaps, and on Premium, CRM tags and tracking codes that fire at set timestamps.
- Transcription and subtitles
- Transcribes video, adds subtitles and translates into over 100 languages, using monthly AI minutes that vary by plan.
Spotlightr pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Spotlightr is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $13 per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $13 per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial, no credit card needed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Light | $13per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly) | 25 videos, 200 GB bandwidth and 50 GB storage a month, with HLS encryption and a brandable player. |
| Plus | $21per month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly) | Unlimited videos, 600 GB bandwidth, 200 GB storage, 100 AI minutes, course and gallery modules. |
| Premium | $55per month, billed annually ($65 billed monthly) | 2,000 GB bandwidth, 600 GB storage, in-video quizzes, GeoControl and 5 team accounts. |
| Scale | $163per month, billed annually ($195 billed monthly) | 6,000 GB bandwidth, 2,000 GB storage, 600 AI minutes and 20 team accounts. |
Read from spotlightr.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Spotlightr before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountAnnual billing saves 15% to 18%
Yearly billing is cheaper than monthly on every plan; the page says annual billing saves over 15%, and over 18% on Premium.
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Spotlightr alternatives
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Free trial · from $24/mo
Common questions
Does Spotlightr have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Spotlightr is listed for Web.
Does Spotlightr have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Spotlightr is listed for Web.
Is Spotlightr open source?
Spotlightr is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Spotlightr have an API?
Yes. Spotlightr 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.