# Spotlightr review (2026): is it worth $13 a month, billed yearly? > Encrypted video hosting with a course module for creators Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Courses & Communities - **Made by:** Zimmplify LLC - **Website:** https://spotlightr.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a free plan, as there is only a 14-day trial. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## 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). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial, no credit card needed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Light | $13 per 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 | $21 per month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly) | Unlimited videos, 600 GB bandwidth, 200 GB storage, 100 AI minutes, course and gallery modules. | | Premium | $55 per month, billed annually ($65 billed monthly) | 2,000 GB bandwidth, 600 GB storage, in-video quizzes, GeoControl and 5 team accounts. | | Scale | $163 per month, billed annually ($195 billed monthly) | 6,000 GB bandwidth, 2,000 GB storage, 600 AI minutes and 20 team accounts. | Read from https://spotlightr.com/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Spotlightr before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Annual billing saves 15% to 18%** (Annual discount): Yearly billing is cheaper than monthly on every plan; the page says annual billing saves over 15%, and over 18% on Premium. Source: https://spotlightr.com/pricing/ ## 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. ## Good for - Course creators who want protected video on their own site - Marketers gating or tracking videos with email and CRM tags - Course sites on WordPress, LearnDash, Kajabi or Thinkific ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: B.** Light is $13 a month billed yearly ($15 monthly), inside the cheapest quarter ($20) but above $12. Plus is $21. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 14-day trial with no card. There is no free plan. - **Features: C.** Video hosting with HLS encryption, analytics, subtitles and in-video engagement tools. It does that smaller job fully, and the course module needs Plus. - **Ease of use: C.** A web app where you upload and set up video, with no store rating on record. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with WordPress, LearnDash, Stripe, Kajabi and Thinkific on the list. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among course and community platforms - 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/courses-communities ## Keep it, 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. - You could make: Online courses, reports and popups: an app builder makes these well. - You could make: It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too. - You could not: It plugs into other products, WordPress, LearnDash and Stripe among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with WordPress, LearnDash, Stripe, Kajabi, Thinkific **Tags:** Online courses, Reports, Public API, Popups ## Alternatives - [Kinescope](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kinescope): Video hosting with DRM and live streaming for courses and teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kinescope-vs-spotlightr) - [Thinkific](https://toolgpa.com/tools/thinkific): Course, community and membership platform for experts and academies. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/spotlightr-vs-thinkific) - [LearnWorlds](https://toolgpa.com/tools/learnworlds): Online academy builder for course creators and training teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/learnworlds-vs-spotlightr) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://spotlightr.com/pricing/ - https://spotlightr.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/spotlightr Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).