# Viloud review (2026): is it worth $29 a month, billed yearly? > Build 24/7 linear, on-demand and FAST TV channels Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Viloud lets content owners build online TV channels from uploaded videos or external links, schedule them as linear programming, and embed an HTML5 player on a website. Higher plans add live streaming over RTMP, M3U8 links and FAST channels. - **Category:** Webinars & Live Streaming - **Made by:** Viloud - **Website:** https://viloud.tv - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Watch out: overage fees apply past the stored and viewed minutes in each plan. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Viloud is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $29 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial of all features, no credit card. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Pro | $29 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly) | 5 channels, 200 video links, 1,000 minutes stored, 10k minutes viewed a month. | | Business | $79 per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly) | Unlimited channels, live streaming, 3,000 minutes stored, 40k viewed. | | Premium | $199 per month, billed annually ($249 billed monthly) | M3U8 for linear channels, 5 team members, 10,000 minutes stored, 120k viewed. | | Custom | Custom | Volume discount, extra FAST channels, SSAI, migrations and enterprise support. | Read from https://viloud.tv/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Viloud before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Annual billing saves up to 20%** (Annual discount): The pricing page toggles between monthly and annual billing and says annual saves up to 20%. Source: https://viloud.tv/pricing/ ## Key features - **Linear channels:** Create 24/7 channels with a daily or weekly scheduler so all viewers see the same content at once. - **On-demand channels:** Viewers can move between videos in a playlist with player controls. - **Embeddable player:** Responsive HTML5 player with adaptive bitrate, branding options and embed restrictions on higher plans. - **Live streaming:** Broadcast with an RTMP encoder and record for later; listed on Business and above, up to 1080p. - **FAST and ads:** FAST channels, SCTE-35 markers with an EPG are add-ons; VAST ad tags are listed in the comparison. ## Good for - Media brands launching a branded online TV channel - Churches and publishers scheduling looping programming - Teams delivering M3U8 links to apps and OTT platforms ## Worth knowing - Overage fees apply beyond the stored and viewed minutes in each plan, with the per-minute rate falling on higher plans. - M3U8 links for linear channels need Premium; they are an optional add-on on Business. - The rendered page showed numbers without a currency symbol; confirm the currency before buying. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Viloud builds 24/7 linear, on-demand and FAST channels from your videos. Pro is $29 a month, usage is capped in minutes stored and viewed, and overage fees apply beyond that. - **Value for money: C.** $29 a month billed annually for 5 channels, between the $20.80 and $45 marks. Premium is $199. - **Free plan and trial: C.** 14-day free trial of all features with no card. - **Features: C.** Linear, on-demand and FAST channels, embeddable player and live streaming. Live streaming starts on Business, and it is not a webinar tool. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You build channels and playlists. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with a single Vimeo link and no apps listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Viloud's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among webinar and live streaming tools - Viloud's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 26 of the 60 other webinar and live streaming tools we grade, and level with 6. - Its paid plans start at $29 a month, against a middle price of $47 for the category: 14 of the 45 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 10 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/webinars ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of Viloud you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 1 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $348 a year. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Vimeo 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 Vimeo **Tags:** Public API, Reports ## Alternatives - [Castr](https://toolgpa.com/tools/castr): Multistreaming, video hosting and 24/7 playout in one service. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/castr-vs-viloud) - [Dacast](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dacast): Live streaming and video hosting with bandwidth-based plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dacast-vs-viloud) - [Wowza](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wowza): Streaming server software you run yourself, plus a cloud platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/viloud-vs-wowza) - [BoxCast](https://toolgpa.com/tools/boxcast): Live streaming platform with encoders, captions and OTT apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/boxcast-vs-viloud) - [Livepush](https://toolgpa.com/tools/livepush): Multistreaming, scheduled video streams and HLS hosting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/livepush-vs-viloud) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://viloud.tv/pricing/ - https://viloud.tv - https://viloud.tv/features/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/viloud Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).