Dacast vs Mux Video

Dacast9.2Visit Mux Video8.7Visit

Higher score Dacast #3 in Video Hosting Platforms 9.2/10 14-day trial Free trial✓ 2 of 2 features Visit Dacast

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Mux Video #8 in Video Hosting Platforms 8.7/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 2 of 2 features Visit Mux Video

• Dacast fits best

  Paid OTT and live-streaming businesses

• Mux Video fits best

  Developer-led video infrastructure

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Side by side

Feature	Dacast 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Mux Video 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.7
Ranking	#3 in Video Hosting Platforms	#8 in Video Hosting Platforms
Best for	Paid OTT and live-streaming businesses	Developer-led video infrastructure
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$29/mo	$20/mo (best)
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	14 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Mobile	Cloud, Mobile
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android	Web, iOS, Android
Support	Email, Live chat, Phone, Docs · 24/7	Live chat, Tickets, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	GDPR	ISO 27001
Integrations	10 integrations	14 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Dacast 2/2 · Mux Video 2/2
Custom video player	✓	✓
Video analytics	✓	✓
Specs
Storage included	500 GB	Not checked yet
Bandwidth included	2400 GB	Not checked yet
Privacy controls	Advanced	Advanced
Monetization options	Ads-and-paywall	None
Max upload size	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Live and VOD hosting with branded OTT galleries Paywalls, subscriptions, pay-per-view, and advertising Advanced security controls, analytics, APIs, and integrations	Supports uploads, encoding, playback delivery, live streaming, and DRM Works with web, iOS, Android, APIs, SDKs, and major developer frameworks Includes analytics, transformations, captions, and AI video workflows
Cons	No free plan Entry pricing requires annual billing Paid tiers vary considerably in storage and bandwidth	The Free plan supports on-demand videos only Free storage is limited to 10 videos Usage-based billing requires monitoring delivery and storage consumption
Our verdict	Dacast is an online video platform for businesses, event producers, media organizations, educators, governments, and professional broadcasters. It combines live streaming, video-on-demand hosting, branded OTT galleries, embeddable HTML5… Read the review →	Mux Video is an API-first video infrastructure platform for development teams building live and on-demand video into websites, applications, and services. It covers video upload, direct uploads, encoding, storage, playback delivery, live… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Dacast — where it wins

  • Live and VOD hosting with branded OTT galleries
  • Paywalls, subscriptions, pay-per-view, and advertising
  • Advanced security controls, analytics, APIs, and integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan
  • Entry pricing requires annual billing
  • Paid tiers vary considerably in storage and bandwidth

• Mux Video — where it wins

  • Supports uploads, encoding, playback delivery, live streaming, and DRM
  • Works with web, iOS, Android, APIs, SDKs, and major developer frameworks
  • Includes analytics, transformations, captions, and AI video workflows

  Where it doesn't

  • The Free plan supports on-demand videos only
  • Free storage is limited to 10 videos
  • Usage-based billing requires monitoring delivery and storage consumption

• Dacast9.2/10 · 14-day trial

  A paid video platform for businesses that need live, on-demand, OTT, and monetization tools.

  Visit DacastFull verdict →
• Mux Video8.7/10 · Free plan

  Developer-focused video infrastructure with broad APIs, playback, live streaming, and analytics.

  Visit Mux VideoFull verdict →