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Flowplayer
What Flowplayer is
Flowplayer is an online video player and hosting platform for on-demand, live, and simulated-live video. Its service encodes and stores uploaded assets, then delivers adaptive-bitrate streams globally, with profiles up to 1440p (4K). Live tools cover scheduled broadcasts, continuous 24/7 channels, and simulated-live playlists. Flowplayer Native is an HTML5 player with an extensible architecture, accessibility, events, casting, and analytics plugins. Developers can use its HTML5 API, platform APIs, and Android and iOS SDKs, or self-host the Native player separately from the full platform. Monetization includes client-side and server-side ad insertion, advertising pods, header bidding, DRM encryption, qualified-user limits, and paywalls. Analytics report engagement, popularity, and advertising metrics, with support for existing analytics stacks. Integrations include Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager, comScore, WordPress, Drupal, and EZDRM. The free plan is available; the Video Platform Growth Plan costs $99 as a one-time purchase and includes 100 GB storage.
Who it suits
Flowplayer suits publishers, broadcasters, and developers delivering video through web, mobile, or self-hosted players. It also fits teams needing advertising, paywalls, DRM, and video analytics.
What it does well
- Adaptive streaming up to 1440p (4K)
- Scheduled, 24/7, and simulated-live streams
- HTML5 API with Android and iOS SDKs
- Advertising, DRM, and paywall options
- Free plan and 14-day trial
What to know first
- Growth Plan storage is limited to 100 GB
- Enterprise and Player Only prices are unlisted
- Many usage elements are billed separately
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Video Platform Growth Plan | one-time purchase · 10+10 ingest hours (VOD+live) · 320 viewing hours · 100 GB Storage (no high watermark) | $99, paid once |
| Video Platform Enterprise | Enterprise Plans · Built for your needs · Annual plans available · Discounted rates on hours and storage · 24×7 and real-time streaming at scale available | On request |
| Player Only Plan | Custom Pricing; Contact for pricing · Web/HTML5, iOS SDK, Android SDK · All usage billed separately | On request |
As flowplayer.com lists them, read 4 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Flowplayer combines hosting, delivery, live programming, player APIs, monetization, and analytics in one video platform. Its self-hosted player and free plan provide entry points, while larger deployments use custom or enterprise plans.
Facts from Flowplayer's own pages
- Analytics
- Flowplayer offers engagement, popularity, and advertising metrics and says customers can use its analytics or integrate their existing analytics stack. · flowplayer.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Company history
- Flowplayer says its first version was released as an open-source project in 2004. · flowplayer.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Developer tools
- The player has an HTML5 API and the platform provides APIs; the player page also lists Android and iOS SDK support. · flowplayer.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2004 · flowplayer.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Flowplayer lists its Stockholm address as Sveavägen 34, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden. · flowplayer.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Hosting and delivery
- The platform encodes and stores uploaded video assets and supports adaptive-bitrate streaming and global delivery. · flowplayer.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed integrations include Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager, comScore, WordPress, Drupal, and EZDRM. · flowplayer.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Live streaming
- The platform supports live streams, scheduled streams, 24/7 streams, and simulated-live playlists. · flowplayer.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Monetization
- Advertising features include client-side and server-side ad insertion, advertising pods, header bidding, and advertising analytics. · flowplayer.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Player
- Flowplayer Native is an HTML5 video player with an open, extensible architecture and plugins for accessibility, events, casting, and analytics. · flowplayer.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- Flowplayer offers an online video player and platform for hosting and delivering on-demand, live, and simulated-live video. · flowplayer.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Protection
- The platform lists DRM encryption, qualified user limiting, and paywall integrations among its protection and monetization capabilities. · flowplayer.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- Flowplayer Native can be self-hosted as a standalone player or used with the full platform. · flowplayer.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- The pricing page lists a self-service knowledge base, email support, dedicated SLA and support plans, and a customer success manager among support options. · flowplayer.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Trial
- The platform page invites visitors to contact Flowplayer to begin an enterprise trial, but does not state its duration. · flowplayer.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Video quality
- The player supports adaptive-bitrate streaming profiles up to 1440p (4K). · flowplayer.com, 4 Oct 2026
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