FFmpeg API Pricing: What Video Processing Actually Costs (2026)

Originally published at ffmpeg-micro.com You've decided to use a video processing API instead of self-hosting FFmpeg. Good call. But now you're staring at five different pricing pages, and every service bills differently. Some charge per minute of video processed. Others use a credit system where you need a spreadsheet to figure out how many credits a single transcode actually burns. And a few bundle encoding, storage, and delivery into separate line items that look cheap until your usage grows.