European Alternatives to Wistia
Looking for a European alternative to Wistia? Wistia, Inc. is a Cambridge, Massachusetts company whose terms are governed by Massachusetts law with the courts of Middlesex County, and whose privacy policy says it stores and processes all personal information it collects in the United States.
Eleven European tools cover the job: video marketing platforms with lead capture, small-business video hosts with published prices, developer-first video infrastructure, enterprise video platforms and a webinar tool, from companies in Denmark, France, Sweden, Slovenia, Germany and the Netherlands.
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11 European Alternatives to Wistia
TwentyThree
Copenhagen video marketing platform with lead-capture forms, webinars and EU hosting
Videas
French pay-as-you-go video platform with €5 of free credit a month and 1 TB of free bandwidth
Streamio
Swedish video hosting and live streaming with servers in Sweden and a Premium tier for marketers
Vidzflow
Slovenian video hosting with forms, CTA buttons and analytics, and a free-forever plan
Bunny Stream
Pay-per-use video hosting with free encoding, a built-in player and a 14-day free trial
api.video
Video API with free encoding, a player SDK and analytics, run by OVHcloud in France
Qbrick
Stockholm enterprise video platform with branded players and a Starter plan at €83 a month
Livestorm
French webinar platform with on-demand replays, for the webinar half of what Wistia sells
movingimage
Berlin enterprise video platform with ISO 27001-certified EU data centres, quoted on request
PeerTube
Free open-source video platform from Framasoft that you host yourself
Blue Billywig
Dutch online video platform from Hilversum with tailored pricing for businesses
Key takeaways
- Wistia, Inc. is a Massachusetts company: Massachusetts law, Middlesex County courts, and storage of personal information in the United States.
- TwentyThree (Copenhagen) is the closest in purpose: video hosting, lead-capture forms, webinars, and a contract under Danish law with courts in Copenhagen. It is priced for companies, with its Video Marketing Platform listed at €499 a month inside a €2,499 bundle.
- Videas (France) and Streamio (Sweden) are the cheapest to start. Videas gives €5 of free credit a month and 1 TB of free bandwidth, and Streamio starts at €69 a month with servers in Sweden.
- Vidzflow (Slovenia) has a free-forever plan with forms, CTA buttons and analytics, but we could not find its terms.
- Bunny Stream and api.video are infrastructure with a player: you pay for storage and delivery, not seats.
- Qbrick, movingimage and Blue Billywig are enterprise platforms, Livestorm covers webinars, and PeerTube is a free, open-source platform you host yourself.
Why people leave Wistia
Wistia is business video hosting for marketing teams. You upload a video, get a branded, ad-free player with calls to action and forms, and see who watched what. The pricing page lists a Free plan, Business, Business with Signals (lead and engagement data piped into marketing tools) and an Enterprise tier, with a virtual recording studio, transcript-based editing and AI clips included.
It is sold by Wistia, Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The terms are governed by the laws of Massachusetts, and the sole venue is the state or federal courts in Middlesex County. Its privacy policy states that it stores and processes all the personal information it collects in the United States, and that it transfers personal data from the EEA, the UK and Switzerland under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and, where appropriate, standard contractual clauses.
On the pricing page we were served, Business is $79 a month on annual billing and Business with Signals is $329. Eleven European tools cover this job, from a Copenhagen video marketing suite to pay-as-you-go hosts and one webinar tool. They differ a lot in who they are for, so the order of the list matters less than the first question: do you need lead capture, or only reliable hosting and a player?
- Your viewers' data is processed in the United States Wistia says it stores and processes all personal information it collects in the United States. Video analytics are personal data when they identify viewers, and every lead form you attach to a video collects names and email addresses. The European tools below name EU hosting on their own pages: TwentyThree, Videas, Streamio (Sweden), movingimage and Livestorm (at Amazon Web Services in Ireland).
- The contract is Massachusetts law with Massachusetts courts The terms choose Massachusetts law and the courts of Middlesex County as the only venue. The data processing agreement is an add-on that applies when your order form says so. Several European suppliers state their own law: TwentyThree in Denmark, api.video and Livestorm in France.
- The ladder from free to marketing automation is steep Wistia's Free plan has one user and 25 GB. Business at $79 a month removes the branding and adds CTAs and forms, and the lead-capture automation sits in a plan priced at $329. Pay-as-you-go hosts such as Videas, Bunny Stream and api.video charge for storage and bandwidth you use, which can be far cheaper for a library that is watched little.
- You can pick the shape: suite, host or infrastructure A marketing suite (TwentyThree, Vidzflow) sells you the player, the forms and the reports. A host (Videas, Streamio, Bunny Stream) sells storage, delivery and a player. Infrastructure (api.video) sells you an API to build your own. Enterprise platforms (Qbrick, movingimage, Blue Billywig) are priced for large organisations and are closer to Wistia Enterprise than to its Free and Business plans.
What you have to replace, not just match
List what your Wistia account does today: how many videos, how many viewers, which embed locations, which forms or CTAs, and which tools receive the lead data. If you only host and embed, a host such as Videas, Streamio or Bunny Stream is enough. If forms feed your CRM or marketing automation, check the integrations of TwentyThree or Vidzflow before you start.
Download your source files from Wistia, keep the original names, and re-upload them to the new platform. Replace embeds one page at a time, check that the player loads at the speed you expect, and keep the old account until traffic on the new embeds is stable. If you used Wistia's email-capture forms, test the full path from form to CRM before you switch.
The alternatives compared
| Position | Tool | Headquarters | Pricing | Jurisdiction |
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| #2 | Videas | Frelinghien, France | eu-eea | |
| #5 | Bunny Stream | Ljubljana, Slovenia | From about €1 per 1,000 minutes | EU (Slovenia) |
| #6 | api.video | Bordeaux, France | Free tier / from about €49/month | EU (France) |
| #7 | Qbrick | Stockholm, Sweden | Starter €83/month (solo, 250GB); Plus and Enterprise quoted on request | EU (Sweden) |
| #8 | Livestorm | Paris, France | Free plan / from about €79/month (Pro) | EU (France) |
| #9 | movingimage | Berlin, Germany | Enterprise pricing on request | EU (Germany) |
| #10 | PeerTube | Lyon, France | Free and open source, self-hosted | Wherever you host it |
How each alternative compares to Wistia
TwentyThree
a video marketing suite from Copenhagen with lead capture and webinars
Best for: Marketing teams that use video to capture leads and want a European supplier with Danish law
TwentyThree is provided by TwentyThree ApS, Sortedam Dossering 7E, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark. The Terms of Service we read (the version covering TwentyThree Personal) are governed by the laws of Denmark, with the courts in Copenhagen having exclusive jurisdiction. Separate enterprise terms exist and we did not read them. The site says customer data is hosted within the EU and that the company is bootstrapped and owned by its Danish founders, which is its own statement.
It sells a Video Marketing Platform with its own player, Collectors that add lead-capture forms to videos, a Video Section with a landing page for each video, webinars, a personal video tool and a video library. It lists HubSpot and Marketo integrations and has a trial option on its site.
The pricing page lists a Growth bundle at €2,499 a month per workspace (the Video Marketing Platform alone is listed at €499 inside it) and an Enterprise bundle at €7,500. It is priced for companies, not individuals.
What TwentyThree does better than Wistia
- Danish company with Danish law and courts in Copenhagen, where Wistia uses Massachusetts law
- Lead-capture forms inside videos, a Video Section and webinars in one suite
- Says it hosts customer data in the EU and uses European suppliers
- HubSpot and Marketo integrations are featured on its site
Where TwentyThree is a step down from Wistia
- No Free plan and no price in the range of Wistia Business at $79
- The cheapest listed component is €499 a month, inside a bundle
- Enterprise terms were not read
- Overkill if you only need hosting and an embed
Standout against Wistia. A European video marketing platform that does what Wistia sells to marketers, at a price for companies.
- Which law reaches it. eu-eea. Wistia is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
Best for: Small teams and creators who want to pay only for the video they store and the viewing they get
Videas is provided by VIDEAS SAS, 4702 chemin de l'Aventure, 59236 Frelinghien, France, registered at Lille under number 834 356 677. Its legal notice says the platform is hosted by VIDEAS SAS on servers located within the European Union, and names OVH in Roubaix for off-site backups.
It is built from nine modules: media management, hosting, a customizable player, AI subtitles and translation, automatic subtitling, analytics, live broadcasting with chat, channels and pages. Pricing is pay as you go, with €5 of free credit at signup and another €5 every month (not cumulative), storage at €0.20 per hour of video, 1 TB of bandwidth free each month and subtitles at €0.10 per minute, excluding VAT.
Playback pauses if prepaid credit reaches zero and no top-up is set, so turn on low-balance alerts.
What Videas does better than Wistia
- A free monthly credit and 1 TB of bandwidth, where Wistia Free caps storage at 25 GB and one user
- French company with servers in the EU, according to its legal notice
- You pay for what you use, with no seats or tiers
- Subtitles, live and channels in the same account
Where Videas is a step down from Wistia
- No lead-capture forms are mentioned on the pages we read
- Governing law of its terms was not confirmed
- Prepaid credit model: playback pauses at zero balance without a top-up
- Its integrations were not checked for this page
Standout against Wistia. The only one here that gives a fresh €5 of credit every month and 1 TB of free bandwidth.
Streamio
Swedish video hosting with a tier aimed at marketers
Best for: Organisations that want video, live and podcasts hosted in Sweden at a published price
Streamio is a product of Rackfish AB, organisation number 556614-3243, Uppsala Slott, 752 37 Uppsala, Sweden. Its about page says it runs its own servers in data centres in Uppsala and Stockholm, and its site claims ISO 27001 and WCAG 2.1 AA compliance, which are its own statements.
It handles video on demand, live streaming, podcasts and audio, video channels, an API and automatic subtitles. Its packages are Standard at €69 a month (250 GB storage and traffic, unlimited users, your own logo in the player), Premium at €129 for marketing professionals (500 GB, with a VAST ads option), Enterprise at €249 and Pro at €599, at its cheapest billing option. Monthly billing is more expensive, and overage traffic is charged per GB.
A test account is offered, and the site has a Try for free option.
What Streamio does better than Wistia
- Servers in Sweden, run by the company itself
- Unlimited users from the Standard plan, where Wistia Business covers 3+ users
- Live streaming and podcasts in the same product
- Plans and overage prices published on one page
Where Streamio is a step down from Wistia
- No Free plan, and the cheapest paid plan is €69 a month
- Lead forms are not mentioned on the pages we read
- Governing law of its terms was not checked
- Extra traffic costs €1 per GB on the lower tiers
Standout against Wistia. A Swedish host that runs its own servers and prices a tier for marketing professionals.
Vidzflow
a free-forever plan with forms and CTAs, from Slovenia
Best for: Small sites, especially Webflow sites, that want branded video hosting with forms
Vidzflow's privacy policy (dated 30 January 2024) names its operator as WOICE, razvoj digitalnih produktov, svetovanje in prodaja, d.o.o., Ulica škofa Maksimilijana Držečnika 6, 2000 Maribor, a company established under Slovenian law. Its about page says the office is in Maribor, Slovenia. We could not find its terms of service, so the governing law and venue are unknown.
Its site lists video hosting up to 4K, a customizable player, forms inside videos, CTA buttons, video workspaces, analytics and a Webflow app. The pricing page lists Free forever (up to 100 MB and 5 minutes per video, 10 videos, 720p, Vidzflow branding), Lite at $12 a month, Starter at $19 and Business at $39, in dollars.
It has comparison pages against Wistia, Vimeo and YouTube, so the vendor targets this exact switch.
What Vidzflow does better than Wistia
- Slovenian company, where Wistia is a Massachusetts company
- A free-forever plan with forms, CTAs and analytics
- Paid plans from $12 a month, below Wistia Business at $79
- A Webflow app for embedding
Where Vidzflow is a step down from Wistia
- Terms of service could not be found, so governing law is unknown
- Prices are in dollars, not euros
- The free plan caps videos at 100 MB and 5 minutes, with branding
- Built around Webflow first, so check the fit if you use another site builder
Standout against Wistia. Forms and CTA buttons on a free plan, from a European company.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Slovenia). Wistia is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. EU, delivered from a global CDN.
- Source code. Closed source, as Wistia is.
Best for: Developers and technical marketers who want fast delivery at low cost
Bunny Stream is part of bunny.net, operated by BunnyWay d.o.o., Dunajska cesta 165, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. We could not find a governing-law clause in its terms of service, so that detail is unknown.
Its pricing page lists storage from $0.01 per GB, delivery from $0.005 per GB, free encoding, a free player, a $1 monthly minimum and no security fees. The product menu also lists Media Cage, Multi-DRM, Premium Encoding and Transcribe AI. The site offers a 14-day free trial.
It is infrastructure with a player, not a marketing suite: there are no lead forms or Wistia-style reports on the pages we read.
What Bunny Stream does better than Wistia
- Slovenian company, where Wistia is a Massachusetts company
- Free encoding and a free player, with prices per GB
- A $1 monthly minimum and a 14-day trial
- Multi-DRM and AI transcription listed in the product menu
Where Bunny Stream is a step down from Wistia
- No lead-capture forms or marketing reports on the pages we read
- Governing law not found in its terms
- Prices are in dollars
- More technical to set up than a Wistia embed
Standout against Wistia. The lowest price per gigabyte on this list, with encoding free of charge.
- Which law reaches it. EU (France). Wistia is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. EU.
- Source code. Closed source, as Wistia is.
- Independently checked. GDPR.
Best for: Teams building video into their own product or site who want an API instead of a dashboard
api.video's terms and legal notice name OVHcloud OCT1, a French simplified joint-stock company registered at Lille Métropole under number 939 045 431, with its registered office at 2 rue Kellermann, Roubaix. The agreement is governed by French law. The legal notice adds that the website is hosted by Vercel, Inc. in the United States.
Its pricing page lists free encoding for unlimited minutes, hosting from $0.00285 per minute stored and delivery from $0.0017 per minute delivered, in dollars. The sandbox is free but limited to 30-second, watermarked videos, and a custom domain costs €60 a month. It offers a player, live streaming and analytics through an API.
It is a platform for developers. Marketing teams without developers will not get a dashboard with forms and reports like Wistia's.
What api.video does better than Wistia
- French company under French law, where Wistia is under Massachusetts law
- Free encoding and pay-per-minute pricing with no seats
- A free sandbox for unlimited tests
- API, player SDK and analytics in one product
Where api.video is a step down from Wistia
- Built for developers, with no marketing forms or CTAs
- The sandbox limits videos to 30 seconds and adds a watermark
- Prices are in dollars, and custom domains cost extra
- Storage region was not checked
Standout against Wistia. A French-law video API with free encoding, run by an OVHcloud company.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Sweden). Wistia is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Sweden.
- Source code. Closed source, as Wistia is.
Best for: Organisations that need branded portals, analytics and interactive video for communication
Qbrick is provided by Qbrick AB (publ), Ynglingagatan 12, Stockholm, a Swedish company founded in 1999 whose shares are listed on NGM Growth Market, according to its investor page. It says it is a Swedish SaaS and AI company for video communication.
Its pricing page lists Starter at €83 a month (1 user, 250 GB, custom player branding, portals, video analytics), Plus for teams with unlimited users and interactive video at a price on request, and Enterprise with live streaming, polls and AI avatars on request. It says it is WCAG and GDPR compliant.
Qbrick describes more than 100 company customers in the Nordic countries. We did not verify the hosting location or governing law of its terms.
What Qbrick does better than Wistia
- Stock-exchange-listed Swedish company with a Stockholm address
- A published Starter price of €83 a month
- Branded portals and interactive video in the Plus plan
- Live streaming with polls and chat in the Enterprise plan
Where Qbrick is a step down from Wistia
- Starter is for one user, and higher plans are on request
- No lead-capture forms are mentioned
- Hosting location and governing law were not verified
- Describes itself as the secure streaming platform for enterprise communication, not for marketing
Standout against Wistia. A listed Swedish vendor that shows an entry price for a platform otherwise sold on request.
- Which law reaches it. EU (France). Wistia is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Europe (EU).
- Source code. Closed source, as Wistia is.
Best for: Marketing teams that run webinars and want to replay them on demand
Livestorm SAS is registered at the Trade Register of Paris under number 820 434 439, with the address 16 rue Cuvier, 69006 Lyon in its legal notice. Its general conditions of use are governed by French law, and its legal notice says storage is provided by Amazon Web Services in Ireland. A Video Hosting Region add-on lets you choose the EU or the USA for video servers.
It sells live webinars, on-demand webinars, automated webinars, virtual events and restreaming. Its pricing page works on attendee credits (a calculator showed €2.50 per attendee for 400 credits on Pro), with unlimited events, recordings and team members, and an Enterprise plan on request.
It does not host general marketing videos for your website, so it replaces only the webinar side of what Wistia sells.
What Livestorm does better than Wistia
- French company under French law, where Wistia is under Massachusetts law
- Webinars, replays and automation built for the job
- You pay for attendees rather than seats
- Region choice for video servers as an add-on
Where Livestorm is a step down from Wistia
- Not a general video host for your website
- Storage is at Amazon Web Services, a US company, in Ireland
- The credit price shown is a calculator result, not a fixed list price
- Only partly overlaps with Wistia
Standout against Wistia. A European answer to Wistia's webinar product, built entirely around webinars.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Germany). Wistia is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Germany.
- Source code. Closed source, as Wistia is.
- Independently checked. GDPR.
Best for: Large organisations that need secure internal and external video
movingimage is provided by movingimage EVP GmbH, Tempelhofer Ufer 1, 10961 Berlin, registered at the Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg under HRB 94436 B (VAT DE238462287). Its homepage says the software is developed in Germany and that its data centres in the EU are ISO 27001-certified, which is its own statement.
It lists OneComms Pro, LiveStream Pro, VideoManager Pro, CorporateTube, VideoCreator Pro and Virtual Events, and offers video creation for internal communications and for marketing teams. Prices are not published.
It is sold to enterprises, so compare it with Wistia Enterprise and not with the Free or Business plans.
What movingimage does better than Wistia
- German company with a commercial register entry in Berlin
- Enterprise video management with EU data centres, by its own account
- Live streaming and virtual events in the same family
- German-speaking support
Where movingimage is a step down from Wistia
- No published prices and no self-serve trial
- Built for enterprises, not small marketing teams
- No lead forms are mentioned on the pages we read
- Governing law of its customer terms was not checked
Standout against Wistia. An enterprise video platform from Berlin with EU-hosted data centres.
- Which law reaches it. Wherever you host it. Wistia is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Wherever you host it.
- Source code. Open source, where Wistia is not: you can read what it does rather than take the description on trust.
Best for: Organisations with a technical team that want full control and no fees
PeerTube is software developed by Framasoft, which describes itself as a French non-profit association founded in 2004. PeerTube is free and open source, and you install it on your own server. There is no commercial contract for the software itself, so the jurisdiction question is about where you host it.
It lets you run your own video platform, with statistics, independent of any company. It does not offer marketing forms, CTAs or the reporting that Wistia sells, and the hosting, bandwidth and updates are your job.
If you want PeerTube without running it, look for a hosting provider that offers it as a service, and check that provider's terms.
What PeerTube does better than Wistia
- Free, open-source software with no licence fee
- Full control over where the videos are stored
- No company between you and your viewers
- Developed by a French non-profit
Where PeerTube is a step down from Wistia
- No lead forms, CTAs or marketing reports
- You carry hosting, bandwidth, updates and support
- No vendor contract or support commitment for the software itself
- More technical than a Wistia embed
Standout against Wistia. The only truly free option here, and the only one with no vendor in the middle.
Blue Billywig
a Dutch online video platform with tailored pricing
Best for: Publishers and larger businesses that want a video platform with interactive and analytical features
Blue Billywig lists an office at Catharina van Renneslaan 20, 1217 CX Hilversum, and gives Chamber of Commerce number 76819620 in its privacy statement. It has a second office in Stockholm. We could not find the legal name of its contracting entity or its terms of service, so the governing law is unknown.
Its site describes an online video platform with content management, a video player, analytics, interactive video, monetization, live streaming and channels, with solutions for publishers, sports, retail, healthcare, finance and marketing. It says it is "built in Europe, hosted in Europe, governed by European law", which is its own statement.
Its pricing page says there are no fixed prices and that each solution is tailored to the client.
What Blue Billywig does better than Wistia
- Dutch company with a Chamber of Commerce number and an address in Hilversum
- Interactive video and analytics in one platform
- Says it is hosted in Europe, by its own account
- Solutions for several sectors, including marketing
Where Blue Billywig is a step down from Wistia
- No published prices
- Contracting entity name and terms could not be found
- Built for larger customers, not small marketing teams
- No self-serve trial on the pages we read
Standout against Wistia. A Dutch platform that puts European hosting and law at the centre of its pitch.
What actually breaks when you switch
Moving the files is easy, moving the setup is not. Wistia embeds, player colours, CTAs, forms and the viewer analytics history do not carry over, so budget time to re-embed every video and to recreate lead forms. Export your analytics before you cancel if you need the history.
Check what each plan does with branding and limits. Wistia Free shows its branding, Vidzflow Free caps videos at 100 MB and 5 minutes, and api.video's sandbox limits videos to 30 seconds with a watermark. Pay-as-you-go hosts add traffic costs that grow with your audience.
Check the currency and billing details. Bunny, api.video and Vidzflow list dollar prices, Streamio and Videas list euros, and several quote on request. Streamio lists higher monthly-billing prices than its cheapest option, and Videas stops playback when prepaid credit runs out.
Is there a European tool that works exactly like Wistia?
TwentyThree is the nearest in purpose. It describes itself as a video marketing platform with its own player, lead-capture forms inside videos, a Video Section for your site, webinars and integrations with HubSpot and Marketo. Vidzflow is the nearest at a small-business price, with forms, CTA buttons and analytics.
No European tool matches the whole Wistia package, such as its Free plan together with a virtual recording studio and AI clips. Decide which part of Wistia you actually use before you choose.
Which of these has a free plan or a free trial?
Vidzflow has a free-forever plan limited to 100 MB per video, 5 minutes and 10 videos. Videas gives €5 of credit at signup and €5 every month. api.video offers a sandbox with unlimited tests, with videos limited to 30 seconds and watermarked. Bunny has a 14-day free trial, TwentyThree and Livestorm have trial buttons, and PeerTube is free to install.
Streamio offers a test account. Qbrick, movingimage and Blue Billywig sell through demos.
Can I collect leads inside the video?
TwentyThree calls its feature Collectors and attaches lead-capture forms to videos. Vidzflow lists forms for videos and clickable CTA buttons. For the others, forms are not mentioned on the pages we read, and you would build them on your own site around the player.
If lead capture is why you pay Wistia $79 or $329 a month, shortlist TwentyThree and Vidzflow only.
Is pay-as-you-go cheaper than a Wistia plan?
It depends on how much your videos are watched. Videas counts about 5 GB per hour watched in HD and gives 1 TB of bandwidth a month free, which it equates to roughly 200 hours of viewing. Bunny lists storage from $0.01 per GB and delivery from $0.005 per GB, with a $1 monthly minimum. A small library with modest traffic can cost far less than $79 a month.
A large, heavily watched library changes the sum, so run your own numbers on the pricing calculators.
Which one to pick
If you use Wistia to capture leads from video, TwentyThree is the one to look at, and it is priced for companies. If you want forms and a free plan at a small-business price, look at Vidzflow, keeping in mind that we could not find its terms.
If you mainly host and embed, Videas and Streamio are the cleanest picks: Videas for pay-as-you-go with a monthly free credit and French law, Streamio for a Swedish host with its own servers and published plans. Bunny Stream and api.video are the cheapest and most technical, with free encoding and prices per gigabyte or per minute.
Qbrick, movingimage and Blue Billywig are enterprise platforms, closer to Wistia Enterprise than to its self-serve plans. Livestorm covers webinars only, and PeerTube is for teams who want to run their own platform.
Be realistic about the gap. Wistia combines a free tier, a polished player, forms and an integrated recording studio with AI clips, and no European tool matches all of that at its price. Switch if you want a supplier with a registered office and a court in your region, and keep Wistia if the forms and automation are why you pay.
Frequently Asked Questions
TwentyThree is the closest in function, with lead-capture forms, webinars and hosting in the EU, but it is priced for companies. Videas and Streamio are better if you mainly need hosting and a player at a lower price, and Vidzflow if you want forms and a free plan.
No. Wistia, Inc. is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its terms are governed by Massachusetts law with the courts of Middlesex County, and its privacy policy says it stores and processes all personal information it collects in the United States.
On the pricing page we were served, there is a Free plan at $0 with 25 GB and one user, Business at $79 a month on annual billing, Business with Signals at $329 a month, and Enterprise on request. Amounts in dollars can differ by region and billing period.
TwentyThree lists a Growth bundle at €2,499 a month per workspace, which includes the Video Marketing Platform (€499), Webinars Complete (€1,499) and Video Library & Personal Video Pro for 50 seats (€950). An Enterprise bundle is listed at €7,500 a month. It also has a trial option on its site.
Videas is pay as you go: €5 of free credit at signup and every month, video storage at €0.20 per hour, 1 TB of bandwidth free each month, and subtitles at €0.10 per minute. Streamio lists Standard at €69 a month, Premium (for marketing professionals) at €129, Enterprise at €249 and Pro at €599 at its cheapest billing option. Bunny Stream lists storage from $0.01 per GB, delivery from $0.005 per GB and a $1 monthly minimum, with free encoding.
The terms and legal notice name OVHcloud OCT1, a French simplified joint-stock company registered at Lille Métropole under number 939 045 431, with its registered office in Roubaix. The agreement is governed by French law. The website itself is hosted by Vercel in the United States, which says nothing about where video is stored, so ask for the storage region.
Only for the webinar half. Wistia sells webinars next to video hosting, and Livestorm is built for live, on-demand and automated webinars with replays. It is not a general video host for your website. Livestorm SAS is registered in Paris, its terms are under French law, and its legal notice says storage is at Amazon Web Services in Ireland.
Yes. PeerTube is free, open-source software from Framasoft, a French non-profit, and you install it on your own server. It gives you full control, but also the work of hosting, bandwidth and updates, and it lacks the marketing forms and reports of the commercial tools.
Qbrick (Stockholm), movingimage (Berlin) and Blue Billywig (Hilversum) are sold to organisations. Qbrick shows a Starter plan at €83 a month, while movingimage and Blue Billywig quote prices on request. movingimage says its EU data centres are ISO 27001-certified, which is its own statement.
It matters when your videos contain people, customers or internal information, and when viewers are identified by analytics or forms. A European supplier with a registered office and a court in your region is easier to hold to account than one whose terms send disputes to Massachusetts.
Videos can be downloaded as files and uploaded again, but embeds, player settings, forms and analytics history do not move across automatically. Plan to re-embed each video on your pages and keep the old account until you have checked the new ones.
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