Mux vs. Cloudflare Stream | Mux
Why you want Mux over Cloudflare Stream
Cloudflare might be a good CDN, but they don't do video like us. Don't settle on a subpar video experience for your users.
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We're online video experts, through and through
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We have the fastest upload-to-publish speeds out there
We'll get to know you (and your business) by name
Our only focus is providing world-class video infrastructure
We’re not interested in solving all the infrastructure problems on the internet. We’re a video company — period.
Our team is made up of the industry’s top experts here to help solve the hard parts of online video. By only focusing on video, our products are able to meet the needs of even the most complex video integrations — from 4K to DRM.
10x faster video publishing than Cloudflare Stream
Mux’s JIT encoding speed blows anything else out of the water. ¾ of all videos uploaded to Mux are ready to play in 5 seconds or less.
Pair that speed with our open-source SDKs, comprehensive docs, and integration examples, and you’ll be up and running faster than you thought possible (and measurably faster than what you’d experience elsewhere).
Transparent pricing, not hidden costs
Cloudflare charges by the minute; we charge by the second. No round-ups here. And, you’ll never get a surprise bill from us.
Between our billing usage APIs and self-serve billing dashboard, you’ll know exactly what your bill is going to look like each month — and, your bill only grows when your business does. Want to know how much we'll charge? See our pricing calculator.
A developer support team you can trust
Other services hand you off to a new support person with every ticket that could take days to respond.
With our 95%+ satisfaction scores and less-than-a-day average time to response, we make sure to get your questions answered fast so you can get back to focusing on your business. Get ahold of us
Once you go Mux, you don't go back
We’ve made a name for ourselves by doing things our way. Here’s a few ways we stand out over other options like Cloudflare Stream.
- Powerful SDKs (including mobile)
- DRM
- Per-title encoding
- Multi-CDN infrastructure
- Storyboards
- 4K
- Instant clipping for VOD
- Incredibly fast live-stream starts
- Live simulcasting
- Automatic thumbnails
- Real-time dashboard
- Engagement analytics
- Data exports
- Open-source player
- Exact pricing (no rounding)
- Developer Experience to the core
Frequently asked questions
Is Mux more expensive than Cloudflare Stream?
Can Mux handle traffic at my scale?
Is it easy to migrate my content to Mux?
Can I customize my video player to match my brand?
Do you have examples for integrating Mux with my stack?
Still not convinced?
Maybe you’d like to hear how we monitored one of the largest live streams in history, or how Spotify uses us to track their video stream quality, or how Uscreen uses us to power their video, or how Fourthwall uses us to consistently deliver video… or any number of our other conversations with happy customers.
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