Mux Pricing: Plans, Costs & What You Actually Pay
Mux prices video in minutes, not gigabytes: storage from $0.0024 per minute per month and delivery from $0.0008 per minute after the first 100,000 free minutes each month. Input is free at basic quality.
Quick answer
Mux publishes its prices. Per minute of video per month for storage, per minute delivered for streaming, and per VCU for AI workflows. The first 100,000 delivery minutes and 100,000 Mux Robots units are free every month..
Free option: A Free plan includes 100,000 free monthly delivery minutes, 100,000 Mux Robots units, up to 10 stored videos and on-demand video only.
Trial: No trial is needed: the Free plan has no credit card requirement and includes 100,000 delivery minutes per month.
Plans at a glance
| Plan | Price | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 100,000 delivery minutes and 100,000 Robots units per month, up to 10 videos, on-demand only, no credit card. |
| Pay as you go | $20/mo usage credit | All API features, 100,000 minutes delivered before credits, no storage limit, on-demand and live video. |
| Pre-pay Launch | $20/mo for $100 credit | Credit-based plan that includes the pay-as-you-go feature set plus 100,000 delivery minutes monthly. |
| Pre-pay Scale | $500/mo for $1,000 credit | Same as Launch with a larger monthly credit and the same 100,000 included delivery minutes. |
| Enterprise | Talk to us | Steeper volume discounts above $3,000 per month, account security features, SLAs and 24/7 support. |
How billing works
The billing metric is: Per minute of video per month for storage, per minute delivered for streaming, and per VCU for AI workflows. The first 100,000 delivery minutes and 100,000 Mux Robots units are free every month..
Fees that are easy to miss
- Media-grade DRM: $100 per month plus $0.003 per play.
- Custom domains: $100 per month.
- Storage starts at $0.0024 per minute per month at up to 720p, rising to $0.003 at 1080p, $0.0048 at 2K and $0.0096 at 4K.
- Delivery starts at $0.0008 per minute at up to 720p, rising to $0.001 at 1080p, $0.0016 at 2K and $0.0032 at 4K.
- Live simulcasting: $0.020 per minute per simulcast target. Live captions: 6,000 free minutes then $0.024.
How the vendor frames its pricing
- Mux bills on minutes of video rather than file size, which removes the guesswork of bitrate and codec decisions from a budget.
- Cold storage is automatic: newly uploaded videos start in cold storage with up to 60% savings and move back after 30 days of inactivity.
- Resolution multiplies the rate rather than the quota — 1080p is 1.25 times base, 2K is twice and 4K is four times.
Before you sign: what actually moves the price
- Work out your delivery minutes first. 100,000 free minutes a month covers a small site; a moderately popular video can pass it in days.
- Storage is charged per minute stored per month, so long archives keep costing after the upload is done. Cold storage is the lever.
- 4K costs four times the 720p rate on both storage and delivery. If your audience is on phones, you are paying for pixels nobody sees.
- DRM and custom domains are both $100 per month flat, which is more than the usage bill for a small library.
- The $20 monthly usage credit on pay-as-you-go is a credit, not a discount — it is consumed by usage before you are billed.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Mux cost?
Storage from $0.0024 per minute per month and delivery from $0.0008 per minute, with the first 100,000 delivery minutes free every month. Pay-as-you-go includes a $20 monthly usage credit.
Is there a free tier?
Yes. The Free plan includes 100,000 monthly delivery minutes, 100,000 Mux Robots units and up to 10 stored videos, with no credit card required.
What is a minute of video?
One minute of your content, regardless of input quality or complexity. Mux prices on duration rather than file size and does not round up to the nearest minute.
How much does 4K cost compared with 720p?
Four times the base rate. 1080p is 1.25 times base and 2K is twice base, on both storage and delivery.
Are AI features included?
Mux Robots is metered separately. Each workflow has its own rate, for example caption translation at $0.005 per minute plus $0.001 per job, and each plan includes 100,000 Robots units per month.
Where this data comes from
Primary source: https://www.mux.com/pricing — retrieved 2026-10-22.
Prices change. Every figure here is a snapshot taken on the retrieval date shown on each page. Confirm with the vendor before signing.