Dacast
Professional live streaming and video hosting platform for organizations.
Dacast is an online video platform for businesses and organizations that need to host, stream, and distribute video content. It addresses the need for secure video hosting, live event streaming, video-on-demand management, OTT distribution, and video monetization, delivering content through multi-CDN infrastructure with analytics and round-the-clock support.
The platform includes secure video hosting, live streaming with RTMP and HLS channels, transcoding, simulcasting, and VOD-to-live conversion. Monetization tools cover paywalls and pre-, mid-, and post-roll advertising. Additional capabilities include DRM and AES encryption for VOD, domain and country restrictions, advanced and real-time analytics, Google Analytics integration, custom branding, live stream recording, and an embeddable HTML5 player. APIs support integration for VOD and live workflows, and an OTT solution enables broadcasting across devices.
Dacast serves sports, enterprise, media and entertainment, religion, event production, and nonprofit organizations. It offers a 14-day free trial requiring no credit card. Paid plans are billed annually and tiered as Starter, Event, Scale, and Custom, with varying bandwidth, storage, transcoding channels, and team member allowances. Additional team seats and add-ons such as multi-CDN, China delivery, phone support, and paywall functionality are available for an extra charge, and overage fees may apply for bandwidth and storage.
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