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Kaltura vs Muvi One

Kaltura logo

Kaltura

Webinars

Video platform for learning, media, and engagement

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Muvi One logo

Muvi One

Video Production

Turnkey OTT platform with apps, CDN, DRM and billing bundled into one monthly fee

From
$399/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Kaltura no published pricing; vendor directs all inquiries to request quotes, demos, or trials; Muvi One included bandwidth is 100GB per month on the entry plan, which a service with a genuine audience exceeds almost immediately, so the published $399 rate is a floor rather than a forecast and the consumption charge is where the real cost lives.
  • They diverge on capability: Kaltura covers Video creation, Muvi One covers White-label apps.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Kaltura and Muvi One actually diverge.

Attributes where Kaltura and Muvi One differ
AttributeKalturaMuvi One
Starting priceOn request$399/month
Pricing modelsubscriptionPer month by storage and bandwidth tier
PlatformsWindows, Mac, IOS, Android, WebWeb, iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, Android TV
CategoryWebinarsVideo Production
Founded2006Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Kaltura

  • Video creation
  • Analytics
  • Interactive content
  • Mobile apps
  • Canvas
  • Blackboard
  • Moodle
  • Salesforce

Only in Muvi One

  • White-label apps
  • Transcoding and delivery
  • DRM and watermarking
  • Monetisation models
  • Subscriber management
  • Payment gateway breadth
  • Muvi Flex

Both cover

  • Live streaming

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Kaltura

  • Enterprise video portals and internal town hallsnot Muvi One
  • Virtual classrooms and lecture capture for universitiesnot Muvi One

Muvi One

  • A regional broadcaster launching a subscription service in a market where the local payment gateway matters more than any player featurenot Kaltura
  • A faith organisation or fitness brand that wants apps on Roku and Apple TV without commissioning app developmentnot Kaltura
  • A film festival or niche distributor running transactional pay-per-view for a defined catalogue with predictable, low bandwidthnot Kaltura
  • An education publisher packaging video courses behind a paywall with its own branding rather than on a third-party marketplacenot Kaltura

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Kaltura

  • No published pricing; vendor directs all inquiries to request quotes, demos, or trials
  • Pricing is custom per customer with no rate information disclosed publicly

Muvi One

  • Included bandwidth is 100GB per month on the entry plan, which a service with a genuine audience exceeds almost immediately, so the published $399 rate is a floor rather than a forecast and the consumption charge is where the real cost lives.
  • Overage rates are not published alongside the plans, so a buyer can compare licence tiers but cannot model total cost of ownership without asking sales, which defeats much of the benefit of published pricing.
  • Storage and bandwidth are quoted as the same allowance figure, which is misleading in practice: a modest library plus modest viewing will exhaust bandwidth long before storage, and buyers who read the tier as one number budget wrongly.
  • The bundled approach means the CDN, player, DRM and billing are all Muvi's choices, so a customer with a preferred CDN contract or an existing billing system cannot substitute components and pays for capability they already own.
  • Pricing is in US dollars regardless of where the service operates, so a streaming business earning in a weakening local currency carries exchange-rate risk on its largest fixed cost, which is precisely the market segment the product targets.

Pricing, plan by plan

Kaltura

On request
  • Starter$400/month
    • Video library
    • Basic features
  • Professional$1000/month
    • Live streaming
    • Analytics
  • Enterprise$2500/month
    • Custom solutions
    • Support

Muvi One

$399/month
  • Muvi One Standard$399/month
    • 100GB storage and 100GB bandwidth included
    • White-label web and app publishing
    • Subscription and pay-per-view billing
  • Muvi One Professional$1499/month
    • 500GB storage and 500GB bandwidth
    • $1,763 per month if billed monthly
    • Wider monetisation and DRM options
  • Muvi One Enterprise$3900/month
    • 1TB storage and 1TB bandwidth
    • $4,588 per month if billed monthly
    • Enterprise support
  • Muvi One Ultimate$10000/month
    • From $10,000 per month, custom
    • 2TB storage and 2TB bandwidth
    • Negotiated overage rates

Which should you pick?

Choose Kaltura if

  • You need video creation.
  • You work on Windows, Mac, IOS, Android, Web.
  • You also want analytics.
Kaltura review

Choose Muvi One if

  • You need white-label apps.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, Android TV.
  • You also want transcoding and delivery.
Muvi One review

Questions people ask

Is Kaltura or Muvi One better?
Neither clearly leads. Kaltura starts at On request and Muvi One at $399/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Kaltura or Muvi One?
Kaltura starts at On request and Muvi One at $399/month.
Does Kaltura or Muvi One run on more platforms?
Kaltura runs on Windows, Mac, IOS, Android, Web. Muvi One runs on Web, iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, Android TV.
What is Kaltura best used for?
Kaltura is most often used for enterprise video portals and internal town halls, virtual classrooms and lecture capture for universities. Of those, enterprise video portals and internal town halls and virtual classrooms and lecture capture for universities are not what Muvi One is typically brought in for.
What can Kaltura do that Muvi One cannot?
Kaltura covers Video creation, Analytics, Interactive content, Mobile apps. Muvi One covers White-label apps, Transcoding and delivery, DRM and watermarking, Monetisation models. Both handle Live streaming.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Kaltura: How much does Kaltura cost?

Kaltura does not publish pricing online. The vendor offers custom pricing based on solutions selected, requiring customers to request quotes or book demos through their website.

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Muvi One: How much is Muvi One?

Published tiers on annual billing are $399, $1,499 and $3,900 a month, with a custom tier from around $10,000. Monthly billing costs roughly 15 percent more.

Kaltura: Can I try Kaltura before purchasing?

Kaltura offers free trial access, but specific trial terms, duration, and feature restrictions are not stated on the pricing page. Contact Kaltura to request a trial and learn about specific offerings.

Source
Muvi One: What happens when I exceed the bandwidth allowance?

You pay consumption charges. The rates are not published on the pricing page, so ask for them in writing before signing, because for any service with real viewership they will exceed the licence fee.

Muvi One: Is 100GB of bandwidth enough?

For a private or pilot service, yes. For a public service, no. At ordinary HD bitrates that is a few hundred viewer-hours a month.

Muvi One: Can I use my own CDN or billing provider?

The platform is sold as an integrated stack. Substituting components is not the design, which is the trade-off against assembling your own from a player, a CDN and a billing vendor.

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