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Transloadit vsBitmovin

A source-backed, feature-by-feature comparison of Transloadit and Bitmovin. Enterprise video streaming infrastructure provider offering encoding, player, and analytics as separate products with multi-cloud deployment.

Switching Notes

If you are evaluating a switch from Bitmovin, 84% of its features are available in Transloadit, including Video encoding, Adaptive streaming, and Video concatenation, with 66 additional capabilities. However, Bitmovin currently offers 5 features not yet available in Transloadit, such as Video analysis, DRM encryption, and Single sign-on (SSO).
Transloadit's free tier (5GB processing/mo) makes it easy to evaluate the platform hands-on before committing to a switch.

Key Differentiators

Only in Transloadit66

Show 56 more features

Only in Bitmovin5

Feature Coverage by Category

TransloaditBitmovin
8/11
9/11
Video
6/6
3/6
Audio
6/6
2/6
Image
9/10
0/10
Document
16/16
0/16
AI
17/18
4/18
File Mgmt
9/11
4/11
Security
5/6
0/6
Compliance
10/10
6/10
Infra
6/6
3/6
Dev Tools

Overview

Across the 97 capabilities we compare, Transloadit offers 92 while Bitmovin offers 31. The two platforms share 26 features in common (84% of Bitmovin's set), while Transloadit offers 66 additional features that Bitmovin does not, including Audio waveform, Audio looping, and Audio artwork.

Transloadit leads in Audio (6/6) and Image (6/6), while Bitmovin shows particular strength in Video (9/11) and Infra (6/10).

Deep Dive Analysis

Transloadit covers Document, AI, Compliance where Bitmovin has no comparable features yet, including Face detection, Object recognition, and Text recognition (OCR).

Transloadit uses an open-stack ingestion model built on tus, Uppy, Companion, and tusd. You can self-host uploads and keep that ingestion layer independent of processing vendor choice. Bitmovin's commercial stack is typically more integrated end-to-end.

Transloadit offers a free tier (5GB processing/mo), while Bitmovin does not. Transloadit uses tier-based pricing while Bitmovin uses usage-based pricing.

Transloadit offers official SDKs for Ruby, Swift, Android, Kotlin, and iOS that Bitmovin does not.

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Full Feature Comparison

FeatureTransloaditBitmovin
Company
Years active17
13
Source Availability
Starting price$9/mocustom
Uptime SLA99.9%99.9%
SDKs11
6
Supported formats688
21
Employees11–50
151–200
Fundingbootstrapped$100M
Free tier5GB processing/moNo
Pricing modeltier basedusage based
GitHub stars41K
1.9K
npm downloads/wk9.7M
30K
Video
Adaptive streamingSupportedSupported
Live streamingNot supportedSupported
On-demand video processingSupportedNot supported
Picture-in-pictureSupportedNot supported
Video analysisNot supportedSupported
Video concatenationSupportedSupported
Video encodingSupportedSupported
Video overlaysSupportedSupported
Video playerNot supportedSupported
Video subtitlesSupportedSupported
Video thumbnailsSupportedSupported
Audio
Audio artworkSupportedNot supported
Audio concatenationSupportedSupported
Audio encodingSupportedSupported
Audio loopingSupportedNot supported
Audio mixingSupportedSupported
Audio waveformSupportedNot supported
Image
AI image descriptionSupportedNot supported
Image analysisSupportedNot supported
Image optimizationSupportedNot supported
Image resizingSupportedNot supported
Spritesheet generationSupportedSupported
WatermarkingSupportedSupported
Document
Document analysisSupportedNot supported
Document auto-rotationSupportedNot supported
Document conversionSupportedNot supported
Document mergingSupportedNot supported
Document thumbnailsSupportedNot supported
PDF optimizationSupportedNot supported
PDF splittingSupportedNot supported
Webpage screenshotsSupportedNot supported
Webpage to PDFSupportedNot supported
Artificial Intelligence
AI chatSupportedNot supported
AI image generationSupportedNot supported
AI recognitionSupportedNot supported
AI-powered automationSupportedNot supported
Background removalSupportedNot supported
Content moderationSupportedNot supported
Document data extractionSupportedNot supported
Face detectionSupportedNot supported
MCP serverSupportedNot supported
Object recognitionSupportedNot supported
Speech analysisSupportedNot supported
Speech transcriptionSupportedNot supported
Speech translationSupportedNot supported
Text recognition (OCR)SupportedNot supported
Text to speechSupportedNot supported
Text translationSupportedNot supported
File Management
Automated file deletionSupportedNot supported
Custom metadataSupportedNot supported
File access controlSupportedNot supported
File compressionSupportedNot supported
File decompressionSupportedNot supported
File exportingSupportedSupported
File filteringSupportedNot supported
File hashingSupportedNot supported
File importingSupportedSupported
File previewSupportedNot supported
File type verificationSupportedNot supported
File upload handlingSupportedSupported
Media catalogingSupportedNot supported
Metadata extractionSupportedSupported
Metadata writingSupportedNot supported
Resumable uploadsSupportedNot supported
Thumbnail generationSupportedNot supported
Security
Custom security policiesSupportedNot supported
DRM encryptionNot supportedSupported
Encrypted storageSupportedNot supported
File encryptionSupportedNot supported
File virus scanningSupportedNot supported
Sandboxed encodingSupportedNot supported
Secure API accessSupportedSupported
Secure file handlingSupportedNot supported
Signature authenticationSupportedSupported
Single sign-on (SSO)Not supportedSupported
Two-factor authenticationSupportedNot supported
Compliance
CCPA complianceSupportedNot supported
GDPR complianceSupportedNot supported
HIPAA complianceSupportedNot supported
PCI DSS complianceSupportedNot supported
SOC 2 complianceSupportedNot supported
Infrastructure
Adaptive file deliverySupportedNot supported
Disaster recoverySupportedSupported
Global file deliverySupportedSupported
High uptimeSupportedNot supported
Multi-cloud supportSupportedSupported
Multi-region supportSupportedSupported
Rate limitingSupportedNot supported
Real-time monitoringSupportedSupported
Region-specific processingSupportedNot supported
Scalable infrastructureSupportedSupported
Developer Tools
Custom encoding presetsSupportedSupported
Custom workflowsSupportedNot supported
Developer APISupportedSupported
Media analysisSupportedNot supported
Playlist generationSupportedSupported
Script executionSupportedNot supported
Overall Score95%
39%

The right choice depends on your needs

Bitmovin and Transloadit were built to solve real production problems. Both are used in serious systems, and both have strengths.

Choose based on your workload: file types, delivery targets, and how much control you need over upload and processing. If you need broad file processing with a self-hostable upload stack and an API that has been stable for 17 years, Transloadit is worth a trial. If your needs are narrower, Bitmovin may be the better fit.

Best for

  • ✓Large-scale OTT and broadcast video streaming with multi-cloud encoding
  • ✓Organizations needing integrated player, encoding, and analytics products
  • ✓Teams requiring per-title encoding optimization and AI scene analysis

Not ideal for

  • •Image processing, document conversion, or non-video file handling
  • •Teams needing a single API for video, audio, image, and document workflows

This page is maintained and updated over time. If you spot something wrong or missing, let us know and we actively welcome feedback from competitors and users alike.

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Bitmovin's Perspective

As far as we know, Bitmovin does not currently publish a first-party comparison page against Transloadit. If they add one and we miss it, please let us know and we will link to it here.

Testimonials

Loved by Developers Worldwide

Transloadit is used by developers all over the world to handle file processing. Don't take our word for it, see what they have to say.
Dave Perrett
Dave PerrettCTO / Shuttlerock
I'm not usually one for fanboy-ism but Transloadit is one service I would recommend without hesitation. Their product and customer support is outstanding.
Mike ReidDirector of Engineering / Signed
Top notch support — better than top notch.
Elio CapellaHead of Development / Filestage
We wouldn't be able to be here without your support. Your service is the best video transcoding service out there and I'm happy about the reliability.
Jon Wong
Jon WongStaff Software Engineer / Coursera
Having a solution for both uploading and transcoding has been a godsend for the current scale that we are at five years after first choosing Transloadit.
Braden SchaefferLead Engineer / Biginterview
I absolutely love you people. From the support to the technology, performance and APIs... you've taken what could have been the most painful process of my entire development career and turned it into an absolute joy. I cannot thank or recommend you enough.
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