FastPix vs api.video
FastPix vs api.video: the honest API-peer comparison
Both are API-first video infrastructure platforms with per-minute pricing and developer-friendly SDKs. The differentiation is bundle scope: FastPix ships In-Video AI (captions, NER, summary, auto-chapters, moderation, dubbing), Cloud Playout (24/7 linear FAST channels), and Video Data (56 dimensions per session across 16 player surfaces) at the same per-minute price. api.video covers VOD + Live + basic AI; deeper AI workflows and FAST channels are not first-party.
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Rosetta
What api.video calls it / what FastPix calls it
If you searched for the api.video term, here's the FastPix equivalent and why the difference matters.
| api.video term | FastPix equivalent | Why the difference matters |
|---|---|---|
| api.video Videos API (POST /videos) | FastPix /v1/on-demand (POST returns playback ID) | Both API-first VOD endpoints; surface area maps closely. Naming and response shape differ. |
| api.video Live Streams API | FastPix /v1/live-stream ( LL-HLS multi-CDN) | Both API-first Live endpoints; both accept RTMP/SRT. Verify LL-HLS latency mode parity against current api.video docs. |
| api.video Player SDK | FastPix Player SDK | Both open-source. FastPix ships native iOS + Android + Flutter + RN; api.video Web + native (verify Flutter coverage). |
| api.video Analytics | FastPix Video Data | FastPix Video Data ships 56 dimensions per session across 16 player surfaces at the same per-minute price. api.video analytics scope is basic (verify against current docs). |
| api.video Progressive Upload | FastPix Resumable Upload SDKs (Web + iOS + Android + Flutter) | Both support resumable / chunked upload. Verify api.video native mobile SDK coverage. |
| api.video webhooks | FastPix Webhooks (signed, retry-with-backoff) | Both ship webhooks. Verify api.video signing semantics + retry behavior against current docs. |
| api.video Captions / AI (limited scope) | FastPix In-Video AI (full scope) | FastPix In-Video AI ships captions, NER, summary, auto-chapter generation, moderation, and AI dubbing at the same per-minute rate. api.video AI is more focused (verify against current docs). |
| (not in api.video) | FastPix Cloud Playout (24/7 linear FAST channels) | api.video does not ship a first-party 24/7 linear channel scheduler. FastPix Cloud Playout is included. |
| api.video DRM | FastPix DRM (Widevine + FairPlay + PlayReady bundled on playback ID) | Both support DRM. Verify api.video multi-DRM coverage + pricing tier against current docs. |
Spec diff
Side-by-side: what each side actually ships
Sourced from each platform's public documentation.
| Capability | FastPix | api.video | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core API surface | |||
| VOD encoding API | POST /v1/on-demand returns playback ID | api.video POST /videos returns video ID | Tie (both API-first VOD) |
| Live streaming API | POST /v1/live-stream LL-HLS multi-CDN | api.video Live POST + RTMP/SRT ingest (verify LL-HLS support against current api.video docs) | Tie (verify) |
| Migration tooling | api.video migration tool + status-tracking webhooks (see /docs/migration-resources/migrate-from-api-video) | No first-party migration-out tool | FastPix wins |
| Multi-CDN delivery | Built in, edge-routed per session (see /performance) | Bundled CDN delivery (verify multi-CDN topology against current api.video docs) | Tie (verify) |
| DRM (Widevine + FairPlay + PlayReady) | Bundled on playback ID | Available on api.video (verify package level + multi-DRM coverage) | Tie (verify) |
| Video Player SDK | Open-source Web + iOS + Android + Flutter + RN with framework adapters | api.video player SDKs (Web + native; verify Flutter coverage) | Tie (verify) |
| Analytics & Video Data | |||
| Video QoE analytics product | First-party Video Data: 56 dimensions per session, 16 player surfaces | api.video analytics (verify dimension count against current api.video docs) | FastPix wins (depth) / Tie (basic QoE) |
| Video Data SDKs | 4 client SDKs (Web, iOS, Android, Flutter) | api.video analytics SDKs (verify mobile coverage) | FastPix wins (verify api.video mobile) |
| AI capabilities | |||
| AI: auto-captions | Built-in via In-Video AI included | api.video captions (verify pricing model + language coverage) | Tie (verify scope) / FastPix wins (bundled pricing) |
| AI: NER (named entity recognition) | Built-in via In-Video AI | Not first-party api.video (verify) | FastPix wins |
| AI: summary generation | Built-in via In-Video AI | api.video summary (verify availability + pricing against current docs) | Tie (verify) |
| AI: auto-chapter generation | Built-in via In-Video AI | api.video chapter generation (verify availability) | Tie (verify) |
| AI: video moderation | Built-in via In-Video AI, threshold-tunable | Not first-party api.video; assemble from 3rd-party (verify) | FastPix wins |
| AI: dubbing for multi-language | Built-in via In-Video AI | Not first-party api.video | FastPix wins |
| Cloud Playout & ops | |||
| Cloud Playout (24/7 linear FAST channels) | Built-in via Cloud Playout | Not a first-party api.video product | FastPix wins |
| Auto-thumbnails + timeline GIFs | Auto-generated per asset | Auto-thumbnails (verify timeline GIF against current api.video docs) | Tie |
| Resumable upload SDK | Web + iOS + Android + Flutter resumable SDKs | api.video Progressive Upload SDK (verify mobile native coverage) | Tie (verify mobile) |
| Webhooks | Built-in signed events, retry-with-backoff | api.video webhooks (verify signing + retry semantics) | Tie |
| Language / server SDKs | 7 server SDKs (Node, Python, Java, Go, Ruby, PHP, .NET) | api.video SDKs (Node, Python, PHP, Go, others; verify current list) | Tie (verify current count) |
| Pricing & commercial | |||
| Free trial / starter pathway | Free trial (up to 10 videos + 100K streaming min + AI samples) → Starter $10/mo with $25 monthly credit → pay-as-you-go. See /pricing. | api.video free trial (verify current quotas + feature coverage) | Tie (verify) |
| Pricing model | Per-minute encode + deliver + store, In-Video AI + Cloud Playout + Video Data all included | Per-minute usage (verify current published rates) | FastPix wins (bundling) / Tie (per-minute shape) |
| Bundled In-Video AI pricing | Captions, NER, summary, auto-chapters, moderation, dubbing at the same per-minute rate | AI features priced separately or limited scope (verify current api.video AI pricing) | FastPix wins |
Pricing math
What this costs at a real workload
Workload
1,000,000 source minutes encoded + 5,000,000 viewer-minutes/month delivered + In-Video AI scope (captions, NER, summary, chapters, moderation) + 12 months storage.
Verdict
Headline encode + deliver pricing is comparable for API-first peers. Structural difference is bundle scope: FastPix includes In-Video AI (full scope: captions, NER, summary, auto-chapters, moderation, dubbing), Cloud Playout (24/7 FAST channels), and Video Data (56 dimensions per session) at the same per-minute pricing. api.video's bundle is narrower; deeper AI + FAST channels are not first-party.
FastPix
Computed from scripts/pricing_facts.py (VOD Standard 1080p): storage ~$32,256 over 12 months + streaming ~$3,395/mo at 5M viewer-min. Encoding free on Standard. In-Video AI bundled per-feature: captions $0.048/min, NER/chapters/summary $0.0035/min each, NSFW moderation $0.10/min (see pricing_facts.py).
api.video
[PLACEHOLDER: source against api.video pricing page for per-minute encode + deliver + storage + AI workflows. api.video's bundle scope for AI is narrower than FastPix; verify which AI features are first-party at api.video and the per-feature pricing before publish.]
FastPix cost computed from scripts/pricing_facts.py. api.video cost is PLACEHOLDER pending sourcing against current api.video pricing page. See /pricing for the FastPix tier-by-tier rates.
When api.video wins
When to pick api.video instead
FastPix doesn't fit every workload. Here's when api.video is the right call.
Existing api.video integration
Your team already shipped on api.video and the integration is stable.
Specific api.video AI feature parity matters
You depend on a specific api.video AI workflow that exactly matches your need.
Smaller surface area is a feature
You want the simplest possible API surface and you are not building toward FAST channels, deep multi-language AI, or 56-dimension QoE drill-downs.
When FastPix wins
When to pick FastPix
Where FastPix specifically differs from api.video for the api.video-comparison buyer.
Bundled In-Video AI at the same per-minute price
api.video covers captions and basic AI; NER, summary, auto-chapter generation, moderation, and AI dubbing are not first-party.
Cloud Playout for 24/7 linear FAST channels
api.video does not ship a first-party 24/7 linear channel scheduler. If you grow into FAST channels, you build it.
Video Data depth at no separate pricing
api.video analytics scope is basic. FastPix Video Data ships 56 dimensions per session across 16 player surfaces.
Migration
How a migration from api.video to FastPix looks
Use the api.video migration tool to bulk-import assets with status webhooks. Five-step shape, the tool handles re-ingest in step 3.
Inventory
List your active assets and live streams on api.video. FastPix accepts public URLs at ingest, so api.video stays the source-of-truth bucket during migration.
Provision FastPix
Create an API key, sign up for the free trial (10 videos + 100K min + AI samples). Run one POST against /v1/on-demand to validate the pipe.
Bulk re-ingest
Point the api.video migration tool at your asset catalog. The tool POSTs each asset to /v1/on-demand and fires status webhooks (queued → ready) — no scripts.
Swap players
Replace the api.video player embed with the FastPix Player SDK (Web + iOS + Android + Flutter). Pass the new playback ID; signed URLs work the same shape.
Cut over
Flip your delivery DNS / app to the FastPix playback URLs. Run both in parallel for a week, monitor, then turn api.video off.
FAQ
Common questions about FastPix vs api.video
How do I migrate from api.video to FastPix?
See the 5-step migration above. Asset re-ingest is the longest step; the rest is wiring. We have engineers who help directly during migration — talk to us.What is FastPix's pricing model vs api.video?
Pricing is usage-based across encoding, storage, streaming, In-Video AI, and Cloud Playout. Free trial pathway, then $10/mo Starter with $25 monthly usage credit, or Enterprise from $2,500/mo.Does FastPix lock me in vs api.video?
Open-source Player SDK. Standard playback formats (HLS, MP4). Webhooks on every event. Your source assets stay yours; you can keep them on S3/GCS and FastPix pulls.What about compliance vs api.video?
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA. Security overview. FedRAMP / GovCloud workloads stay on AWS.