Short video

Ship a short-form video app on one API

TikTok-class UX as a platform: vertical playback, swipe nav, creator uploads, watch-time analytics, completion + share webhooks for your recommendation engine.

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curl -X POST https://api.fastpix.com/v1/on-demand \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FASTPIX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "inputs": [{ "url": "https://your-cdn.com/source.mp4" }],
    "playback_policy": "public"
  }'

9:16 vertical native  Swipe nav built-in  Creator uploads direct from mobile

TRUSTED BY PRODUCT TEAMS SHIPPING VIDEO AT SCALE

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Why short video breaks most video stacks

Three things this stack has to solve.

9:16 swipe-native player

01

Vertical UX, prefetch, gesture support.

Swipe-feed apps need 9:16 playback with prefetch on the next clip and gesture-driven controls. The FastPix Player ships this natively across web, iOS, and Android.

Creator upload from mobile

02

Resumable chunked upload SDK.

Mobile-first direct upload from the creator's device with resumable chunks and built-in moderation hooks via In-Video AI before publish.

Engagement events for ranking

03

Webhooks into your recommendation engine.

Completion + share + skip events fire as webhooks. Your ranking engine consumes them for personalization. Ranking logic itself is your code or a partner.

Build the next

Build the next TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts vertical

Swipe-feed apps where creators upload mobile-first and the algorithm runs the surface.

Creator upload

Mobile-first direct upload, resumable, with preview generation.

Swipe feed

Native vertical player, prefetch next clip, completion-driven.

Ranking webhooks

Webhook on completion, view, share to your ranking service.

Creator analytics

Per-clip + per-creator dashboards via Video Data.

What you build

Capabilities mapped to the 14 short video jobs-to-be-done.

These capabilities map to 9:16 + creator-upload + recommendation-feed jobs short-video teams need.

UGC upload moderation pipeline

On-upload NSFW + policy detection via In-Video AI. Tunable threshold per category, webhook on flag, audit-log entry per decision.

Moderation

UGC platform per-minute pricing

Mobile-first direct upload from creator devices with resumable chunks. Built-in moderation hooks via In-Video AI before publish.

Creator upload

UGC creator camera SDK

Mobile-first direct upload from creator devices with resumable chunks. Built-in moderation hooks via In-Video AI before publish.

Creator upload

UGC COPPA + teen compliance

Every operation (upload, encode, play, delete, signed-URL mint) produces an audit-log entry. Export via API or stream via webhook into your SIEM.

Audit log + compliance

Regional UGC moderation

On-upload NSFW + policy detection via In-Video AI. Tunable threshold per category, webhook on flag, audit-log entry per decision.

Moderation

UGC personalised feed

Mobile-first direct upload from creator devices with resumable chunks. Built-in moderation hooks via In-Video AI before publish.

Creator upload

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FastPix products that build this solution

Video on Demand

Video on Demand

Creator upload + encoding

Video Player

Video Player

9:16 + swipe + prefetch

Video Data

Video Data

Recommendation events

In-Video AI

In-Video AI

Auto-captions + content tagging

Security, compliance, and partnerships

PartnerNVIDIA Inception
PartnerGoogle Cloud Partner

Customer

Vertical microdrama at scale

“Microdrama platform serving Pan-Asian audiences with sub-1-second swipe-to-next playback.”

AaoNxt team

Microdrama short-video platform

Questions this team asks

Short Video platform questions, answered.

  • Why is uploading UGC so expensive?

    FastPix charges per-minute. Encoded, delivered, and stored are all under per-minute on /pricing. The free trial pathway includes 10 videos + 100K streaming min + AI samples.

  • How long does it take to moderate UGC content?

    For verified numbers, check the Video on Demand and Video Player product pages. The API reference has endpoint-level limits.

  • How much should I charge per UGC view?

    For verified numbers, check the Video on Demand and Video Player product pages.

  • What is the standard rate for UGC infrastructure?

    This is a short-video category concept rather than something FastPix defines. What FastPix does in this space: 9:16 vertical player with prefetch, mobile-first direct upload, per-clip completion + share events, auto-captions and content moderation via In-Video AI. Look at: Video on Demand, Video Player. Caveat: Recommendation ranking, ad serving, and creator-payout splits live in your app or via partners (Stripe, RevenueCat).

Pricing

Per-minute pricing under a cent.

Encoded, delivered, stored. Free trial pathway covers 10 videos + 100K streaming min + AI samples. See full pricing.

ENCODING

Pay per minute encoded

$0.0267/min 1080p Pro

Per-title ABR encoding across H.264.

Up to 720p Pro$0.0213 / min
Up to 1080p Pro$0.0267 / min
1440p (2k) Pro$0.0427 / min
2160p (4k) Pro$0.0855 / min

STREAMING

Pay per minute streamed

$0.00067/min 1080p Pro

Multi-CDN delivery from 300+ POPs.

Up to 720p Pro$0.00054 / min
Up to 1080p Pro$0.00067 / min
1440p (2k) Pro$0.00108 / min
2160p (4k) Pro$0.00217 / min

STORAGE

Pay per minute stored

$0.00268/min 1080p Pro

Assets stored and CDN caching, lifecycle handled.

Up to 720p Pro$0.00215 / min
Up to 1080p Pro$0.00268 / min
1440p (2k) Pro$0.00430 / min
2160p (4k) Pro$0.00860 / min
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