Your Monthly Media Server Cost Calculator by Fora Soft [Free]

Media server cost calculator

Set your platform's parameters

Number of broadcasters
How many users will stream simultaneously in a conference room (1-20)
Number of viewers
How many users will watch the stream in a conference room (0-1000)
Hours
How many conferencing hours you expect to spend monthly (1-1000)
Quality
Video Recording

Estimated costs*

AWSDigital OceanHetzner
Server$3.40$NaN$0.50
Data Transfer$20.74$2.30$0.23
Recordings$1.13$NaN$0.45
Monthly overall price$NaN$NaN$1.18
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All the calculations are approximate and may change during the development stage. Please contact us for more accurate estimations for your specific requirements.

AWS

Server$3.40
Data Transfer$20.74
Recordings$1.13
Monthly overall price$NaN

do

Server$2.38
Data Transfer$NaN
Recordings$0.46
Monthly overall price$5.15

Hetzner

Server$0.50
Data Transfer$0.23
Recordings$0.45
Monthly overall price$1.18
*
All the calculations are approximate and may change during the development stage. Please contact us for more accurate estimations for your specific requirements.

Preview local and remote streams in the selected quality

Please note that the streams' quality may be limited by your webcam and the current Internet connection

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Your costs depend on your server provider

Here's the infographic to help you understand which one is best for you.

Amazon LogoDigital Ocean LogoHetzner Logo
Price
Servers locationWorldwideNorth America, Asia, and EuropeGermany, Finland, USA
Ready-made solutions
(e.g. Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service)
Widest range of products tailored to various specific needsThere are some but they lack agileness -> you'll have to spend extra time and money on building features you needThere are some but they lack agileness -> you'll have to spend extra time and money on building features you need
Services bundles
(e.g. for automatic SMS or email sending)
Great variety of services to get in a bundle -> pay for all you need to one providerOffers some extra services, but the range is not that wideThe range is too narrow, most likely will require you working with third-party solutions
Servers agilenessWide range of servers for specific configuration requirements -> save money on the features you don't needThere are some solutions with specific configurations, not so manyNarrow range of configuration specifications
Amazon Logo
Servers location
Worldwide
Ready-made solutions
(e.g. Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service)
Widest range of products tailored to various specific needs
Services bundles
(e.g. for automatic SMS or email sending)
Great variety of services to get in a bundle -> pay for all you need to one provider
Servers agileness
Wide range of servers for specific configuration requirements -> save money on the features you don't need

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To better understand the difference between server providers

How we can help you

If you have any questions about your monthly server costs calculations like standard charges and average prices to run a server for a video streaming app, feel free to ask for our DevOps' consulting services.

We will consider your specific needs and recommend environment requirements. Or just set everything for you.

We can also check your current media server set up if you're to cut your server expenses. If you overpay we’ll tell you. And then we’ll come up with the configuration that both meets your needs and requirements and is effective financially.