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Cloudflare Stream Is a Video API. Vidalytics Is a Player Built to Sell.

Cloudflare Stream bills $5 per 1,000 minutes stored and $1 per 1,000 minutes delivered, with free encoding and no egress fees: dependable streaming for developers. Everything between play and purchase is left to you. Vidalytics is that layer: Smart Autoplay, which lifted a VSL’s conversion rate 49% in a published split test, plus conversion tracking, Play Gates and A/B Experiments, with no code.

  • Pick Cloudflare Stream if you are building video into your own app or platform and want one API for upload, encoding, live and delivery.
  • Pick Vidalytics if you are a marketer and the video’s job is to sell.
  • Already on Cloudflare for your site? That needn’t decide your player: test Vidalytics on one sales page first.

Cloudflare Stream is Cloudflare’s video API: upload, encode, store and deliver video, on demand or live (RTMP and SRT in, HLS and DASH out), billed by minutes stored and delivered. It comes with an embeddable player and server-side analytics, and Cloudflare pitches it for educational platforms, journalism, worship services and sports broadcasting.

It’s a strong choice when you are building the video experience yourself.

When the video sits on a sales page, the work that moves revenue happens after the stream starts:

  • Smart Autoplay. Detects whether autoplay with sound will be blocked and falls back to muted autoplay that restarts when unmuted. It lifted one VSL’s conversion rate by 49% in a published split test: 49% Conversion Rate Increase w/ Smart Autoplay

  • Conversion tracking. The exact spot in your video that drove each sale, with revenue and ROI, segmented by traffic source, device and buyer status.

  • Play Gates, CTAs and Exit Thumbnails. Capture the lead or the click inside the video, including the moment a viewer pauses to leave.

  • A/B Experiments. Test two videos on the same placement and route all traffic to the winner in one click.

Cloudflare bills minutes; Vidalytics bills plays, and starts with a free plan.

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Stats
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Conversion Tracking
Vidalytics conversion tracking shows you the exact spot in your videos that drove conversions. It can dynamically track revenue and ROI. And works natively across domains.
Vids AI
Turn your video stats into instant, actionable insights. Vids AI analyzes and diagnose your video to tell you exactly what’s working, what’s not, and how to fix it to boost conversions.
Smart Autoplay
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Smart Autoplay
Only Vidalytics' Smart Autoplay intelligently detects if autoplay will be blocked with sound on every play. If not it will autoplay traditionally with sound, and if blocked, it will seamlessly fallback to muted autoplay which restarts when unmuted, shown to have the highest conversions in split tests.
Autoplay
Lead Gen & Automation
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Timed Play Gates
Have your Play Gate popup at a specific time in your video.
Calls To Action on Video
Exit Calls To Action
If someone pauses your video, you can save that lead by having a CTA appear when your video is paused. You can allow them to opt-in, book a call, buy your product, go to another page, or anything else.
Viewer Tagging
Tag your viewers in your CRM or email platform based on what they watched in your videos, down to the second, so you can optimize your follow-up marketing efforts.
Advanced Marketing Tools
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Experiments (A/B Testing)
Run a native A/B split test between two videos on the same placement. Optimize for a single primary goal like CTA clicks, opt-ins, conversions, average % watched, or revenue — and automatically route traffic to the winner.
Platform
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Domain Whitelisting
Protect your content by restricting which domains your videos are able to play on.
Colors Customization
Customize the look and feel of the player to match your brand.

Only the features we could check in Cloudflare’s Stream docs (October 2026) are shown. A red mark means those docs don’t list the feature.

Cloudflare Stream vs Vidalytics: FAQ

How does Cloudflare Stream pricing work?

Cloudflare Stream bills two things: $5 per 1,000 minutes of video stored, prepaid, and $1 per 1,000 minutes delivered. Encoding and ingress are free and there are no egress fees, but delivery is counted by segment requests, so preloading and buffering are billed too (Cloudflare docs, October 2026). Vidalytics bills plays, and a play counts only when someone starts watching.

What does Vidalytics add on top of video streaming?

The part between play and purchase: Smart Autoplay, CTAs and Exit Thumbnails, Play Gates that capture leads inside the video, Resume Play, Countdown Timers, Vid Conditions that show a different video by device or to returning viewers, conversion tracking, segmentation and A/B Experiments, and Vids AI, which tells you what to fix. None of it needs code.

Does Cloudflare Stream have video analytics?

Cloudflare Stream provides server-side analytics: which videos are most viewed, and where and when they are watched, in the dashboard or through a GraphQL API. Vidalytics adds second-by-second engagement graphs, heatmaps and conversion tracking that shows the exact spot in your video that drove each sale, with revenue and ROI.

Can Cloudflare Stream autoplay a sales video?

Its player has an autoplay option. Cloudflare’s docs say to set it muted so browsers allow it, and that mobile browsers generally don’t support autoplay. Smart Autoplay checks whether the browser will block autoplay with sound. If not, the video autoplays with sound; if it will, it falls back to muted autoplay and restarts from the beginning when the viewer unmutes. In a published split test on a video sales letter, Smart Autoplay lifted the conversion rate by 49% over the same video without it.

What happens when I run out of storage?

On Cloudflare Stream, storage is prepaid; when it runs out you can’t upload new videos or start live streams until you buy more or delete videos. On a paid Vidalytics plan you can keep uploading: videos over your plan’s limit cost 25¢ each, added automatically.

Do I need a developer?

Cloudflare Stream is built around one API for upload, encoding, delivery and playback, with embed codes available in the dashboard. Vidalytics is built for marketers: upload a video, let the Vid Settings Wizard recommend settings for your video type, and paste the embed code.

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What Marketers Say About Vidalytics

Matej Bester
Matej Bester
Verified
Golden Tree Nutrition Ltd

"Good news! We split tested 595,000 sessions with Vimeo, YouTube and Wistia, and they couldn’t beat Vidalytics 🙂"

Joel Erway
Joel Erway
Verified
Founder CEO of The Webinar Agency

"Optimizing VSLs is fucking hard. Vidalytics allows you to track engagement of your videos by UTM parameters! I found this feature and saw more than a 5X engagement boost with the same video, just a different ad angle (3.6% vs. 17.34%). This is a game changer. It allows us to optimize our funnel so much more effectively now that we can see exactly which ad angles are driving the highest intent. This is pretty sweet!"

Jon Benson
Jon Benson
Verified
Billion Dollar Marketer & Inventor of the Video Sales Letter

"You should definitely use Vidalytics for video hosting. When I switched over, their Smart Autoplay increased my conversions by 30%. This is why I use Vidalytics for all of my Video Sales Letters"

Frank Kern
Frank Kern
Verified
Founder CEO, Frank Kern Inc

“There’s a video hosting service called Vidalytics. That thing’s really cool! When a viewer hits X minutes [watch time in your video], it’ll tag them in Vidalytics, and then you can use Zapier to send that tag data over to your email system, or CRM.”

Chris Encarnacion
Chris Encarnacion
Verified
VSL Expert & Producer

"Been in the space 12 years, my videos have generated over $700M. Every time somebody asks me, “Hey… video hosting, who do you recommend?” Vidalytics is always number one. There’s no one else, doesn’t matter. Just make the investment, you deserve it, your business deserves it."

Jim Hefner
Jim Hefner
Verified
Founder, Owner, CEO - Sunrise Wellness

"Vidalytics has been our go-to for video hosting. I've been an entrepreneur my entire life, with an MBA and ten years in digital marketing. We've been with Vidalytics for four years, and they’ve been awesome. The tech is solid, hosting is reliable, and the videos load fast.The reporting and data tools are exactly what we need in direct response. Their support is great, especially with interactive videos, which we've been using for three years. Vidalytics is always on top of the latest tech and actually implements feedback. We’ve tried other platforms, but Vidalytics has been by far the best."

Brent Messer
Brent Messer
Verified
Nutra Smash

"Vidalytics’ Smart Autoplay bumped my conversion rate by 49%. I’m never leaving Vidalytics!"

Eric Raum
Eric Raum
Verified
CEO, Lexapure

"I love Vidalytics. Better pricing than Wistia, with WAY better analytics. The autoplay that restarts when unmuted pays for itself in increased conversions each month for us. Best video hosting for our industry, hands down!'

Sam Robbins
Sam Robbins
Verified
HFL Solutions

“Over the last 20 years, I’ve used ALL of the other video platforms — JW Player, Flowplayer, Vimeo, Wistia, Youtube and nothing compares to the power and insights that Vidalytics gives you. It is hands down the best.”

Tim Houston
Tim Houston
Verified
CEO Badass Ventures, Inc

"I love that Vidalytics was built by marketers for marketers... Our conversions are up because of smart-autoplay, faster load times, start-from-where-you-left-off for returning visitors etc... Plus they moved all of our videos over from our backup, which was great. More conversions, lower costs, great customer service."

Ryan Wardell
Ryan Wardell
Verified
Founder CEO at Startup Sauce

"Vidalytics gives you deeper analytics around engagement and where viewers convert. This is super useful if you're like me and want to split test everything. Other video solutions don't give the insights needed to optimize for conversion. The biggest difference was the Smart Autoplay. Vidalytics stands out with its comprehensive analytics and conversion-boosting features, making it an indispensable tool for anyone serious about video marketing."

Joe Sulima
Joe Sulima
Verified
Joesulima.com

“Vidalytics seems like a great program so far. I have already recommended it to a few people I know that were using Vimeo and had issues like I did.”

Sean Anthony
Sean Anthony
Verified
CEO of GrowthResponse

"They have the best analytics for marketing videos -- period. And a ton of unique features like Smart Autoplay and Countdown timers.They also have features that save someone from bouncing while watching your video, since it works when the video is paused. They're all called 'Exit' features. Like Exit Call to Actions, Exit Play Gates, and Exit Thumbnails. It's awesome."

Chris Badgett
Chris Badgett
Verified
CEO, Lifter LMS

"Vidalytics provides so much value at the magical intersection of engagement, conversion, and insight. It's an essential tool in the stack for digital marketers and online course creators."

Karmjit Singh
KJ Singh
Verified
Rise Media

"One vote here for Vidalytics, their unmuted autoplays increased video plays with the flashing message on top of video while it's playing in the background, then restarts from the beginning when clicked. Genius."

Max Fata
Max Fata
Verified
Direct Response Video Agency

"I produce a TON of video sales letters. Vidalytics is a perfect fit for these businesses using VSLs. So I recommend it to all my clients. Vidalytics just makes sense for any direct response company instead of Wistia or Vimeo."

James Fry
James Fry
Verified
Founder and Chief Flame Keeper of Grow Everywhere

"Wistia would never have and could never have put any of this together for me."‍

Braun Miller
Braun Miller
Verified
Nerve Aid

"I split tested Vidalytics against Wistia and it destroyed them. Vidalytics works so well I almost didn’t want to tell anyone about it because it is such a competitive advantage."

Justin Christianson
Justin Christianson
Verified
Co-Founder & President, Conversion Fanatics

"We’ve been using Vidalytics for a while and absolutely love it. Its mobile features alone are worth switching. Not to mention it converts better than other players, its analytics are on-point and it’s the fastest video player I’ve tested. I highly recommend them for your marketing videos."

Dennis Crosby
Dennis Crosby
Verified
CEO, Crochet Media

"I love how it shows me not just video analytics, but also where people converted in the video. Only video player I've found that really gives me the data I need to optimize for sales. I'm able to see what parts of the video is performing best, where I'm losing people and at what point they are converting."

Steven Gunn
Steven Gunn
Verified
Opta Naturals

"I'm transitioning to Vidalytics from Vidyard. Seriously, I've been totally blown away by your product so far, especially considering the price."

Claire Jarrett
Claire Jarrett
Verified
ClaireJarrett.com

Todd Brown recommended your software in the E5 camp. It's great!The first version of my VSL hosted on Vidalytics did £70,000. I'm relaunching v2 now.

John Wheeler
John Wheeler
Verified
Godzilla Social

"In the few months since we signed up Vidalytics has been AMAZING. It’s a real game changer. I’ve already edited our webinar replay to reflect the poor drop off at the beginning. I’m not sure how anyone with marketing videos can get by without Vidalytics, it's really that good."

Warren Phillips
Warren Phillips
Verified

We love Vidalytics - the more you measure, the better. It also allows for custom messages with mobile autoplay, AND faster load speeds.

Philip Meese
Philip Meese
Verified
Critical Margin Digital

"I can NOT afford to have the videos in my funnel be “black holes” where I don’t know what is happening. Before, it was just a guessing game. Now with Vidalytics, I know exactly where and how my videos are converting. Making it easy to improve their conversions."

Andrew Contreras
Andrew Contreras
Verified
9 Figure Copywriter

"Vidalytics is my secret weapon for troubleshooting VSLs so that I can increase conversions. It’s turned what I thought were duds into high converting videos."

Richard Denzer
Richard Denzer
Verified

"When you've had a great customer satisfaction experience - you're in. You're part of the family. Support did that. It was a very cool exchange, answered my questions, was super cool about it. You are being well represented here. And as my teacher Ben Settle says, nothing like customer service to create a referral client."

Max Peters
Max Peters
Verified
Copy Experts

"We are charged in dollars, but earn in Brazilian Reais. The currency affects us a lot. Trust me, I didn't want to pay for Vidalytics. But I just have to. Because it simply works. I've tested it against every other video platform out there, and it's just simply better. We make more money with Vidalytics. Period. That's why we use it in all of our companies."

Gauher Chaudhry
Gauher Chaudhry
Verified
Founder, Digital Sumo

"I love Vidalytics because of the countless options I can control such as AutoPlay, Countdown Timers, Resume Play and many more. The analytics on the videos are detailed and help my team and I make the right decisions to increase conversions."

Bobby Hewitt
Bobby Hewitt
Verified
Conversion Rate Optimization Expert

"WOW!! Overlaying the conversion on the same graph is the missing piece, that is awesome."

DC Fawcett
DC Fawcett
Verified
Life Renu

"I absolutely love Vidalytics because I can scale with it. We are a high volume business. We drive a lot of traffic from Facebook and YouTube and we are just getting started. Love the resume play and the delayed CTA button tied to the player position."

Andres Calderon
Andres Calderon
Verified
CronoMarketing

"Vidalytics is JUST what I've been looking for in a long long time!!! I'm so excited. Gonna launch a new product next month. Can't wait to see how it converts."

Linda van der Hoeven
Linda van der Hoeven
Verified

"Great and friendly service. Awesome tools in Vidalytics! Compliments for the way it's designed!"

Three testimonials from David Thorn, Ryan Thompson, and Erwin Zoor praising great customer service.

Freaking Awesome Support that Actually “Gets” Marketing

Each One of Vidalytics’ support staff is extensively trained in video & digital marketing. Which means you’re not going to “get the runaround.” Nor will you have to explain what a funnel or VSL (video sales letter) is.
We’ve literally been there, done that and are here to help you do the same.

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