
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.
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

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.

