segmnt vs Cloudflare Stream for course video in Saudi Arabia
segmnt vs Cloudflare Stream. Cloudflare Stream is an engine (an API) that bills by minutes stored and minutes delivered. It is a good fit for developers who already have their own app. But it is not a finished product: you build the dashboard, player, sign-in and billing. segmnt is a ready platform: you upload through one API and we encode, store, secure and stream on your domain.
Price
segmnt — approved plans (SAR/month):
| Plan | SAR/month | Stored video | New uploads/month | Watch time/month | Top quality | Verified domains | Projects | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 2 h | 2 h | 2,000 min | 720p | 1 | 1 | documents |
| Starter | 59 | 25 h | 5 h | 20,000 min | 1080p | 1 | 1 | support@segmnt.cloud |
| Pro | 349 | 100 h | 15 h | 250,000 min | 4K (coming soon) | 10 | 3 | support@segmnt.cloud |
| Agency | 1,299 | 400 h | 30 h | 1,000,000 min | 4K (coming soon) | 50 | 25 | support@segmnt.cloud + WhatsApp |
Cloudflare Stream (public pricing, checked 13 Oct 2026):
| Item | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | $5/month (1,000 stored minutes) | developers.cloudflare.com/stream/pricing |
| Storage | $5 per 1,000 minutes stored/month (prepaid) | developers.cloudflare.com/stream/pricing |
| Delivery | $1 per 1,000 minutes delivered (post-paid) | developers.cloudflare.com/stream/pricing |
| Encoding | Free (bandwidth included) | developers.cloudflare.com/stream/pricing |
| Priced by | Minutes, not file size | developers.cloudflare.com/stream/pricing |
| DRM | No full DRM found — protection stops at signed URLs | developers.cloudflare.com/stream/pricing |
| Billing currency and payment | USD, card | Cloudflare (13 Oct 2026) |
| Cost at 100 h + 250,000 min watched | ~1,050 SAR (~$280: $30 storage + $250 delivery) | matrix v3 (12 Oct 2026) |
SAR at 1 USD = 3.75 SAR (checked 12 Oct 2026). Cloudflare Stream is an API — its price is for storage + delivery only. Your build cost is extra. Note: our own stack does not use Cloudflare Stream; we use other Cloudflare services.
Why links don't leak
When a viewer presses play, segmnt sends a signed link that names the video, the allowed domain, and a short expiry time. Copy that link onto another site and it returns 403 — the video will not play. This stops casual sharing and hotlinking.
What we do not do yet: we do not have full DRM (no Widevine or FairPlay — screen recording is not stopped), and we do not have a bulk or one-click importer — we move your first library by hand. Dynamic watermarking and a batch importer are next on our roadmap.