Wistia

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Video & Audio Unclaimed · our research only We found: from $0 🔎 2 cost-trap flags
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Our pricing checkRead on their own pricing page, 1 Aug 2026
Cost-trap flags🧮 Usage-metered 🆓 Free tier
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Our pricing check · 2026-08-01, read on their own pricing pageFree $0: 25 GB storage, 1 user, 200 GB bandwidth, and Wistia branding on the player.
What will cost you money if you skim itBandwidth is the meter that decides your bill, and it is the one number you cannot predict before you publish.

Cost-trap flags — each with its evidence

🧮 Usage-metered — Credits, overages or percentage fees on top of the subscription
“Two overages sit in the FAQ rather than on the price card: webinar attendees beyond the allowance cost $0.20 each and extra webinar minutes $2.00 eac…”
🆓 Free tier — A genuinely free plan or version exists
“(2026-08-01, read on their own pricing page) Free $0: 25 GB storage, 1 user, 200 GB bandwidth, and Wistia branding on the player.”

Genuinely good for

marketing teams who want video on their own site with real analytics and lead capture, and who care that the player does not recommend a competitor's video afterwards

Skip it if

you just need somewhere to put videos — an unlisted upload to a free platform does that, and the reason to pay here is the analytics and the branding control, not the hosting

The honest comparisonVidyard or Loom — the closest marketing-video peers — compare on bandwidth included and what the free tier puts on your player

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