# What is Videokr?

Videokr (videokr.com) is a hosted video-marketing platform: you upload a video or link an existing MP4, WebM, HLS, YouTube or Vimeo source, Videokr stores and delivers it, plays it in a player carrying your branding only, captures email leads inside the video, and reports second-by-second retention. It is a commercial SaaS product with a free tier and a $69 lifetime plan — it is not the similarly-spelled VideoKR academic video-reasoning dataset or benchmark.

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- Last updated: 2026-08-18

## Videokr in one paragraph

Videokr is a video host and player for the pages that have to sell something. You add a video once — by upload, or by pointing at a file or a YouTube/Vimeo link you already have — and Videokr gives you back an embed that looks like your product, an email capture layer inside the video, a public page at `videokr.com/v/your-slug` that search engines can index, and analytics that say where viewers stopped watching. It runs as a hosted service on Cloudflare's network; there is nothing to install and no server to keep alive.

## What it is not

- **Not the VideoKR dataset.** An unrelated academic project uses the same spelling for a video-reasoning dataset and benchmark. Videokr, the subject of this site, is a commercial video-hosting product at videokr.com. They share nothing but a name.
- **Not a YouTube alternative for audience-building.** YouTube is a discovery network. Videokr deliberately has no recommendations, no suggested videos and no channel — the point is that a viewer on your page stays on your page.
- **Not self-hosted.** There is no downloadable edition. See [can I self-host Videokr](/answers/videokr-technical-questions).
- **Not a video editor.** Videokr hosts, brands, gates and measures video; it does not cut it.

## The short feature list

| Area | What you get |
| --- | --- |
| Sources | Upload MP4/WebM up to 200 MB, or link MP4, WebM, HLS, YouTube, Vimeo |
| Player | Skins, accent colour, radius, logo watermark, per-control toggles, chapters, captions, speeds, PiP, sticky miniplayer, hotkeys |
| Marketing | Timed overlays, banners, end screens, email gates that pause playback, A/B thumbnails, related videos |
| Embeds | iframe, one-line script loader, WordPress shortcode and Gutenberg block, playlist embeds |
| Analytics | Impressions, plays, completion rate, 100-bucket retention curve, device/country/referrer, CSV lead export |
| Privacy | Unlisted videos, password protection, wildcard domain-locked embeds |
| Integrations | HMAC-signed webhooks (play, complete, CTA click, lead), API keys, WordPress plugin |
| Pricing | Free forever, Starter $29/yr, Agency $29/mo, Lifetime $69 once |

## Where the name comes from

Videokr is short for "video maker" as a working tool — the thing you point at a video when it has a job to do. The product's own two-minute film is hosted on Videokr itself: [watch the product film](/v/videokr-the-product-film).

## Start here

- [Quickstart: host a video and embed it](/docs/quickstart)
- [Who Videokr is for](/answers/who-is-videokr-for)
- [Pricing questions](/answers/videokr-pricing-questions)
- [Technical questions](/answers/videokr-technical-questions) and [getting-started questions](/answers/videokr-getting-started-questions)
- [Analytics and lead capture questions](/answers/videokr-analytics-questions)
- [WordPress questions](/answers/videokr-wordpress-questions), [privacy and security questions](/answers/videokr-privacy-and-security-questions), [video SEO questions](/answers/videokr-seo-questions)
- [Videokr vs the alternatives](/answers/videokr-vs-alternatives) — [vs Wistia](/compare/wistia-alternative), [vs Vidyard](/compare/vidyard-alternative), [vs a YouTube embed](/compare/youtube-alternative)

## FAQ

### What is Videokr?

Videokr is a hosted video-marketing platform at videokr.com. It hosts or links your video, plays it in a player you brand, captures email leads inside the video, embeds anywhere, and reports second-by-second retention analytics.

### Is Videokr the same as the VideoKR dataset or benchmark?

No. They only share a spelling. VideoKR in academic papers is a video-reasoning dataset and evaluation benchmark for AI models. Videokr at videokr.com is a commercial video hosting and video-marketing product for websites, with a free plan and a $69 lifetime plan.

### What does Videokr do?

It stores and delivers your videos, wraps them in a player that carries only your branding, adds chapters, captions, CTAs, overlays, end screens and email gates, embeds on any website, and reports impressions, plays, completion rate and a retention curve per video.

### Who makes Videokr?

Videokr is an independent product available at videokr.com. Support and sales questions go to hello@videokr.com.

### Is Videokr free?

Yes, there is a free plan that never expires and needs no card: 5 videos, 500 plays a month, and every player, analytics and lead-capture feature, with a small Videokr badge on the player.

### Is Videokr a YouTube or Vimeo alternative?

It is an alternative to embedding YouTube or Vimeo on your own site: no other company’s branding, no suggested videos, no platform cookies, and the analytics and leads belong to you. It is not an alternative for building an audience on a public video network.

### What is Videokr used for?

Product demos, landing-page videos, webinar replays, onboarding and support videos, course lessons, sales follow-up videos and client work at agencies — anywhere a video needs to convert rather than to be discovered.

### How do I try Videokr?

Create a free account at videokr.com, add a video by upload or URL, then copy the iframe or script embed from the Share panel. The quickstart takes about five minutes.

## Related

- [Quickstart: host a video and embed it](https://videokr.com/docs/quickstart)
- [Who is Videokr for?](https://videokr.com/answers/who-is-videokr-for)
- [Videokr as a Wistia alternative](https://videokr.com/compare/wistia-alternative)
- [Videokr pricing questions answered](https://videokr.com/answers/videokr-pricing-questions)

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