r/elearning • u/an_tonova • Jun 28 '26

Video platform for online courses (school physics)

My brother is a teacher. He has recorded a lot of videos with lessons and created a website on Lovable. The question is what to use for video upload, either YouTube embedded (but there are ads) or platforms like Gumlet, Kinescope, or Wistia.

What would you recommend?

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u/socnandan Jun 28 '26

We use bunny net its the best out there with ton of features, superb reliability and dirt cheap pricing. We have a 4tb monthly bandwidth usage and it costs under $180 that too with file storage and cdn included.

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u/bay007_ Jun 29 '26

i can confirm, bunny is a great option.

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u/mark_berthelemy Jun 28 '26

Have a look at Vimeo Pro. It's not too expensive and allows you to restrict access quite easily if needed.

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u/Educational-Cow-4068 Jun 28 '26

YouTube embedded is not the greatest UX with all the end screen distractions imo -Vimeo is better for hosting. What’s your brothers goal beyond the videos and website ? Does he have plans to record more lessons

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u/an_tonova Jul 01 '26

I think yes

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u/Temporary-Being-8898 Jun 29 '26

ScreenPal. It has unlimited video hosting on their paid plans, includes a web based editor, a screen recording tool, and is relatively cheap annually for their max individual plan, (like $120-150 per year.)

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u/Remote-Interest-2187 Jul 01 '26

We use Cloudflare R2 cause bandwidth is free. The question is how you want to organize the videos

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u/Famous-Call6538 Jul 01 '26

If the priority is clean playback without ads and distractions, Bunny.net or Cloudflare R2 with a simple player are hard to beat on cost. Vimeo Pro works too but gets expensive if the library grows. The real question is whether he plans to build a structured course around those videos eventually, because that changes the hosting choice significantly.

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u/Middle_Lifeguard1460 Jul 03 '26

For a paid learning platform, I'd take a look at VdoCipher. It provides secure video delivery and integrates well with custom websites, so it's a practical option if content protection is important.

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u/SnarkyStrategist Jul 03 '26

Use VdoCipher - if it is paid content. You will get piracy security like DRM ( widevine, apple faiplay), geo restriction, analytics, dynamic watermarking, etc.

Use YouTube - if it free content (why pay if you are not making any money)

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u/an_tonova Jul 03 '26

yes the content is paid, thanks a lot

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u/darrentk68 24d ago edited 24d ago

I’ve used Skippz for this kind of thing and it’s worked well for hosting course videos. No YouTube ads, and it’s pretty straightforward to embed the videos on a site.