Vimeo's 2026 Price Increase: Every Plan, Old vs New

$144 to $294. That's what a filmmaker on Vimeo Starter pays per year before and after the 2026 change. A Pro plan holder goes from $240 to $852.

Vimeo is moving paid users onto a new plan lineup, and in most cases Vimeo picks the plan. This guide lays out every plan, where you land, and what to do before your renewal date.

What Is Vimeo Changing, in One Minute?

Vimeo's Help Center and blog post say four things.

• The old plans are being phased out: Starter, Standard, Advanced, Plus, Pro, Business, Premium, and Basic.
• Individuals move to Free, Creator, Core, or Professional. Businesses move to Studio.
• Public videos are free and unlimited. The limits now apply to private and embeddable videos.
• Most accounts change at their next renewal. Vimeo emails you a month before.

Vimeo says the old plans treated a solo filmmaker and a large company the same. The new lineup charges by how much private video you keep. That sounds fair. It also means the cheapest old plans see the biggest jumps.

What Are the New Vimeo Plans and Prices?

Look at the monthly column, too. Billing monthly instead of annually costs real money. Professional is $120 a month billed monthly, or $1,440 a year, against $852 on annual billing. That's $588 more for the same plan.

Which Plan Will Your Account Land On?

Vimeo's default mapping for individual accounts:

• Starter or Plus go to Core.
• Standard, Advanced, Pro, Business, or Premium go to Professional.
• Accounts identified as business use go to Studio at $400 a month.

We built a plan-by-plan cost table in which Vimeo plan you'll be moved to. And if you think Vimeo could flag your account as a business, read why you may be moved to Studio at $400 a month.

Why Does Managed Storage Matter to Filmmakers?

Because of how you deliver. A showreel or a trailer is public. It's free and unlimited now, which is good news.

A client wedding film is not public. It's a private link. A film you embed on your own site counts too. Those videos live in Managed storage, and that's where the plan limit bites.

A Quick Example

Say you keep 60 private client films averaging 4 GB each. That's 240 GB. This is an illustration, so use your own numbers.

• Creator (50 GB) holds about 12 of them. The other 48 would lock.
• Core (500 GB) fits all 60.
• Professional (7 TB) fits them many times over.

When you're over the limit, Vimeo locks your most recent uploads first. It doesn't delete them. Locked videos can't be played or embedded, and Vimeo says they stay downloadable for six months. A client clicking an old link and seeing nothing is the real cost.

What Happens, and When?

There's no single deadline for everyone. Your date is your renewal date. Vimeo also shows notices on your homepage and Billing page, so check them even if the email lands in spam.

What Should You Do This Week?

1. Find your renewal date. Open the Billing page. Write it on your calendar.
2. Measure your private video. Add up everything that isn't public. That number decides your plan.
3. See your target plan. The Billing page and the email name it. Compare it with the smallest plan that fits your storage.
4. Switch to annual billing if you stay. It's the cheaper way to pay for every plan.
5. Download your originals. Do this even if you're staying. It takes an afternoon and removes the risk.

Should You Stay or Leave?

Stay on Vimeo if:

• Your private video fits a cheaper plan. Core at $294 a year costs less than MediaZilla's $444.
• You mostly post public videos, which are now free.
• You need Vimeo's review and collaboration tools.

Look at alternatives if:

• You're headed to Professional at $852 or Studio at $4,800 a year.
• You sell or rent films and need DRM, TV apps, and a checkout. Vimeo points sellers to Vimeo Streaming, which charges 10% plus $0.50 per transaction on Starter.
• Your clients need links that keep working if you ever cancel. See where your wedding video goes when you cancel Vimeo.

MediaZilla isn't a general video host. It's built for finished films you deliver, protect, and sell, with 0% platform commission, DRM on every plan, and apps for Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, Android TV, iOS, and Android. It costs $444 a year. If all you need is a few gigabytes of private hosting, a cheaper Vimeo plan may suit you better. If you deliver and sell films, compare the math in how to sell a film online without a marketplace cut.

Stop waiting for the renewal email to tell you what you pay. Start by measuring your private video today. Start your MediaZilla account if your films need a home that doesn't depend on a plan tier. And read how to cancel Vimeo without losing your videos before you decide.

How Does MediaZilla Solve This?

Vimeo's new plans cap how much private video you keep, then lock the overflow. MediaZilla works the other way. You choose a yearly upload quota, and running out of it never locks a film you've already delivered.

Your Videos Aren't Locked or Deleted

On Vimeo, going over your Managed storage locks your newest uploads. On MediaZilla, the quota limits what you upload in a year. It doesn't decide which films stay watchable.

Reach the quota and the next upload pauses until you approve extra quota or upgrade. Nothing you've already uploaded gets locked or deleted because you went over.

One thing to know. Deleting a video doesn't give quota back, and re-uploads count too. Upload what you plan to keep.

0% Platform Commission

On Growth and above, you can sell with the built-in paywall. Buyers pay into your own Stripe account and MediaZilla takes 0%. Stripe's card processing still applies, about 2.9% plus $0.30 per US card payment.

Starter and Free don't include video sales, so pick Growth or higher if selling is the point. On $12,000 in sales (300 films at $40), a 10% plus $0.50 checkout keeps $1,350. At 0% that line is $0. We break it down in zero-commission Stripe checkout.

How Does the Upload Quota Work, and Who Does It Help?

You pay for what you add, at a clear per-GB rate. You don't get bumped to a bigger tier because last year's films pile up.

A worked example. Say you upload 240 GB in a year (60 films at 4 GB each, an illustration, so use your own numbers):

• Growth: $37 a month is $444 a year for 100 GB. The other 140 GB at $1.25 is $175. Total $619.
• Pro: $51 a month is $612 a year and covers 600 GB. Total $612. The better fit here.

Be honest about the other side. If you only host a few gigabytes of private video and never sell, a cheaper Vimeo plan can cost less. MediaZilla earns its price when you deliver, protect, and sell finished films.

How Is MediaZilla Different From the Others?

• Versus Vimeo: Vimeo caps what you keep and locks the overflow. Selling goes through Vimeo Streaming, which charges 10% plus $0.50 per transaction on Starter. See Vimeo vs MediaZilla.
• Versus Dacast: Dacast's paywall takes 9.9% plus $0.40 per purchase on top of the plan, and lists DRM on its $165 a month plan. See Dacast vs MediaZilla.
• Versus marketplaces: Gumroad lists 10% plus $0.50 per direct sale. You also share the buyer relationship.
• What MediaZilla adds: DRM encryption, apps for Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, Android TV, iOS, and Android, and buyer access that survives even if you cancel your plan.

Try it before you commit. MediaZilla has a 14-day trial with no credit card. During the trial, selling runs at 15% commission, and the 0% rate starts on a paid Growth plan or higher. Start your free MediaZilla trial.

Frequently Asked Questions About the Vimeo Price Increase