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Panda - Open source video encoding in the cloud

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This doesn't sound like a cloud utility to me at all. Cloud computing is on-demand, and allows other users to share resources when they are not being used by you.

1 dedicated encoder = $99 / mo.

"Unlike other video encoding services, Panda doesn't charge you per video encoded. Your dedicated encoders can be used to their full potential encoding many thousands of videos a day."

This sounds great if you have thousands of videos to process a day. What if I have only a few (like most small sites do initially), but they exceed the 10 MB upload limit on the free plan?

$99/mo is a high barrier to entry for most bootstrapping startups.

During the beta we're focused on the dedicated encoders side of things. For people with a large volume of videos this can provide huge savings. We are aware that the base plan we currently have may be too high for some, and we are looking into smaller shared encoder plans.

Any feedback on how it compares to encoding.com? We're using encoding.com for http://www.theweddinglens.com video uploads and it's been pretty good so far. Real easy integration.

Hey, I'm Damien the co-founder of Panda. We've made the integration easy (if not easier!) than other services out there, for example you can have your users upload video directly to your Panda account instead of via your app. We also don't charge you per video or GB so you can encode as many videos you like on your dedicated encoders.

If you give the service a spin we'd love to hear your thoughts.

Uploading directly is a pretty neat feature, unfortunately the base pricing is higher than we're looking to pay. Our monthly is pretty low with encoding.com right now.

In what way is this product open source? Can I download the software and modify / run / redistribute it free of charge?

it appears to be a cloud-frontend to their open source software at http://pandastream.org/

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