Transloadit

Video Encoding, Made Simple.

A managed video pipeline for adaptive streaming, turbo encoding, on-demand transcodes, thumbnails, subtitles, artwork, storage, and delivery — all in one API.

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source.mov
720 MB·1920×1080
Encoding…
.mp4
H.264 · 1080×1920
.webm
VP9 · 1080×1920
.m3u8
HLS · Adaptive
World‘s fastest transcoding service

Turbo mode can make video encoding up to 22x faster.

Transcode only when it matters

Cut costs by starting the video transcode only when users hit play.

One workflow, every rendition

Create clips, thumbnails, subtitles, artwork, streams, and exports from the same source upload.

Robots

Transform Your Videos

At Transloadit, a Robot is an automated worker that performs a single task in your video workflow — like converting, resizing, watermarking, merging, generating artwork, and adaptive streaming.

Stream with HLS & MPEG-Dash

Create adaptive streams with HLS and MPEG-Dash for smooth playback.

/video/adaptive

Encode & Optimize Videos

Encode, resize, watermark, and optimize videos for web and mobile.

/video/encode

Join Video Files

Join multiple video files together into a single video.

/video/concat

Encode on Demand

Only transcode variants when viewers request playback.

/video/ondemand

Add Subtitles & Captions

Add subtitles and closed captions to make videos accessible.

/video/subtitle

Add Audio to Video

Compose videos by adding audio tracks to images or existing video.

/video/merge

Extract Thumbnail Images

Extract thumbnail images from videos for previews.

/video/thumbs

Generate Video Artwork

Create poster artwork and visual assets for published videos.

/video/artwork

All Video Encoding Robots
Demo

Build Video Pipelines by Chaining Robots

Chain Robots together to create end-to-end automated pipelines for video processing

Uploading video…
Podcast.mov
Assembly Instructions (JSON)
{
  "steps": {
    ":original": {
      "robot": "/upload/handle"
    },
    "encode_mp4": {
      "use": ":original",
      "robot": "/video/encode",
      "preset": "h264",
      "ffmpeg": {
        "vcodec": "libx264",
        "acodec": "aac"
      }
    },
    "subtitle_vtt": {
      "use": "encode_mp4",
      "robot": "/video/subtitle",
      "format": "vtt",
      "subtitle_url": "https://example.com/captions.srt"
    },
    "watermark": {
      "use": "subtitle_vtt",
      "robot": "/video/encode",
      "watermark_url": "https://example.com/logo.png",
      "watermark_position": "top_right"
    }
  }
}
Made for Video at Scale

Video encoding without the pain

Skip the hard parts of codecs, scaling, and pipelines. Transloadit gives you fast, safe, and cheap video encoding through APIs and SDKs built for production.
Pro codecs

H.264 / HEVC / AV1 with tuned presets, two-pass, and per-title encoding. Get sharp video at the smallest size.

Faster start

Turbo transcodes can be up to 22x faster, while parallel ingest and instant edge delivery cut startup time across regions.

Secure by default

Signed uploads, threat scans, and scoped creds. EU data residency option for compliance.

Scales itself

Workers auto-scale on traffic spikes. No queues to babysit. Webhooks keep pipelines observable.

Storage ready

First-class S3, GCS, Azure support. Originals stay put, results export straight to your buckets.

Dev-friendly

Typed SDKs, deterministic Assemblies, idempotent ops. CI-safe pipelines you can version-control.

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Demos

See it in action

To give you an impression of our versatility, here is an overview of live demos.

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Encode any format or resolution on Transloadit's global infrastructure.
Slow encoding pipelines
GPU-accelerated encoding
Large files, high costs
AV1 & per-title compression
Inconsistent playback globally
Optimized for global streaming
Long startup times
Turbo transcodes up to 22x faster
Encoding queues collapse
Autoscaling workers
Unreliable jobs
99.99% Uptime
GDPR
HIPAA
ISO 27001ISO27001
AES-256
SOC 2 Type II
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