Vimeo pricing comparison: Old vs new plans 2026

This article compares the legacy plans (Starter, Standard, Advanced) with the new plans (Creator, Core, Professional) to help you understand the changes and their impact. We’ll begin focusing on pricing and the new restrictions before comparing each plan before and after.

Note that I only have the new prices in my local Danish Krone currency:

Legacy plan	Annual price	New plan	Annual price	Price change
Starter	DKK 85/month	Creator	DKK 68/month	↓ -20%
Standard	DKK 175/month	Core	DKK 235/month	↑ +34%
Advanced	DKK 485/month	Professional	DKK 615/month	↑ +27%

The price changes might seem acceptable at first, but Vimeo also introduces a new term called “Mangaged storage” which completely changes the plans and their usability. Let’s dive in.

Managed storage

Vimeo now want’s to incentivize using Vimeo only for public videos, so if all your videos are public you actually get a whopping 7TB of storage for all plans. However, if your videos aren’t public then new restrictions apply. Vimeo describes managed storage as such:

“Storage for private, unlisted or embeddable videos. Public videos non-embeddable do not contribute to managed storage.”

So if you have private, unlisted or embeddable videos then the new limits will probably hit quite hard:

Legacy Plan	Storage	New Plan	Managed storage	Change
Starter	2TB	Creator	50GB	↓ -98%
Standard	4TB	Core	300GB	↓ -93%
Advanced	7TB	Professional	7TB	Unchanged

This means that if you’re using Vimeo mainly for private, unlisted or embeddable videos, you are either forced to upgrade to Professional or find an alternative, which luckily exists in form of Bunny Stream. More on that later.

Bandwidth limit

Vimeo will also decrease the “Bandwidth limit” which forces you to upgrade your Starter plan if your videos are popular:

Legacy Plan	Bandwidth limit	New Plan	Bandwidth limit	Change
Starter	2TB monthly	Creator	1TB monthly	50%
Standard	2TB monthly	Core	2TB monthly	Unchanged
Advanced	2TB monthly	Professional	2TB monthly	Unchanged

Vimeo explains:

“Bandwidth is the data used in order to deliver your videos to viewers. We’ve set the limit so that 99% of our users will never reach it. You can always track your bandwidth usage within your account. If you do end up reaching that monthly limit, you can upgrade to higher tiers or discuss a more suitable plan with our sales team. If you already know that your bandwidth usage is likely to be unusually high please get in touch to discuss options. Note: This limit applies to all jointly controlled accounts, therefore opening multiple accounts does not increase your bandwidth limit.”

Seats limit

If you’re working as a team there are unfortunately also restrictions coming to the Standard plan (Core) which had 5 users before but soon just 1 (up to 3). I’m not sure what “Up to 3” means, but my guess is they are paid extra seats.

Detailed plan comparison

Legacy: Starter Plan

• Price: DKK 85/month (billed annually)
• Users: 1 user
• Storage: 2TB
• Bandwidth: 2TB/month

Key Features:

• Customizable video player
• Password privacy & unlisted links
• Review & collaboration tools
• Transfer video files
• Engagement analytics

New: Creator Plan

• Price: DKK 68/month (billed annually)
• Users: 1 user
• Storage: 50GB managed storage for embeddable/non-public videos
• 7TB total storage (including public, non-embedded videos)
• Bandwidth: 1TB/month

Key Features:

• No weekly limit on uploads
• AI-powered video tools
• Teleprompter
• Text-based video editing
• Everything from Free plan

Verdict

The Creator plan is 20% cheaper but comes with significantly reduced private storage (50GB vs 2TB) and lower bandwidth (1TB vs 2TB). The new plan shifts storage allocation heavily towards public videos.

Legacy: Standard Plan

• Price: DKK 175/month (billed annually)
• Users: 5 users
• Storage: 4TB
• Bandwidth: 2TB/month

Key features:

• Everything in Starter
• Branding in the player
• Third-party player support
• Custom watermark
• Lead capture
• Calls to action and custom cards

New: Core Plan

• Price: DKK 235/month (billed annually)
• Users: 1-3 users
• Storage: 300GB managed storage for embeddable/non-public videos + 7TB total storage
• Bandwidth: 2TB/month

Key features:

• Everything in Creator
• Brand kit
• Custom fonts
• Unlimited links for sharing
• Embedded domain-level privacy

Verdict

The Core plan is 34% more expensive but offers less user seats (3 vs 5) and less private storage (300GB vs 4TB). However, it includes domain-level privacy and brand customization features.

Legacy: Advanced Plan

• Price: DKK 485/month (billed annually)
• Users: 10 users
• Storage: 7TB
• Bandwidth: 2TB/month

Key Features:

• Everything in Standard
• Hosted livestreamed events
• Events Q&A, polls, and chat
• Stream to multiple destinations
• DVR streaming
• Scheduled simulive
• Live event-level analytics
• Marketing automation integrations

New: Professional Plan

• Price: DKK 615/month (billed annually)
• Users: 10 users (up to 20)
• Storage: 7TB managed storage for embeddable/non-public videos
• 7TB total storage
• Bandwidth: 2TB/month

Key Features:

• Everything in Core
• Virtual events and webinars
• Branding in the player
• Third-party player support
• Stock photos, videos, and music
• Lead capture
• Custom intros and outros

Verdict

The Professional plan is 27% more expensive but adds virtual events, webinars, and stock media assets. The “Virtual events and webinars” feature likely replaces the legacy “Hosted livestreamed events” functionality, though the specific sub-features (Events Q&A, polls, chat, stream to multiple destinations, DVR streaming, scheduled simulive, live event-level analytics) are not explicitly confirmed in the Professional plan description.

Alternatives to Vimeo

Alternative for embedding videos

If you’re mostly using Vimeo for embedding videos, you’re in luck, there’s an EU based alternative called Bunny Stream headquartered in Slovenia with professional video cloud storage and video player performance.

Alternative for virtual events and webinars

A viable EU based alternative to Vimeo’s virtual events is Livestorm, a French webinar and video conferencing platform headquartered in Paris, positioning itself as Europe’s trusted alternative for secure online events.

Final Thoughts

Vimeo’s 2026 pricing restructuring represents a significant shift in their business model:

1. Entry-level users benefit from lower prices and AI features
2. Mid-tier and advanced users face substantial price increases (34-180%)
3. Businesses are being pushed towards expensive Enterprise solutions
4. Private video storage is now heavily restricted in lower tiers
5. Some legacy features have been removed or moved to higher tiers

I am personally leaving US tech anyways, so this is my moment to say goodbye to Vimeo. But what is your plan? Please let me know in the comments below.