Why we don't charge for bandwidth
Ask anyone who's run video at scale what surprised them about the bill, and they'll say the same thing: bandwidth. You upload a few hundred gigabytes, a video goes mildly viral, and the egress line item dwarfs everything else. The platform makes more money the more your audience watches, which is exactly backwards from what you want.
The model is flipped
Reelm meters one thing: storage. Streaming and views are unlimited (fair-use). Your bill is predictable because it's tied to a number you control (how much you store), not how popular your content is.
How we can do it
We deliver from object storage with $0 egress, and gate playback at the edge with a signed token before serving a byte. No egress cost to pass on means no egress line on your invoice. You pay $0.015/GB-month of storage; that's the whole story.
Storage 50/250/1024 GB across Starter/Pro/Business, plus a free starter credit to try it with no card. Upload a file, get adaptive HLS and an embeddable player, and never think about a bandwidth bill again.