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title: Video Bandwidth and Streaming Costs | BlazingCDN Blog
description: "Video bandwidth math and cost guides: bitrate per viewer, 4K data use, peak capacity, codec savings and what streaming 50 or 100 TB a month costs."
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# Video Bandwidth and Delivery Costs

For streaming platforms, bandwidth is the cost that scales with success. This section is for streaming CTOs, video engineers, finance and FinOps leads who need to estimate how many terabytes a catalog or live event will consume and what that will cost across cloud egress and CDN options.

Guides explain bitrate per viewer, data per hour for 1080p and 4K, CBR vs VBR, codec savings from HEVC and AV1, upload requirements for live, and capacity planning for peaks. Several include calculators and worked examples at 25, 50 and 100 TB a month. As a reference point, BlazingCDN pricing runs from $5.00 down to $2.50 per TB, so 100 TB costs $415 a month. For cloud provider egress, see [cloud costs and egress](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/cloud-costs-egress?hsLang=en).

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Nov-01-2026-02-45-34-6803-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN November 01, 2026 Video Bitrate Calculator: Bandwidth and Data per Viewer](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/video-bitrate-calculator-bandwidth-and-data-per-viewer?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-21-2026-07-30-22-5336-AM.jpeg) By BlazingCDN October 21, 2026 4K Streaming Bandwidth: How Much Speed and Data You Need](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/4k-streaming-bandwidth-how-much-speed-and-data-you-need?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://cdn.leonardo.ai/users/50b20153-23ad-4a4e-9850-7b347a32af23/generations/ddfc4f95-ec65-40b1-9ba0-ecb52ebd6ad8/Phoenix_10_Create_realistic_clear_image_banner_with_1_wordVide_0.jpg) By BlazingCDN August 06, 2026 Video CDN Pricing and ROI: A Practical Calculator](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/video-cdn-pricing-roi-calculator-2025?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Apr-20-2026-05-58-09-9067-PM.png) By BlazingCDN April 20, 2026 Video CDN Pricing Explained: How to Stop Overpaying for Streaming Bandwidth](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/video-cdn-pricing-explained-how-to-stop-overpaying-for-streaming-bandwidth?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-May-10-2026-12-54-36-5711-PM.png) By BlazingCDN October 28, 2025 2026 Streaming CDN Pricing Guide: Bandwidth, Storage & Hidden Cost Factors](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/streaming-cdn-pricing-guide-bandwidth-storage-cost-factors?hsLang=en)

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### [![](https://cdn.leonardo.ai/users/50b20153-23ad-4a4e-9850-7b347a32af23/generations/10e136c3-cf73-4445-a3b7-0739d8a11b3a/Leonardo_Phoenix_10_Create_text_banner_1_wordStartups_Save_Big_0.jpg) By BlazingCDN June 23, 2025 Startups Save Big: Streaming Video at Just $2 per Terabyte with BlazingCDN](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/startups-save-big-streaming-video-2-per-terabyte-blazingcdn?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-May-11-2026-04-54-39-6310-PM.png) By BlazingCDN March 17, 2025 How CDNs Cut Video Hosting Bandwidth Costs in 2026: Save More, Stream Faster](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/how-a-cdn-helps-in-reducing-bandwidth-costs-for-video-hosting?hsLang=en)

### [![streaming cdn](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/ralston-smith-9wnPGjaUk94-unsplash%20%281%29.jpg) By BlazingCDN March 11, 2024 Cut Video Delivery Costs by 40% with Smart CDN Setup](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/video-streaming-cdn-architecture-cost-efficiency-and-performance?hsLang=en)

### [![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-May-22-2026-06-09-21-2748-AM.png) By BlazingCDN January 01, 1970 Video Streaming Cost Per Hour: What the Real Math Looks Like](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/video-streaming-cost-per-hour-what-the-real-math-looks-like?hsLang=en)

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## What delivery costs at 25, 50 and 100 TB a month

BlazingCDN bills per terabyte delivered, with progressive tiers from $5.00 down to $2.50 per TB and one rate in the US, Europe and Asia.

| Monthly traffic | BlazingCDN | Effective per TB |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 25 TB | $115 | $4.60 |
| 50 TB | $215 | $4.30 |
| 100 TB | $415 | $4.15 |

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