Core cost for 40 h a week at 15 Mbps to 2 destinations
Cheapest plan: Starter, $662.50 a month for 2,348.04 GB of data a month.
Inputs
- 40 streaming hours a week over the fleet
- bitrate 15 Mbps
- 1 encoder
- 2 destinations per stream
- billed monthly
Workings
- Stream hours a month: hours a week × 4.35 weeks = 173.93 h.
- Data a month: Mbps × 0.45 GB × hours × destinations = 2,348.04 GB.
- Servers: CEIL(encoders ÷ encoders per server) = 1.
- Starter, over 12 months: plan base 100 × 12 = 1,200; data overage 2,248.04 GB a month over, 26,976.43 GB a year: MIN(90 buckets of 300 GB × 75, 26,976.43 GB × 0.5 pay as you go) = 6,750 a year; 12 months = 6,750; server overage 0 × 100 × 12 = 0; $662.50 a month.
- Premium, over 12 months: plan base 200 × 12 = 2,400; data overage 1,948.04 GB a month over, 23,376.43 GB a year: MIN(78 buckets of 300 GB × 75, 23,376.43 GB × 0.5 pay as you go) = 5,850 a year; 12 months = 5,850; server overage 0 × 100 × 12 = 0; $687.50 a month.
- Ultimate, over 12 months: plan base 500 × 12 = 6,000; data overage 1,348.04 GB a month over, 16,176.43 GB a year: MIN(54 buckets of 300 GB × 75, 16,176.43 GB × 0.5 pay as you go) = 4,050 a year; 12 months = 4,050; server overage 0 × 100 × 12 = 0; $837.50 a month.
Constants
- From official page (https://api-id.teradek.com/api/v1.1/services?slug=core&detailed=true), the Teradek Core plan catalogue (core.teradek.com/get-started), seen 2026-10-22: Starter price per month $100; Premium price per month $200; Ultimate price per month $500; pay-as-you-go data per GB $0.50; additional server per month $100.
- From Teradek product data, seen 2026-10-20: Starter data included 100 GB a month; Starter servers included 1; Starter encoders at most 5; Premium data included 400 GB a month; Premium servers included 1; Premium encoders at most 5; Ultimate data included 1,000 GB a month; Ultimate servers included 2; Ultimate encoders at most 10; standard server maximum 10 Mbps; published maximum bitrate 25 Mbps.
- From the owner's statement of 2026-10-23: data bucket size 300 GB; data bucket price $75; data bucket validity 12 months.
- Calculated (encoders ÷ servers in each plan's included units): encoders per server 5.
Open
- HBR / 4K streaming licence: required above 10 Mbps; no price in the dataset
- No plan states an encoder minimum, so every plan is offered from 1 encoder up to its stated maximum.
- Above the largest plan's encoder maximum the result is a custom plan, quote only.
Assumptions
- Hours a week are streaming hours summed over all encoders.
- Data is counted once per destination.
- Amounts are in USD, excluding tax; nothing is converted.