Core cost for 160 h a month at 25 Mbps to 5 destinations
Cheapest plan: Starter, $2,325 a month for 9,000 GB of data a month.
Inputs
- 160 streaming hours a month over the fleet
- bitrate 25 Mbps
- 1 encoder
- 5 destinations per stream
- billed monthly
Workings
- Stream hours a week: hours a month ÷ 4.35 weeks = 36.8 h; the plans are priced from hours a week.
- Data a month: Mbps × 0.45 GB × hours × destinations = 9,000 GB.
- Servers: CEIL(encoders ÷ encoders per server) = 1.
- Starter, over 12 months: plan base 100 × 12 = 1,200; data overage 8,900 GB a month over, 106,800 GB a year: MIN(356 buckets of 300 GB × 75, 106,800 GB × 0.5 pay as you go) = 26,700 a year; 12 months = 26,700; server overage 0 × 100 × 12 = 0; $2,325 a month.
- Premium, over 12 months: plan base 200 × 12 = 2,400; data overage 8,600 GB a month over, 103,200 GB a year: MIN(344 buckets of 300 GB × 75, 103,200 GB × 0.5 pay as you go) = 25,800 a year; 12 months = 25,800; server overage 0 × 100 × 12 = 0; $2,350 a month.
- Ultimate, over 12 months: plan base 500 × 12 = 6,000; data overage 8,000 GB a month over, 96,000 GB a year: MIN(320 buckets of 300 GB × 75, 96,000 GB × 0.5 pay as you go) = 24,000 a year; 12 months = 24,000; server overage 0 × 100 × 12 = 0; $2,500 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.