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OTT Cost Calculator

Infrastructure, unit economics & break-even modeling

Monthly Cost
Annual Cost (Year 1)
Monthly Revenue
Monthly Net Profit
Cost / Subscriber / Month
Break-even Subscribers

Subscribers needed for revenue to exactly cover total costs.

Revenue & Profit (Monthly)

All figures below are calculated from the current monthly configuration × the selected period. Choose Monthly, Annual (12 months), or enter any custom month range.

Gross Revenue
Payment Processing Fees
Net Revenue (after fees)
Total Operating Cost
Gross Profit
Net Profit
Profit Margin

Total Cost

Video Streaming (storage + delivery)
Cloud Storage (R2)
Infrastructure (server / DB / Redis / domain)
Email
App Distribution
Other Costs
Total Monthly Cost
Total Annual Cost (Year 1)
Recurring Annual Cost (Year 2+)

Subscription Tier Analytics

0 tiers
TierUsersPrice / UserMonthly RevenueWatch Hrs / UserTotal Watch HrsStream CostNet / User

Video Streaming

Stored Minutes (library)
Video Storage Cost
Watched Minutes (subscribers)
Video Delivery Cost
Total Stream Cost

Cloud Storage (R2)

Storage Cost
Class A Request Cost
Class B Request Cost
Total R2 Cost

Infrastructure

Server Cost
Database Cost
Redis Cost
Domain Cost (monthly equiv.)
Email Cost
Infrastructure Total

App Distribution & Payments

Apple Developer (monthly equiv.)
Google Play (this month)
Gross Revenue
Payment Processing Fees
Net Revenue after Fees

Other Costs

Other Costs Total

Unit Economics

Cost / Subscriber / Month
Cost / Subscriber / Year
Video Cost / Subscriber
Infrastructure Cost / Subscriber
Payment Fee / Subscriber
Revenue / Subscriber
Gross Profit / Subscriber

Break-even Analysis

Break-even subscribers is the number of subscribers at which monthly revenue exactly equals monthly costs — below this the platform runs at a loss, above it every additional subscriber adds to profit. It's calculated as fixed monthly costs divided by the contribution (subscription price, minus payment fees and variable delivery cost) each subscriber contributes.

Contribution / Subscriber
Fixed Monthly Costs
Break-even Subscribers
Break-even Revenue
Current Subscribers
Subscribers Above / Below Break-even

Subscriber Growth Scenario

SubscribersWatch MinutesStream CostInfrastructurePayment FeesRevenueProfit

Watch-Time Scenario

Watch Hrs / UserTotal Watch MinutesDelivery CostTotal CostCost / User

Content Library Scenario

Content HoursStored MinutesStorage CostTotal Stream Cost

Cost Breakdown

Revenue vs Cost vs Profit

Cost by Subscriber Scale

Cost by Watch Time