SmartVideo streams your website’s videos from Swarmify’s CDN through a lightweight, white-label player with no third-party ads by default. See what the player can do, or try the player configurator before you sign up.
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Sign up. Compare Startup, Growth, and Pro on the pricing page, or start a Growth annual trial. Sign up with a card or PayPal; the trial lasts 14 days, with no charge until day 15 (how the free trial works). VAST/VPAID ad monetization is on Pro among current plans, so pick Pro on the pricing page or in the signup plan picker if you need it.
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Install SmartVideo on your site. Follow the WordPress plugin guide or the guide for other platforms. Platform-specific guides are available for Squarespace, Shopify, and Webflow.
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Add your first video. Choose one path:
- Upload to the Library: Open Video Library in your dashboard, then choose Upload Video. Follow the SmartVideo Library guide to upload a file and copy its SmartVideo tag for your page’s HTML, or its source URL for the WordPress plugin. For placement instructions outside WordPress, see how to add a video to your non-WordPress website.
- Convert existing Vimeo embeds: Vimeo auto-conversion is on by default, so open a page containing an existing Vimeo embed to start conversion. SmartVideo imports Vimeo videos whose Who can watch is Anyone, including videos whose Where can this be embedded setting is Specific domains; password-protected and Only me videos stay on Vimeo.
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Confirm it works. Open the page with your video and follow How do I know SmartVideo is working? to check the player and dashboard views. Conversion usually takes about as long as the video runs, and longer when our encoders are busy. A converting Vimeo embed keeps playing from Vimeo in the meantime; a Library upload plays once processing finishes, and its status shows in your dashboard.
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Move the rest of your library. Once your first video works, bring in the rest:
- Vimeo embeds: open each page with an embed once, including pages behind a login, to queue its videos.
- Files on your computer: upload them to the Library, one file at a time for the most reliable experience.
- Files stored elsewhere: link them from Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon S3, or your WordPress Media Library; see the video file sources overview.
- YouTube videos: conversion is best-effort, so download the file and upload it to the Library. See Can I use YouTube videos?.
Moving from another host? See the migration guides, or email support@swarmify.com for help with a bulk migration.
How installation and embedding fit together
The WordPress plugin handles the JavaScript snippet for you. On other platforms, generate the snippet in the dashboard’s Configuration tab and paste it into your site’s <head>. The snippet enables SmartVideo; a <smartvideo> tag, the WordPress plugin’s block or shortcode, or an eligible Vimeo embed tells it which video to play. Auto-converted Vimeo videos play in place on your pages and don’t appear in your Video Library; only uploads and source-URL imports do.
Need a hand? Email support@swarmify.com or use the message widget in the corner of this page.