LMS Video Hosting for Online Courses

Yes. Install the SmartVideo WordPress plugin and use smartvideo tags in your LearnDash lessons, topics, and quizzes. The plugin also works with LifterLMS and other WordPress-based LMS platforms. Existing Vimeo embeds convert automatically. SmartVideo imports Vimeo videos whose Who can watch setting is Anyone. To keep those videos private to your own site while SmartVideo serves them, set Where can this be embedded to Specific domains and list your website’s domain.

Yes. Add the SmartVideo script to your platform’s custom header code, then use smartvideo tags in your lesson content. Works with Teachable, Thinkific, Kajabi, and any platform that supports HTML embeds.

SmartVideo uses adaptive bitrate streaming. If a student’s connection drops — common for remote learners on mobile or shared Wi-Fi — the player automatically switches to a lighter stream before buffering starts. This works across desktop, tablet, and mobile.

Not casually, though SmartVideo isn’t DRM. Lessons you upload to your SmartVideo Library are embedded by a swarmify:// reference rather than a downloadable link, and direct downloads of the copies we stream are blocked. A file you host yourself, such as on S3 or Dropbox, stays visible in your page source. On request, our support team can lock playback to your own domains, so your lessons won’t play if someone embeds them on another site. Streams aren’t encrypted and there are no expiring links, so it won’t stop a determined student recording their screen. See exactly what SmartVideo protects.

No. SmartVideo pricing is based on monthly video views, not student count or bandwidth consumed. Enroll 50 students or 5,000 — unlimited bandwidth is included on every plan.

Yes. SmartVideo delivers from our own global edge network, with a global CDN behind it as intelligent overflow. There’s no concurrency limit — each student streams from the closest server to their location.

Worth checking where you stand before you scale. In July 2026, Vimeo told one four-year self-serve customer — in emails that customer shared with us — that “selling online learning and courses” falls “outside of the scope of our self-serve plans, which are designed for non-commercial use.” That account had averaged about 60GB a month until a single free event pushed one month to 12TB, roughly six times Vimeo’s published 2TB monthly threshold. Vimeo quoted $6,550 a year and gave seven days to accept or have the account paused. That is one customer’s experience rather than a stated blanket policy, so check your own bandwidth report. SmartVideo has no bandwidth threshold and is built for commercial use, and existing Vimeo embeds convert in place — see how the two compare.

You’re never cut off. Startup includes 10,000 monthly views, Growth 50,000, and Pro 150,000. A small per-thousand overage rate applies. No throttling, no interruption to your students. Use the price calculator for an estimate.

Yes. Every plan comes with a 14-day free trial. A credit card is required to start, but you are not charged until day 15 — cancel before the trial ends and you will not be charged.