VIDIZMO’s EnterpriseTube empowers organizations to track video platform usage with detailed billing reports, perfect for managing costs across departments. From bandwidth and storage to AI processing and transcoding, organizations can monitor consumption, set thresholds, and receive alerts to avoid overages. Learn how VIDIZMO makes video streaming cost-efficient and transparent with user-specific and departmental billing insights.
The rise of video content has been massive after the pandemic. According to Statista (2018), 85% of all internet users in the United States watched online video content monthly. To support increasing video use, you would probably need a video platform, and to keep track of how videos are streamed, you'd need one with detailed billing reports.
If you use a video platform to stream your videos, it is vital to keep track of the resources consumed, such as bandwidth, storage, processing, etc. How much it is used or needed? Whether the intended budget needs to be controlled, or should the company invest more? Billing reports answer these questions. VIDIZMO is an enterprise video streaming platform for end-to-end video use cases that also provides billing reports for monitoring and managing your resources.
In this blog, we will be discussing the billing reports feature offered in VIDIZMO. Why should you use them, how will they help you analyze your costs? Further, we will discuss the parameters used in billing reports, highlighting consumption measures, and what exactly the billing reports show. Lastly, we will discuss how you can set notifications to get alerts when you cross a certain consumption threshold.
The purpose of the billing reports is to track down your resource consumption while simulating your costs.
The interactive report will provide you with accurate information, help you manage your resources effectively, and enable you to make informed billing decisions. Here are two reasons why billing reports are important in a video platform:
Billing reports help you understand your costs and whether departments are using the cost according to the limit.
For instance, if a department uses more than the assigned limit of 1TB; this is where you can understand and analyze your cost trend.
Cost overages can be annoying. The budget which you have set aside may exceed its limit quite often.
Through VIDIZMO, you can identify your package limit, how much has been consumed, and where VIDIZMO starts to charge over the exceeding limit.
Just by one simple click, make informed decisions by viewing billing reports in VIDIZMO. You can filter down a report to quarterly and on an annual basis for a more comprehensive analysis. So, no cost or resource can squeak pass through your knowledge.
Following are the attributes of a billing report.
Organizations are charged based on their usage for better monitoring of resources. The consumed metric specifies the number of units used against the resource.
The maximum usage limit of the resource every month. Let’s suppose you are allowed to have a storage limit of 12 GB; the storage category will show the maximum content storage consumption as 12 GB in your account.
When you use a resource over the package limit, you will be charged for the exceeded amount. Control your budget by keeping an eye on the overage. Billing alerts play a vital role in tackling the issue of overage and we will discuss that later in the blog.
In VIDIZMO, the metric ‘users’ break down the consumption in terms of user roles. These user roles can be Administrators, Managers, Moderators, Contributors, Viewers, or Anonymous. You can have a clear idea about the package limit assigned to these users and their availability and consumption.
Keep track of the total portals used in the account by analyzing the statistics or chart. Measure them against the parameters such as the consumption, allowed limit and overage.
This metric shows the amount of bandwidth consumed in streaming, uploading, and playing back the content. Furthermore, it informs how much the bandwidth limit is left before purchasing additional bandwidth.
For a high-end and seamless experience through AI, the content goes through workflows that includes: OCR, Content Redaction, Video Indexer, Face detection, Transcription and other AI options. The data is accumulated in this category with the following attributes:
A garage or shed for your content, of course, is measured in GBs in the computing world. It is the amount of storage allocated for a particular resource to be stored.
Video content is rendered into multiple formats through transcoding, and the amount of transcoding available and consumed is recorded and billed accordingly.
Have a clear idea and see what the consumption trends are. Trends show users' everyday usage history in a graph or in a chart format that can be viewed weekly, monthly, or by a custom date.
Stay notified by billing alerts. Set thresholds and view the list of administrators who are subscribed to the alert. You can configure billing alert thresholds on various resources being consumed in an account.
One of the drawbacks of most platforms is that they don't notify overages until they are charged. However, in VIDIZMO, this is not the case. You can set custom alerts to notify you when a certain level of consumption has passed.
You can specify a billing resource by selecting a billing category. The report will then show against that billing category, which will display the consumed limit followed by the allowed limit. The exceeding limit of the resource will generate an alert that can be monitored through overage.
Managing video content at scale demands more than just streaming; it requires transparency in usage and spend. With VIDIZMO’s billing reports, organizations gain detailed insights into how resources like bandwidth, storage, and AI services are consumed across departments. This allows you to stay within budget, avoid surprise overages, and make informed financial decisions.
Whether you’re allocating costs across departments or monitoring usage trends, VIDIZMO EnterpriseTube equips you with the right tools to ensure every byte and buck is accounted for. Combine streaming excellence with operational efficiency, all in one enterprise video platform.
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What is a video platform with billing features?
A video platform with billing features helps organizations track and manage the consumption of video-related resources such as storage, bandwidth, and AI usage. It ensures departments stay within budget and provides visibility into usage trends and overages.
How does VIDIZMO help track video platform usage costs?
VIDIZMO provides detailed billing reports that show resource consumption across different departments, including metrics like bandwidth, AI usage, and storage. These reports help organizations analyze spending, prevent overages, and optimize video operations.
Why is billing important in a video streaming platform?
Billing is important because it allows organizations to monitor their video usage, allocate costs to specific departments, and stay within budget. It helps prevent unexpected charges and provides insights for better financial planning.
Can I set usage alerts in VIDIZMO?
Yes, VIDIZMO allows you to set customizable usage alerts based on specific thresholds. These alerts notify administrators when resource consumption crosses a predefined limit, helping avoid unexpected overages.
What are the key components of VIDIZMO billing reports?
VIDIZMO billing reports include metrics such as users, portals, bandwidth, AI usage, storage, and transcoding. Each component shows the allowed limits, consumed resources, and any overages to ensure full cost transparency.
How does VIDIZMO allocate costs by department or user?
VIDIZMO tracks usage across user roles and departments, allowing administrators to assign resource costs based on actual consumption. This ensures accountability and makes internal billing more accurate.
What is the overage feature in VIDIZMO billing?
The overage feature highlights when resource consumption exceeds the allocated limits. VIDIZMO tracks these excesses in billing reports, allowing teams to adjust usage or upgrade packages to prevent unexpected charges.
Can I view consumption trends over time in VIDIZMO?
Yes, VIDIZMO offers visual trend reports that display resource usage over days, weeks, or months. These trends help identify patterns and support proactive resource planning.
How does VIDIZMO support budget control through billing?
VIDIZMO supports budget control by letting organizations set usage limits, track actual consumption, receive threshold alerts, and analyze detailed billing reports. This helps prevent overspending and ensures optimized resource management.
Is VIDIZMO suitable for organizations with multiple departments?
Yes, VIDIZMO is ideal for organizations with multiple departments as it enables separate usage tracking and billing allocation. Each department’s resource consumption can be monitored independently for improved cost management.