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Decision frameworks

Build-vs-buy, self-hosted-vs-managed, FFmpeg-direct-vs-orchestrated — video infrastructure has a small set of recurring decision points. These pieces give you the frameworks: the questions to ask, the trade-offs that matter, the volumes where the answer flips, and the honesty about what each path costs operationally.

Engineering blog · 3
  • Choosing a video orchestration platform: 7 questions to ask
    A buyer's checklist for evaluating any video orchestration platform — the seven questions that surface what's actually going to bite you in production. Vendor-neutral, decision-tree style, written from the perspective of teams running real broadcast and OTT workloads.
    May 9, 2026
  • Video transcoding API: build, buy, or rent in 2026
    An honest decision framework for engineering teams choosing between rolling their own FFmpeg-as-API, buying a managed transcoding API (MediaConvert, Bitmovin, Mux), or renting orchestration-as-a-platform. The economics, the lock-in math, and which fits which workload.
    May 9, 2026
  • Broadcast video workflow orchestration: build vs buy in 2026
    An honest decision framework for broadcasters and OTT engineering teams choosing between building video workflow orchestration in-house and buying it. The build case, the buy case, and why most teams end up doing both.
    May 9, 2026
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