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Rendobar uses credit-based billing. The free tier includes 2/monthincreditswithnocreditcardrequired.Paidplansstartat2/month in credits with no credit card required. Paid plans start at 19/month (Starter).
Rendobar supports all FFmpeg-compatible formats including MP4, WebM, MOV, AVI, and MKV. Output defaults to MP4 (H.264) but can be configured per job.
Yes. Rendobar is MCP-native. Connect any MCP-compatible AI agent to api.rendobar.com/mcp with your API key. 15 tools are available covering job submission, status, billing, and account management.
Most jobs complete in seconds to minutes depending on input size. Transcoding a 1-minute video typically takes 10-30 seconds. Maximum timeout varies by plan.
Yes. Rate limits depend on your plan. Free tier allows 10 requests/minute. Paid plans allow up to 120 requests/minute.
No credits are charged for failed jobs. If credits were pre-deducted (rare), they are refunded automatically. You can retry failed jobs via the API.
Yes. Unused balance rolls over to the next billing cycle, up to a cap of 2x your monthly allocation. Balance beyond the cap expires when new credits are added.
Yes, via the raw.ffmpeg job type. Your command is validated against a flag whitelist and executed in an isolated container. Available on Starter plans and above.
Two options: configure a webhook URL on your organization for push-based notifications, or use the SSE endpoint for real-time streaming updates. Both are available on Starter plans and above.
Rendobar uses Deepgram for speech-to-text, MediaPipe for face detection, OpenALPR for license plate recognition, and Meta VideoSeal for invisible watermarking. All detection models run on Rendobar’s processing servers — no data is sent to external AI services.