# Rendobar

> Serverless media processing API. Watermark, transcode, caption, and render videos with one API call. Credit-based billing. MCP-native for AI agents.

Last updated: 2026-05-24

## Getting Started
- [Quickstart](https://rendobar.com/docs/quickstart): Set up your first API key and process a video in 5 minutes
- [Authentication](https://rendobar.com/docs/authentication): Session-based and API key authentication for the REST API

## Core Documentation
- [Raw FFmpeg job type](https://rendobar.com/docs/job-types/raw-ffmpeg): Reference for the raw.ffmpeg job — parameters, response shape, plan caps
- [Credits & Billing](https://rendobar.com/docs/concepts/credits): Credit-based pricing, plan allocations, and usage tracking
- [Webhooks](https://rendobar.com/docs/guides/webhooks): Real-time job status updates via HTTP callbacks with HMAC signature verification
- [Raw FFmpeg](https://rendobar.com/docs/guides/raw-ffmpeg): Run arbitrary FFmpeg commands with safety guardrails and sandboxed execution
- [MCP Integration](https://rendobar.com/docs/mcp/overview): Use Rendobar from AI agents via the Model Context Protocol with 6 tools

## How-To Guides
- [Animated captions](https://rendobar.com/docs/job-types/captions-animate): Word-level animated captions burned into a video (Hormozi / MrBeast / TikTok / pill presets)
- [MCP for AI Agents](https://rendobar.com/docs/mcp/overview): Use Rendobar from Claude, GPT, and other AI agents via MCP

## Concepts
- [How Credits Work](https://rendobar.com/docs/concepts/credits): Atomic balance gate, per-job debit on terminal status, no auto-refund (admin-discretion via dispute route)
- [Job Lifecycle](https://rendobar.com/docs/concepts/job-lifecycle): Status transitions, timeouts, retries, and failure handling

## Key Features
- Run any FFmpeg command via API with sandboxed cloud execution (raw.ffmpeg -- available now)
- Media metadata extraction via API or MCP probe_media tool (extract.metadata -- available now)
- Single REST API endpoint for all operations
- Credit-based billing with free tier ($5 signup grant, no credit card required)
- Real-time job status via WebSocket and webhooks with HMAC signatures
- MCP-native: 6 tools for AI agent integration (submit_job, get_job, list_jobs, probe_media, get_account, upload_media)
- Serverless architecture on Cloudflare Workers
- R2 storage for inputs and outputs with presigned URLs

## Feature Pages
- [FFmpeg as a Service](https://rendobar.com/ffmpeg/): Run any FFmpeg command via REST API with sandboxed cloud execution and pay-per-job pricing
- [FFmpeg on Vercel](https://rendobar.com/ffmpeg/vercel/): Run FFmpeg from Vercel Functions without the 250 MB Lambda bundle cap, on Node or Edge runtime
- [FFmpeg on Cloudflare Workers](https://rendobar.com/ffmpeg/cloudflare/): Run FFmpeg from Cloudflare Workers despite no binaries or child_process in the V8 isolate
- [FFmpeg on Supabase Edge](https://rendobar.com/ffmpeg/supabase/): Run FFmpeg from Supabase Edge Functions despite Deno having no shell or subprocess
- [All Features](https://rendobar.com/features/): Overview of all video processing operations and their availability
- [About](https://rendobar.com/about/): About Rendobar

## Comparisons
- [Compare Rendobar vs Alternatives](https://rendobar.com/vs/): Head-to-head comparisons of Rendobar against Shotstack, Creatomate, and Bannerbear with feature matrices, pricing math, and use-case verdicts
- [Rendobar vs Shotstack](https://rendobar.com/vs/shotstack/): Rendobar (raw FFmpeg + MCP tools) vs Shotstack (JSON timeline + white-label editor SDK for enterprise video)
- [Rendobar vs Creatomate](https://rendobar.com/vs/creatomate/): Rendobar (developer API with raw FFmpeg) vs Creatomate (designer-led JSON template system with visual editor)
- [Rendobar vs Bannerbear](https://rendobar.com/vs/bannerbear/): Rendobar (video-first developer API) vs Bannerbear (image-first template API for marketing and growth teams)

## Pricing
- Free: $0/month, $5 one-time signup credits, no credit card required
- Pro: $9/month, $5/month included credits, 20% bonus on every credit top-up
- Credit packs available: $10 / $25 / $50 / $100 (credits never expire; our-side failures refunded via support, user-error failures charged)

## Blog & Updates
- [Blog](https://rendobar.com/blog/): Technical articles and announcements
- [Changelog](https://rendobar.com/changelog/): Platform updates and releases

## Additional Resources
- Full documentation available at [rendobar.com/docs/](https://rendobar.com/docs/)

## API Base URL
https://api.rendobar.com

## Available Job Types

### Live Now
- raw.ffmpeg -- Execute any FFmpeg command via API with sandboxed cloud execution
- extract.metadata -- Extract media file metadata (duration, resolution, codecs, bitrate)
- captions.animate -- Burn animated word-level captions onto a video (Hormozi / MrBeast / TikTok / pill presets)
- caption.burn -- Burn static styled subtitles into a video from an SRT, VTT, or ASS file, or auto-transcribe when none is given
- qr.generate -- Generate styled QR codes with 9 content types (URL, vCard, WiFi, etc.)

### Coming Soon
- watermark.apply -- Add image and text watermarks to video and images
- watermark.composite -- Multi-watermark overlay in a single pass
- transcode -- Format conversion with codec, bitrate, and resolution control
- caption.extract -- AI-powered speech-to-text transcription

### Planned
watermark.remove, watermark.check, watermark.embed, watermark.detect, thumbnail, compliance.moderate, compliance.gdpr.detect, compliance.gdpr.redact, extract.scenes, extract.text, render.rendley, render.remotion, render.veed

## MCP Tools (6 tools)
- submit_job -- Submit any media processing job
- get_job -- Get job status, progress, and results
- list_jobs -- List recent jobs with filters
- probe_media -- Inspect media file metadata
- get_account -- Check balance, plan, and limits
- upload_media -- Get upload instructions for local files