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Does VidaPulse host videos?

No. VidaPulse does not host your video. You keep hosting it wherever it already lives, and VidaPulse adds only the analytics layer on top through an embed. You paste your existing video URL, VidaPulse wraps it in an analytics player, and you drop one line of script or a script-free iframe onto your page. Nothing is uploaded, moved, or re-hosted, and your video keeps its current URL.

What VidaPulse does instead of hosting

VidaPulse is an analytics layer, not a video host. The split is clean: your host stores and delivers the video file; VidaPulse measures how people watch it. You paste a URL from a supported source, such as YouTube, Amazon S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Azure Blob, Loom, a Zoom recording, Vimeo, or a direct MP4 or HLS file, and VidaPulse wraps that URL in an analytics player.

To put it on a page, you embed a single line of script or a script-free iframe. It works on WordPress, Webflow, ClickFunnels, Squarespace, or plain HTML, with no coding required. The video continues streaming from its original home; VidaPulse simply records playback behavior around it.

Why not re-hosting is an advantage

Because VidaPulse never takes custody of your file, you avoid the costs and risks that come with moving video to a new platform. The benefits are concrete:

• No migration. You do not re-upload large files or change embeds across your pages. The video you have today is the video you measure today.
• No extra storage or bandwidth cost. Your existing host keeps serving the file, so you are not paying a second platform to store and stream it again.
• No lock-in. Your video never lives inside VidaPulse, so there is nothing to extract if you stop. You keep full control of where the file sits.
• Same URL, same delivery. Viewers stream from the same place at the same quality; only the analytics are added.

This is the core design choice behind VidaPulse: separate the analytics from the hosting so you get retention data without the disruption of changing where your video lives.

How VidaPulse solves this

If you want analytics without re-hosting, that is exactly what VidaPulse is for. Paste your existing video URL from wherever it lives, VidaPulse wraps it in an analytics player, and you embed one line of script or a script-free iframe on your page. Your video stays put, keeps its URL, and streams from the same host.

From there you read the audience-retention curve, average watch time, play rate, total and unique viewers, and the percentage reaching any point, plus UTM and source attribution. Pro adds second-by-second heatmaps, viewer-level history, and conversion and CTA tracking, with no personal data collected. Start free with one video and no card required, then move to Starter (10 dollars/mo) or Pro (19 dollars/mo) as you grow. Create a free account and analyze one of your own videos without moving it.

People also ask

If VidaPulse does not host my video, where does it live?

Wherever it already does. You keep your video on YouTube, Amazon S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Azure Blob, Loom, Zoom, Vimeo, or a direct MP4 or HLS link, and paste that URL into VidaPulse. VidaPulse wraps it in an analytics player and you embed it; the file never moves.

Will using VidaPulse increase my storage or bandwidth costs?

No. Because VidaPulse does not re-host or re-stream your file, your existing host keeps serving it as before. You are not paying a second platform to store and deliver the same video, and you are not duplicating large uploads.

Does not hosting mean I am locked in to VidaPulse?

No, the opposite. Your video never lives inside VidaPulse, so there is nothing to migrate out if you stop. You keep full control of the file and its URL; VidaPulse only adds an analytics layer through an embed you can remove at any time.

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