Which Kaltura Self-Hosted Edition Serves You Best?
Kaltura Community Edition and Kaltura On-Prem™ Comparison

Kaltura offers two different editions of its self-hosted video platform.

  • Kaltura Community Edition is Kaltura’s free Open source video platform, licensed under the AGPL License.
  • Kaltura On-Prem™, is the commercial edition of Kaltura’s video platform, licensed under a commercial license

Kaltura also offers a fully hosted Video Platform. For more information about packages of the hosted platform, please refer to pricing and editions.

The table below compares the two self-hosted editions of the Kaltura video platform.

Kaltura Community Edition

Kaltura On-Prem™
Who is it intended for? Organizations and individual developers who seek an online video solution and have strong inclination towards open source solutions: willing to support and maintain the software, accept community support or spend time and resources solving issues independently and contribute their updates and extensions back to the community. Organizations looking for a self-hosted online video solution for self-use, or for service reselling, or integrated within their platform (large media companies, Enterprises, CDNs, ISPs, ISVs). Organizations that prefer to rely on certified software with product warranty, and using Kaltura’s support and maintenance. This product provides a commercial license, allowing licensees to own their updates, extensions and custom work.
Cost Structure Free download License Fee; Maintenance and Support annual subscription
Support Community Support Kaltura commercial support packages with Gold/Platinum SLA
Subscription for Upgrades and Maintenance Community updates and patches Kaltura updates, patches and hot-fixes; New Version Releases
Certification and warranty Not certified by Kaltura, no warranty Certified by Kaltura , Warranty
Licensing Affero-GPL
All updates and contributions are contributed back to community		 Enterprise Commercial License with or without reselling rights
Professional Services and Training Not available Professional Services and Training Packages are available.
Services Refer to detailed CE Release Notes for the list of included Services. Refer to Kaltura Editions for list of services included
Number of Supported Publishers / Sites Single/Multiple Single/Multiple
Trial None – free to download, free to use A limited period evaluation package. submit request for a free evaluation