Free video hosting: what’s included and what the limits are
Updated: November 9, 2026
“Free and unlimited” is almost never true: someone pays for storage and bandwidth. On Dembed it’s paid for by the player’s ads, which is why you can host videos for free and even earn money from them. Here’s what’s included and what isn’t, no fine print.
What’s free
- Upload videos up to 5 GB per file, with no limit on length or number of videos.
- Share by link and embed on any website with an iframe.
- A player with adaptive quality, subtitles, your color and your logo or watermark.
- Folders, plus stats by video and by country.
- Earn money from every monetized view from your first video.
The real limits of a free account
- The player shows ads to viewers: that’s how the service is funded and your earnings are paid.
- Videos have lower processing priority and take a few minutes to go public.
- Videos with no plays or downloads during the inactivity period are deleted automatically (the period is in the Privacy Policy).
- If you allow downloads, free viewers wait through a short countdown.
- Content that infringes copyright and sexually explicit content aren’t allowed.
What changes with Premium
- Files up to 50 GB per video.
- Your videos go public instantly (priority processing).
- Your videos aren’t deleted for inactivity while the subscription is active.
- You don’t see ads when watching videos. Your viewers without Premium still see them.
- Downloads without the wait. Prices are on the Premium page.
Frequently asked questions
There’s no limit on the number of videos; if your account had a total storage limit, you’d see it in your dashboard.