A Vimeo OTT alternative for selling a live event

Vimeo OTT is built to run a subscription or video-on-demand service. It can also sell a live event as pay-per-view, on some plans. Below is what Vimeo's own pages say, set beside how AVP.Live does the same job for a single event.

Who each is a fit for

Vimeo OTT

Vimeo OTT is a fit if you are building an ongoing video service, with subscriptions, a library or branded apps, and a live event is one part of it.

AVP.Live

AVP.Live is a fit if the event is the product: you want to sell a livestream, tickets for the building and the replay for one show, and be selling today without a sales call.

Side by side

What Vimeo OTT's own pages say, read on 13 November 2026, beside what AVP.Live does. The numbers in brackets are the sources below.

Selling a live event
Vimeo OTT
Vimeo's help centre says that if your OTT account can create live events (a Growth or Enterprise seller), you can sell access to them as live pay-per-view, and it directs you to Vimeo's Sales team to set up live events. The Starter plan is listed as pre-recorded video only.[1][2]
AVP.Live
Self-serve: open a free account, build the event, and connect Stripe. There is no sales call and no request to us. Paid ticketing and livestreaming turn on once Stripe has verified your organization.
What it charges
Vimeo OTT
For buy and rent sales, Vimeo lists 10% + 50¢ per transaction, with the card fee included in that. The Starter plan is listed at $1 per subscriber per month. An Enterprise plan requires an annual subscription agreement, and its price is not published on the pages we read.[3][4][5][6]
AVP.Live
12% of the ticket price on livestream and replay tickets and 5% on in-person tickets, plus card processing. There is no monthly fee, and free tickets carry no fee.
When you are paid
Vimeo OTT
Vimeo's seller terms say it will pay creator revenue within thirty days of the end of each month in which the revenue was received.[7]
AVP.Live
Ticket sales are paid into your own Stripe account as they happen, and Stripe pays out to your bank on its own schedule.
Tickets for the building
Vimeo OTT
We did not find in-person ticketing described on the Vimeo OTT pages we read.
AVP.Live
Tickets for the building (general admission and VIP) are sold from the same page and scanned at the door on a volunteer's phone.
The replay
Vimeo OTT
The live pay-per-view help article covers selling access to a live event. We did not find on it a replay that goes on sale by itself after the event.
AVP.Live
The recording becomes the replay and goes on sale by itself after the show, at its own price if you set one.

The numbers are on the pricing page, and the calculator shows what a show could bring in.

Sources: Vimeo OTT's own pages

  1. [1] Vimeo help centre, selling live pay-per-view products on Vimeo OTT“If your OTT account can create live events (i.e., you are a Growth or Enterprise seller)”
  2. [2] Vimeo OTT pricing and plans“Video Pre-recorded video only”
  3. [3] Vimeo help centre, Vimeo OTT pricing breakdown“Buy & Rent (TVOD) 10% + 50¢ / transaction”
  4. [4] Vimeo help centre, Vimeo OTT pricing breakdown“the merchant fee is included with the Revenue share and Fixed fee.”
  5. [5] Vimeo OTT pricing and plans“Starter $1 per subscriber / month”
  6. [6] Vimeo OTT pricing and plans“An OTT Enterprise plan requires an annual subscription agreement.”
  7. [7] Vimeo seller addendum, section 6.7 (last updated March 9, 2026)“Vimeo will pay you Creator Revenue within thirty (30) days of the end of each month”

AVP.Live is not affiliated with Vimeo OTT. These are statements from its own published pages, read on 13 November 2026, and they may have changed since. Where a page did not say something, we have written that we did not find it, which is not the same as saying the company does not do it. If anything here is out of date or wrong, email info@avp.live and we will correct it.

Questions

Can I sell a one-off live event on Vimeo OTT?
Vimeo's help centre describes selling live pay-per-view on accounts that can create live events. Which plan that means, and what it costs, is set out on Vimeo's own pages and by its Sales team.
Are the figures on this page current?
They are what Vimeo's pages said when we read them, on the date shown. Plans and fees change, so check Vimeo's own pages before you decide.

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