--- title: "RobotStreamer Cost Analysis #2 · OpenVibe.Community" canonical: "https://openvibe.community/p/free-jade-92" updated: null --- # RobotStreamer Cost Analysis #2 · OpenVibe.Community HTML: [RobotStreamer Cost Analysis #2 · OpenVibe.Community](https://openvibe.community/p/free-jade-92) # RobotStreamer Cost Analysis #2 [![](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01KZK5GRQ088Y3CW1TMEF4Z4RN?w=96) goosely](https://openvibe.live/@goosely) · [Markdown](/pastes?lang=markdown) · Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:49 UTC · 72 views · 76 lines An estimate analysis of RobotStreamer hosting costs, breaking down likely monthly ranges and which components drive archiving vs. live-streaming expenses. [ Raw](/p/free-jade-92/raw) [ Download](/p/free-jade-92/download) [ Fork](/new?fork=free-jade-92) [ Discuss in the forum](/s/discuss?paste=free-jade-92) My updated rough estimate is: **Most likely: about $120–$260/month** with a believable cheap-floor around **$70–$110/month** and a more padded upper band around **$250–$450/month**. Why I moved the estimate: Your HAR shows a pretty specific stack: - `api.robotstreamer.com/v1/robot_page_load` returning a huge JSON payload, - WebSocket chat/control on `208-113-134-124.robotstreamer.com` ports `8765` and `8865`, - a WebRTC SFU at `av2.robotstreamer.com:4443`, - an HLS endpoint configured as `hls.robotstreamer.com`, - and the platform docs still expose RTMP ingest at `rtmp://rtmp.robotstreamer.com/live`. (\[RobotStreamer\]\[1\]) That does **not** look like “pay Wowza and forget it.” It looks like a homemade multi-piece stack: app/API + chat/control + SFU + RTMP/HLS + B2-backed media storage. The archive side is cheap. Parsing the HAR payload you uploaded, I get roughly **11.6k videos + 574 clips**, around **2,594 hours** total. Your logs from other runs were already landing in the same ballpark, around **12k discovered media items**. Backblaze B2 pricing is currently: - storage: **$6/TB/month** - Class B download/API calls: first **2,500/day free**, then **$0.004 per 10,000** - free egress up to **3x average monthly storage**, then **$0.01/GB**. (\[Backblaze\]\[2\]) So for archive storage alone, even if the VODs average somewhere in RobotStreamer’s own bitrate range of **0.25–2.50 mbit**, the stored archive is probably only about: - **0.29 TB** at 0.25 mbit → about **$1.75/mo** - **0.58 TB** at 0.50 mbit → about **$3.50/mo** - **1.17 TB** at 1.00 mbit → about **$7.00/mo** - **2.92 TB** at 2.50 mbit → about **$17.50/mo** That bitrate band is grounded by the platform UI options exposed on RobotStreamer pages. (\[RobotStreamer\]\[3\]) The cap error you hit also suggests Rick probably isn’t paying a lot for B2 transactions. Your screenshot shows Backblaze’s `download_cap_exceeded` error. But **9,000 downloads** would only be about **6,500 billable Class B calls beyond the free 2,500**, which is only a fraction of a cent at Backblaze’s published API rates. That makes it much more likely he set a conservative B2 cap than that he was getting crushed by unavoidable B2 transaction cost. (\[Backblaze\]\[4\]) The bigger cost risk is the **live infra**, not the archive: - DreamHost DreamCompute examples currently show about **$12/mo** for a 2GB VM and **$48/mo** for an 8GB VM, with **100 GB block storage included**; extra block storage is **$10 per 100 GB/month**. (\[DreamHost\]\[5\]) - DreamHost dedicated starts much higher, around **$199/mo** and up. (\[DreamHost\]\[6\]) So the likely monthly buckets look like this: **Cheap-but-working setup: $70–$110/mo** - one small DreamCompute app/API box: **$12** - one 8GB DreamCompute realtime/SFU box: **$48** - B2 storage: **$3–$18** - a little extra misc/storage/overhead **Most likely: $120–$260/mo** - one small app/API box: **$12–$48** - one medium SFU/chat/control box: **$48** - maybe one extra AV/HLS/legacy box on DreamHost or Bluehost/Unified Layer: call it **$20–$80** as a rough unmanaged-VPS-style bucket - B2 storage and some egress overhead: **$5–$20** - maybe a bit of extra block storage or sloppy overprovisioning **If he’s doing something dumber / more padded: $250–$450/mo** - one DreamHost dedicated or oversized box: **$199+** - plus another cloud node or two - plus B2 - plus redundant/legacy AV stuff My blunt conclusion: **He probably is not paying enterprise money.** The archive side is dirt cheap. The likely all-in number is still probably around **$150-ish/month**, maybe **$200-ish** if he keeps an extra node around or overprovisions the live box. I would only push it toward **$300–$450** if one of those AV hosts is actually on a dedicated server or if he keeps multiple always-on boxes for redundancy. The one thing I still cannot price tightly from this HAR is **viewer-driven live egress load** on the WebRTC SFU. That is the real wildcard. Storage is cheap; live fanout is where the bill gets ugly. \[1\]: [https://robotstreamer.com/new\_stream2.html?utm\_source=chatgpt.com](https://robotstreamer.com/new_stream2.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com) "How to set up a stream on RobotStreamer" \[2\]: [https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-storage/pricing?utm\_source=chatgpt.com](https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-storage/pricing?utm_source=chatgpt.com) "Cloud Storage Pricing Comparison: AWS S3, GCP, Azure ..." \[3\]: [https://robotstreamer.com/robot/6580?utm\_source=chatgpt.com](https://robotstreamer.com/robot/6580?utm_source=chatgpt.com) "TELE CATORCE - TeleCatorce" \[4\]: [https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-storage/transaction-pricing](https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-storage/transaction-pricing) "Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage API Pricing Explained | Prices per API call or Transactions" \[5\]: [https://www.dreamhost.com/cloud/computing/](https://www.dreamhost.com/cloud/computing/) "Cloud Computing Powered by OpenStack - DreamHost" \[6\]: [https://www.dreamhost.com/hosting/dedicated/](https://www.dreamhost.com/hosting/dedicated/) "Fully Managed Dedicated Server Hosting - DreamHost" Markdown source 76 lines ~~~~ My updated rough estimate is: **Most likely: about $120–$260/month** with a believable cheap-floor around **$70–$110/month** and a more padded upper band around **$250–$450/month**. Why I moved the estimate: Your HAR shows a pretty specific stack: * `api.robotstreamer.com/v1/robot_page_load` returning a huge JSON payload, * WebSocket chat/control on `208-113-134-124.robotstreamer.com` ports `8765` and `8865`, * a WebRTC SFU at `av2.robotstreamer.com:4443`, * an HLS endpoint configured as `hls.robotstreamer.com`, * and the platform docs still expose RTMP ingest at `rtmp://rtmp.robotstreamer.com/live`. ([RobotStreamer][1]) That does **not** look like “pay Wowza and forget it.” It looks like a homemade multi-piece stack: app/API + chat/control + SFU + RTMP/HLS + B2-backed media storage. The archive side is cheap. Parsing the HAR payload you uploaded, I get roughly **11.6k videos + 574 clips**, around **2,594 hours** total. Your logs from other runs were already landing in the same ballpark, around **12k discovered media items**. Backblaze B2 pricing is currently: * storage: **$6/TB/month** * Class B download/API calls: first **2,500/day free**, then **$0.004 per 10,000** * free egress up to **3x average monthly storage**, then **$0.01/GB**. ([Backblaze][2]) So for archive storage alone, even if the VODs average somewhere in RobotStreamer’s own bitrate range of **0.25–2.50 mbit**, the stored archive is probably only about: * **0.29 TB** at 0.25 mbit → about **$1.75/mo** * **0.58 TB** at 0.50 mbit → about **$3.50/mo** * **1.17 TB** at 1.00 mbit → about **$7.00/mo** * **2.92 TB** at 2.50 mbit → about **$17.50/mo** That bitrate band is grounded by the platform UI options exposed on RobotStreamer pages. ([RobotStreamer][3]) The cap error you hit also suggests Rick probably isn’t paying a lot for B2 transactions. Your screenshot shows Backblaze’s `download_cap_exceeded` error. But **9,000 downloads** would only be about **6,500 billable Class B calls beyond the free 2,500**, which is only a fraction of a cent at Backblaze’s published API rates. That makes it much more likely he set a conservative B2 cap than that he was getting crushed by unavoidable B2 transaction cost. ([Backblaze][4]) The bigger cost risk is the **live infra**, not the archive: * DreamHost DreamCompute examples currently show about **$12/mo** for a 2GB VM and **$48/mo** for an 8GB VM, with **100 GB block storage included**; extra block storage is **$10 per 100 GB/month**. ([DreamHost][5]) * DreamHost dedicated starts much higher, around **$199/mo** and up. ([DreamHost][6]) So the likely monthly buckets look like this: **Cheap-but-working setup: $70–$110/mo** * one small DreamCompute app/API box: **$12** * one 8GB DreamCompute realtime/SFU box: **$48** * B2 storage: **$3–$18** * a little extra misc/storage/overhead **Most likely: $120–$260/mo** * one small app/API box: **$12–$48** * one medium SFU/chat/control box: **$48** * maybe one extra AV/HLS/legacy box on DreamHost or Bluehost/Unified Layer: call it **$20–$80** as a rough unmanaged-VPS-style bucket * B2 storage and some egress overhead: **$5–$20** * maybe a bit of extra block storage or sloppy overprovisioning **If he’s doing something dumber / more padded: $250–$450/mo** * one DreamHost dedicated or oversized box: **$199+** * plus another cloud node or two * plus B2 * plus redundant/legacy AV stuff My blunt conclusion: **He probably is not paying enterprise money.** The archive side is dirt cheap. The likely all-in number is still probably around **$150-ish/month**, maybe **$200-ish** if he keeps an extra node around or overprovisions the live box. I would only push it toward **$300–$450** if one of those AV hosts is actually on a dedicated server or if he keeps multiple always-on boxes for redundancy. The one thing I still cannot price tightly from this HAR is **viewer-driven live egress load** on the WebRTC SFU. That is the real wildcard. Storage is cheap; live fanout is where the bill gets ugly. [1]: https://robotstreamer.com/new_stream2.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com "How to set up a stream on RobotStreamer" [2]: https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-storage/pricing?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Cloud Storage Pricing Comparison: AWS S3, GCP, Azure ..." [3]: https://robotstreamer.com/robot/6580?utm_source=chatgpt.com "TELE CATORCE - TeleCatorce" [4]: https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-storage/transaction-pricing "Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage API Pricing Explained | Prices per API call or Transactions" [5]: https://www.dreamhost.com/cloud/computing/ "Cloud Computing Powered by OpenStack - DreamHost" [6]: https://www.dreamhost.com/hosting/dedicated/ "Fully Managed Dedicated Server Hosting - DreamHost" ~~~~ ## Comments [Sign in with your OpenVibe account](/auth/login?next=%2Fp%2Ffree-jade-92) to comment. 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