Thinking of making the switch from Ziggeo?
We want to make the decision as easy as possible. Here is how AddPipe differs, from the recording client to the invoice.
Still shipping
55 product updates in 2025 and 34 by June 2026. Ziggeo's updates stopped in 2022, around the time it was acquired.
Half the price at 1,000 minutes
$50/month on AddPipe against $99/month on Ziggeo. See the full comparison.
Post-processing included
Every recording becomes a non-fragmented MP4, with a snapshot and a filmstrip, at no extra cost.
A product that is still moving.
Real people doing real work, and improvements you can read about in the changelog.
AddPipe gets better every week
In 2025 we shipped 55 product updates. As of June 2026 we have already shipped 34 this year. Ziggeo's updates stopped in 2022, around the time it was acquired. Read the changelog.
Supported by humans
AddPipe is developed and maintained by a small team in Bucharest, Romania, working 9:00 to 17:00 EET/EEST. The same team is behind every change, support ticket, email and blog post.
GDPR is a first-class citizen
We spent several months in early 2018 making every process, system and policy GDPR-compliant for the data we process for you as a data processor: files, snapshots, device names, IPs, user agents. Our GDPR page.
A recording client that holds up.
Smaller, faster, and tested on a plethora of real devices.
Solid recording client
It handles permissions and edge cases, works around browser bugs, and supports older browsers, Safari and Firefox. It works over high-latency connections, and it recovers when a webcam is unplugged or a Bluetooth headset drops. Issues that browsers introduce are usually patched right away. How it works.
Streams long and large recordings
Data goes to our servers as soon as recording starts, so there is far less left to upload at the end. That matters most for long recordings, and for screen recordings, which usually have a high bitrate.
Several redundancy mechanisms
We reconnect users who get disconnected. If a user disconnects completely, we recover the recording on the server side. Our EU and US processing regions have two availability zones each.
Almost 1M recordings a day in production.
In 2022 we validated 200,000 recordings a day in a single availability zone. Now there are four zones across the US and the EU.
Solid infrastructure
Four availability zones give you scalability, redundancy and data residency options. About the infrastructure.
Handles peaks in demand
A smart queue and a lanes mechanism absorb load during peak times, so a burst of recordings is accepted rather than dropped.
EU and US under one account
Process recordings in the US or in the EU, depending on your data residency needs. You are not locked into a single region per account.
You'll pay less.
Start with a 14-day free trial, then move to production from $50/month. From there, the price grows with your usage in a predictable way.
| Minutes/month | Ziggeo | Pipe | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $99/month | $50/month | $588/year |
| 10,000 | $361/month | $300/month | $732/year |
Granular, per-resolution pricing. AddPipe charges separately for audio, 320p, 480p, 720p, Full HD and 4K. Ziggeo only has SD and HD, whether you record 4K from a phone on Wi-Fi or 320x240 over slow or expensive mobile data. See AddPipe pricing
Post-processing is included.
Every browser and device records video differently, with formats and codecs that are often incompatible with each other. AddPipe evens them out.
Non-fragmented MP4
Every recording is processed into an MP4 optimized for native playback in browsers, desktop players and mobile devices.
Snapshot and filmstrip
Extracted automatically for every recording, ready for your UI with no extra processing.
Watermark, crop, cut
Separately, we can apply a watermark, crop to a ratio, or cut to length.
Details.
How much does AddPipe cost compared to Ziggeo?
AddPipe starts at $50/month for production use. At 1,000 minutes a month that is $50 against Ziggeo's $99, a saving of $588 a year. At 10,000 minutes it is $300 against $361, a saving of $732 a year.
How is AddPipe priced?
Per resolution: audio, 320p, 480p, 720p, Full HD and 4K. Ziggeo splits recordings into SD and HD only, so a 320x240 recording over mobile data is billed the same way as a much larger one.
Can I process recordings in both the EU and the US?
Yes. Recordings can be processed in the EU or the US depending on your data residency needs, under the same account. Each region has two availability zones.
Who answers support tickets?
The same small team that builds AddPipe, in Bucharest, Romania. We work 9:00 to 17:00 in the EET/EEST timezone.
Is there a free trial?
Yes, 14 days, with the full platform. After that, production plans start at $50/month and grow with your usage.
Sign up for a 14 day trial.
Add audio, video and screen recording to your website and explore the AddPipe Platform for two weeks.