Pricing
Simple, honest pricing
Quvito runs on your own machine, so it costs us nothing to run — and it's free, for good. The phone and TV apps are free while we're in alpha, and the only thing we'd ever meter is bandwidth we actually pay for on your behalf. No account, no subscription to watch your own library.
Right now, everything is free while Quvito is in alpha — including the features marked "Planned" below. This page is the plan for when Quvito leaves alpha, shared up front so there are no surprises.
Quvito for PC
Available nowThe complete app, on your Windows PC. No account, no cloud, nothing held back.
- Every source — Xtream, M3U, Stalker & your own files, in one library
- Live TV with full EPG, DVR & series rules
- Commercial-skip, skip-intro, sports multiview
- Full music player, family & kids profiles, Trakt, downloads
- Runs 100% on your machine — no account, no subscription
Android & TV apps
Available nowYour library on the big screen and in your pocket — Android, Android TV & Fire TV, available now and free in the alpha. Whether they cost anything later isn't decided — and if they ever do, it'd be a one-time purchase, never a subscription.
- Native phone & TV apps that share your library
- Favorites, history & Continue Watching, synced across devices
- Second-screen remote & standalone (no-PC) mode
Out-of-home access
Quvito is a small media server on your own network — so reaching it from outside your home works like any server you own. Two ways to do it:
Self-host it
FreeOpen one port on your router and reach Quvito from anywhere — your network, your bandwidth, no cost. Works if your ISP gives you a normal connection.
Let us route it Planned
a few $/moDon't want to touch your router — or your ISP won't allow it (CGNAT)? Flip one switch and we handle the routing. It costs us real bandwidth every month, so it's the one optional monthly fee. Final price TBD.
Pricing beyond alpha isn't finalized. During alpha, everything above is free.
“Wait — isn't a subscription the thing you rag on Plex for?”
Fair question, and the difference is the whole point. Plex put a recurring fee on reaching your own library — for connections that cost them almost nothing — and took away the free way to do it. We do the opposite:
- The free self-host door stays open forever — we never lock remote access to your own files behind a paywall.
- The only monthly charge is optional managed routing, and it pays for bandwidth we genuinely spend relaying your stream when you can't (or don't want to) self-host.
- Everything else — the PC app, your whole library, the companion apps — is free or pay-once. No subscription to use Quvito.
Pay once for software. Rent only the bandwidth. That's the deal.
A couple of honest notes
- Self-hosting isn't for everyone. If your ISP puts you behind CGNAT (common on mobile and some fiber), port-forwarding can't work — that's exactly what the managed option is for. You may also want a dynamic-DNS name and to be comfortable exposing a port.
- You bring your own source. Quvito ships no channels, streams or content — you connect your own legally-authorized source or your own files.