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Deployed on AWS
DRMtoday is a leading digital rights management (DRM) licensing service enabling rapid access to studio-recognized video streaming security.
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Overview
OTT, IPTV, and digital media providers using AWS Media Services can easily enable content security and monetization with multi-DRM licensing.
FREE: First 1,000 DRM license requests at no cost for testing
Castlabs' DRMtoday is a leading digital rights management (DRM) licensing and access control service for media streaming, with billions of deliveries each month. We enable rapid adoption of multiple studio-recognized DRM systems for secure content playback across any platform.
Our best-in-class cloud service has been trusted by organizations large and small since 2010 to achieve low total cost of ownership, avoid complex infrastructure, and accelerate time to market with ready-to-use licensing.
Operating as a worldwide multi-region license delivery network, DRMtoday provides advanced scalability, low-latency, high availability, and robust fault-tolerant redundancy.
VOD, live, and offline use-cases are supported along with MPEG-DASH, HLS, CMAF, and Smooth Streaming formats. Our extensive service features key rotation as well as Secure Packager and Encoder Key Exchange (SPEKE) to streamline key ingestion workflows including AWS Elemental MediaPackage and AWS Elemental MediaConvert.
DRMtoday also offers powerful access control features to enable monetization business models including:
- Concurrent stream limiting to increase ARPU and deter credential sharing revenue loss
- Enforce stream quality based on your service tiers
- Geo & VPN blocking to restrict service to desired locations
- Stream takedown to stop delivery from users you identify as pirates
- Control access via device, IP, user, or session IDs
- Hardware detection and filtering to enforce content quality based on DRM security level
Get started today!
After signing up, you'll receive an account and documentation to configure your DRMtoday service.
SLA options up to 99.999% and consulting services for integrations are also available. Please contact sales@castlabs.com for details.
Highlights
- Securely reach all screens with Google Widevine, FairPlay Streaming, and Microsoft PlayReady.
- Secure Packager and Encoder Key Exchange (SPEKE) support for simplified deployment.
- Whether it's 100 or 100,000+ requests a second, our limitless server scalability grows to meet any live or VOD traffic.
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Pricing
Pricing is based on actual usage, with charges varying according to how much you consume. Subscriptions have no end date and may be canceled any time.
Additional AWS infrastructure costs may apply. Use the AWS Pricing Calculator to estimate your infrastructure costs.
Dimension | Cost/unit |
|---|---|
Base fee for first 20,000 requests per month | $299.00 |
Next 80,000 requests per month (1 unit = 1000 requests) | $5.00 |
Next 200,000 requests per month (1 unit = 1000 requests) | $3.00 |
Next 700,000 requests per month (1 unit = 1000 requests) | $2.00 |
Next 2 million requests per month (1 unit = 1000 requests) | $1.50 |
Over 3 million requests per month (1 unit = 1000 requests) | $1.00 |
Dimensions summary
You pay based on monthly DRM license requests, billed as usage tiers. A base fee covers your first 20,000 requests each month. Beyond that, you buy units of 1,000 requests, priced across five volume bands: the next 80,000, next 200,000, next 700,000, next 2 million, and everything over 3 million. Each band charges a lower per-unit rate than the one before, so your effective cost drops as monthly volume rises. Charges blend across bands based on how many requests fall in each. There are no setup fees.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
A request counts when an end user starts a session that asks for a video license. When key rotation is used, such as for live streaming, each rotation signaling a new license request counts separately. This lets you estimate volume from your streaming sessions and rotation settings.
No. Each band's rate applies only to requests that fall within that band. Your bill blends across bands based on how many requests land in each. The base fee always covers your first 20,000 requests. A new 1,000-request unit is triggered by the first request within it.
No setup fees apply. Documentation is included for self-setup. Consulting, testing, and integration support are separate from this offer and purchased directly from the vendor. Your monthly bill reflects only the base fee and any request units used above 20,000.
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Multi-DRM Support
Supports Google Widevine, FairPlay Streaming, and Microsoft PlayReady digital rights management systems for secure content playback across multiple platforms.
Key Exchange Protocol
Implements Secure Packager and Encoder Key Exchange (SPEKE) for streamlined key ingestion workflows with AWS Elemental MediaPackage and AWS Elemental MediaConvert.
Streaming Format Compatibility
Supports VOD, live, and offline use-cases with MPEG-DASH, HLS, CMAF, and Smooth Streaming formats.
Access Control and Monetization
Provides concurrent stream limiting, quality enforcement based on service tiers, geo and VPN blocking, stream takedown capabilities, device and IP-based access control, and hardware detection filtering.
Scalability and Availability
Operates as a worldwide multi-region license delivery network with advanced scalability, low-latency delivery, high availability, and fault-tolerant redundancy supporting up to 100,000+ requests per second.
Multi-DRM Support
Supports Apple FairPlay Streaming, Google Widevine, and Microsoft PlayReady DRM systems through single integration for content protection across all screens.
Custom Licensing Policies
Enables configuration of custom licensing policies based on device type or content type with configurable license key duration rules and key rotation mechanisms.
Multi-Key Encryption
Supports MultiKey feature to secure different video renditions (SD, HD, Full HD, UHD) with different encryption keys for premium content protection.
API-First Integration
Provides API-first architecture with CPIX/SPEKE V2 protocol support for seamless integration with packaging platforms, origin servers, and DRM-supporting players.
Audit and Compliance
Delivers detailed granular logging, hourly reporting for complete transparency and auditability, with granular access control for internal team compliance.
Multiprotocol Media Streaming
Supports multiple streaming protocols including HTTP and RTMFP for delivering video content across diverse network conditions and use cases.
Dynamic HTTP Packaging
Enables dynamic packaging of media content for HTTP delivery, allowing single source content to be adapted for multiple delivery formats and devices.
DRM and Content Protection
Provides Digital Rights Management support for Apple HLS and dynamic media encryption to protect audio and video streams from unauthorized access.
Real-time Communication Protocol
Implements RTMFP protocol for real-time communication capabilities with support for multiple concurrent connections across different instance types.
Cross-platform Device Compatibility
Delivers streaming content to iOS, Android, Internet-connected TVs, and desktop platforms through a unified streaming platform.
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Customer reviews
Dionisis K.
Stable, Reliable Service with a Well-Designed Management Portal
Reviewed on Aug 13, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The service has proven stable and reliable, with annual costs that remain reasonable. The UI/UX is well-designed, offering useful insights that help us quickly diagnose issues when they arise.
What do you dislike about the product?
We have 24/7 Support (Gold SLA). While it covers the essentials, we feel there is room for improvement to better match the premium support experience we receive from other partners in our OTT ecosystem. That said, Castlabs support has been flexible in how requests are scoped, even though some investigations may still require an integration support package.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
DRMtoday reliably meets our core content protection needs and provides a stable DRM foundation for our TV platform. That consistency lets us focus our attention on other parts of our OTT ecosystem, confident that DRM is one less thing we need to worry about.
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Great Experience!
Reviewed on Jul 23, 2022
Review from a verified AWS customer
The integration was quick and convenient. The DRMtoday service is easy and straightforward to use. In more than a year of using DRMtoday, we have not had any disruptions or delays and communication was efficient. The stability of performance and quality meet our expectations and justify the price.
Airlines/Aviation
Nice experience
Reviewed on Jun 22, 2022
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Helps in collaboration with staff and very convenient
What do you dislike about the product?
Can be more interactive and with more features
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Economic and saves budget for meetings
Huikekai
Price
Reviewed on Feb 24, 2022
Review from a verified AWS customer
Our company thinks the price is a little high, especially in the first gear.
There is no problem with the use and stability of the product
Curtis
poor customer service
Reviewed on Jan 29, 2021
Review from a verified AWS customer
Watch out, Castlabs will charge you even if you never launch an instance. They will not offer a refund.
There are hundreds of DRM providers to choose from - don't choose Castlabs.