ZeroBuffer

What the company is

ZeroBuffer is a video hosting and streaming platform owned by Apexnova Private Limited. The case studies page calls Apexnova its parent company, and every page carries a 2026 copyright line in Apexnova's name. The terms describe ZeroBuffer as a content delivery network service provider, and the site sums up its market as businesses whose product is video. The home page says it hosts and streams a business's videos so they play on the business's own website or app, and it names streaming and subscription apps, course platforms, marketing teams and media sites as the customers it is built for. Adult publishers are addressed in one place, the acceptable use policy, which admits them on conditions. The pages give no company location and no data center list; the streaming page says the company does not publish infrastructure details.

What it sells an operator

The product is on-demand video handled end to end. A file is uploaded from a computer, up to 4K, or imported from a link to wherever it is stored today, so an existing library moves without being downloaded first. Each upload is prepared in 4K, 1080p, 720p and 480p with thumbnails at no charge, and viewers get the highest quality their connection can handle, with the player stepping down to a lighter version rather than freezing. Every title gets a standard streaming link that the players built into phones, browsers and TVs already understand, plus a ready-made player for a website or app. The player carries the operator's brand, no ads, no other logos and no suggested videos from other channels. Titles can be grouped into collections, team members get their own permissions on one bill, and a video can be replaced or taken down at once. Streams are cached on a global edge network and delivered over HTTPS and HTTP/3.

Two gaps matter for an adult operator. The streaming page says ZeroBuffer does not offer DRM copy protection yet, and it says sign-in, subscriptions and billing stay in the systems the operator already runs, so there is no paywall or membership layer. Viewer analytics are listed as coming soon, although the home page describes a dashboard of what gets watched, where and on which device.

Live streaming is not part of the product. The home page says the platform is built for on-demand video today and asks anyone planning live events to contact sales.

Pricing is metered. As read in October 2026, the pricing page charges $0.0049 per GB of video delivered, which it prints as $11.03 per 1,000 hours watched in Full HD, and $0.01 per GB a month for storage. The delivery rate steps down above 200 TB a month: $0.0045 per GB from 200 TB to 500 TB, $0.0040 up to 750 TB and $0.0035 up to 1 PB, each rate applying to the video inside its band. Above 1 PB the rate is agreed with sales. The page counts an hour of Full HD as about 2.25 GB and states that the price is the same in every country. Preparing videos is free, and there are no plans, seat limits, minimums, per-view, per-upload or per-request fees. No card is needed to open an account.

The terms that decide the choice

The adult clause reads that ZeroBuffer permits its services for providers of adult content, provided the content is legal under applicable laws and complies with all the other terms at all times. It names no approval step for adult accounts and no age-verification or record-keeping duty. Elsewhere the policy limits the network to lawful use and lists what it bars: material used without the rights holder's authorization, obscene, defamatory or threatening material, and anything breaching export control rules. Its illegal-use list covers malware, spam and phishing, hate speech and child pornography, and the company may disable an account at once and without refund, depending on how serious the violation is.

Live video streaming of events needs written approval in advance, and an account that streams live without it can be terminated.

The policy states that ZeroBuffer does not actively monitor files on its network, puts responsibility for distributed content on the customer, and promises full cooperation with authorities investigating a customer. Its report page takes complaints about copyright and DMCA violations, illegal content, child sexual abuse material, phishing and malware, and violent threats and harassment, with each submission treated as a formal notice under the Digital Services Act. Once a report checks out, ZeroBuffer passes complete complaints on to the customer concerned; where the customer does nothing, or keeps offending, ZeroBuffer will cut off access to the material.

For copyright, the terms list what a valid DMCA notice must contain: a signature from someone authorized by the rights holder, the work and the material concerned with its location on the service, contact details, a good-faith statement and a statement made under penalty of perjury. Notices go by email to a designated agent marked for DMCA notices. Accounts that infringe repeatedly are closed without refund.

The terms let ZeroBuffer suspend or close an account at its sole discretion, possibly without warning, for a breach of its rules, a law enforcement request or false registration details, and then permanently delete the account's content.

Billing is prepaid: service fees are drawn from the account balance. As the refund policy put it in October 2026, metered usage already consumed, including delivery, storage and encoding, is not refunded, while unspent balance comes back to the original payment method through a support ticket, with no reason required and no time limit while the account is open. There is no contract or minimum term; canceling stops future billing, and usage already delivered in the current period stays payable. The pages do not list accepted payment methods.

The terms commit to 99.99% monthly uptime for content delivery, measured over five-minute intervals. As of October 2026 the service credit runs from 10% of the month's delivery charges for a small miss to 100% below 99.0%, claimed within 30 days of the month's end, applied to future charges and offered as the sole remedy. Scheduled maintenance announced 48 hours ahead, the customer's own origin or DNS, suspension for a breach, attacks, and upstream transit failures are excluded.

Support has two descriptions. The terms say customer support runs during standard business hours, with nothing committed outside them unless a separate written agreement says so; the home page and contact page say questions go to the engineers who run the platform at any hour of the day.

Getting started and support

Starting takes an account and an upload, with no card and no sales call. The docs cover uploading, organizing videos and adding the player. The streaming page sets out a staged move from another provider: import a few titles and test them on real devices, switch staff over, send a small share of viewers, then move the rest and retire the old provider once a busy period has passed. It gives no fixed timetable and says both providers can run side by side, since there is no contract or minimum. The marketing page says the player goes on pages built in an existing CMS or app.

The contact page splits inquiries into sales and pricing, account help and a separate form for reporting a video, with one email address for sales and account questions. Refund requests go through support tickets.

Company and track record

The case studies page says Apexnova builds and operates streaming apps for its clients and that its 20+ OTT apps run on ZeroBuffer; that is the only case study published. The home page says the team shipped video on AWS for 3 years before building the platform, which makes the company its own first customer, and it names Sahil Asopa as founder. The pages name no certifications, awards or industry memberships.

Who it suits

ZeroBuffer suits an operator who wants on-demand video hosted, encoded and delivered at one published rate, with a clean, unbranded player and no plan to outgrow. A subscription site with its own membership system that wants a single per-GB price for everything its members watch fits the model, as does a publisher with a large library to import from existing storage. The adult clause is explicit and asks for no prior approval.

The caveats are real. There is no DRM yet, no live streaming without written approval, no built-in paywall, and committed support covers business hours. The pages publish no infrastructure detail, and the streaming page itself points operators to uploading a title and playing it back from the audience's own countries as the test. Consumed usage is never refunded.

The strongest part of the offer is the price structure: one rate in every country, free encoding, no per-view fee, and an uptime commitment written into the terms with credits attached.