Interactive tools

Free calculators for video engineering.

Four interactive tools from Fora Soft engineers — video bitrate, storage cost, codec ROI, and a same-VMAF codec comparison. Plug in your numbers and get the answer a senior engineer would put in a deck.

The tools

Pick a number to work out.

Each tool pairs a live calculator with a full explainer and a downloadable cheat sheet — built for product managers, founders and ops, no engineering degree required.

Video Bitrate Calculator

Uncompressed and shipped bitrate, file size, and S3 storage cost for any resolution, fps, codec and duration — with a pipe-fit check against 2026 network medians.

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Video Storage Cost Calculator

Source, mezzanine and rendition bytes and the monthly cloud invoice across S3, R2, B2, Wasabi and the cold tiers, plus an AV1 / HEVC migration break-even.

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