Migration Guide • Migrate from Dacast

Migrate from Dacast to Flicknexs

Quick AnswerZero-Downtime OTT Migration Playbook

Quick answer: To migrate from Dacast to Flicknexs, export your library and metadata, bulk-import them into Flicknexs (a white-label OTT platform with web, mobile and TV apps), rebuild your subscription tiers, re-publish your apps under your brand, and run both platforms in parallel until cut-over. Most catalogs complete in one to two weeks, driven more by subscriber and billing mapping than by video transfer.

Flicknexs provides a managed OTT platform with a guided migration service, so Dacast customers move their videos, users, pricing tiers and apps with the Flicknexs team doing the mapping and imports.

Zero Catalog Downtime
Full Subscriber Continuity
100% White-Label Ownership
Free
Start and go live anytime
96
Payment gateways integrated
12+
Platforms: web, mobile & TV
0%
Commission on revenue

Facts checked on 3 September 2026. Flicknexs prices are from our pricing page.

Strategic Value

Why teams move from Dacast

01

Dacast is a good live delivery and hosting tool. Teams move when the business becomes a subscription service that needs branded apps, a structured catalog, subscriber accounts and recurring billing rather than a paywalled player.

02

Flicknexs (a video-on-demand, live and cloud-playout platform sold on published monthly plans) is a common landing point because its plans are flat fees with no commission, you get live and linear channels from the first plan, and the same vendor runs the infrastructure, builds the apps and does the migration.

Dacast publishes live streaming and video hosting plans with a paywall feature, positioned as a live-streaming and hosting platform rather than a subscriber-app OTT service Source: Dacast pricing page (checked 2026-09-03).
Asset Migration Architecture

What moves, and how

Six asset classes make up a migration. Each row says how Flicknexs receives it from Dacast and what you keep.

AssetFrom DacastInto FlicknexsYou keep
Video library and metadataHosted VOD files and metadata from the Dacast back officeBulk import toolkit maps titles, descriptions, categories, artwork, captions and series structureEvery title, its artwork and its taxonomy
Subscribers and entitlementsPaywall customer recordsUser import with plan mapping; passwords are reset by secure link on first loginEvery account and what it is entitled to watch
Pricing tiers and paymentsPaywall prices and packagesSVOD, TVOD, AVOD and hybrid tiers recreated; gateways connected; renewal dates preservedYour prices, your renewal calendar, your gateway
Apps and store listingsUsually none; Dacast is player and embed ledWhite-label Android, iOS, Android TV and Fire TV apps; Samsung, LG, Roku and Apple TV as add-onsYour developer accounts, listings and ratings history
Live channels and schedulesLive channels, RTMP ingest points and schedulesLive events, M3U8 linear channels and cloud playout schedulesYour channel line-up and program grid
Domains, DRM and analyticsCustom domain, DRM policy and analytics exportsCustom domain on Flicknexs, Widevine and FairPlay via the DRM add-on, analytics from day oneYour domain authority and your historical numbers

Source: Flicknexs migration playbook and our pricing page, 2026-09-03.

Pre-Migration Checklist

What to have ready before the first call

Migrations stall on missing access, not on missing video. Gather these eight items before the audit call and the first week is the export, not the chase.

A Dacast account that stays paid until the last file is out

Dacast's knowledgebase on downloading uploaded content says the feature is available but that "All you need to do is make sure that you are on a paid pricing plan with Dacast, so we can enable this feature for you." Dacast's storage FAQ separately states "If you cancel a plan, and dont purchase any additional data bandwidth, your files will be removed from your account." So the export window has to sit entirely inside a live, paid subscription period — do not serve notice first and export afterwards.

Confirmation of whether your plan even includes API keys

Dacast's API key documentation states "API keys are included on Scale and Custom plans. If Settings → Integrations does not list API keys, your plan does not include API access," and adds that trial accounts can ask Sales to enable a key for evaluation. Check Settings → Integrations before planning anything scripted: on Starter or Event, the whole inventory and pull is a dashboard exercise, which changes the shape (and the length) of the migration.

Working API credentials and the exact header set

Dacast's getting-started page documents the host as https://developer.dacast.com, with every call carrying X-Api-Key and X-Format: default, plus Content-Type: application/json on JSON bodies, and the guides using /v2 paths. Generate the key in Settings → Integrations and send it from a server, not a browser. Without X-Format: default set, calls that look correct will not behave as the guides describe.

Your original masters, because there is no export endpoint

Dacast does not publish a bulk export API. Its own complete documentation index lists 43 API Reference entries covering live streams, videos, multipart upload, playlists, ads, analytics and bulk import from S3 — with no endpoint for downloading, exporting or retrieving a source file. The documented GET /v2/vod response carries filename ("source.mp4") and filesize but only playback URLs (an "Unsigned HLS URL (view.dacast.com)"). Gather the catalog from your own masters wherever you still hold them; the per-video download button is the documented fallback.

A realistic clock on live-recording downloads

Dacast's live stream recording tutorial states "live stream recording only allows you to download the same file only five times within 24 hours," and that each recording is saved as MP4 under Video On Demand named "Live recording – date, time (UTC)." If your archive is mostly event recordings, that throttle plus the timestamp-only naming means the retrieval schedule and a title/metadata mapping sheet both have to be planned before you start clicking.

Manual paywall and viewer exports, pulled from the dashboard

Dacast's documentation index lists no API endpoint for subscribers, members, paywall or viewer records, so this data comes out of the UI. Dacast's knowledgebase says the viewer payments list is under Paywall → Transactions, showing transaction type, content name, purchase date, the purchasing email address and the amount paid; its paywall guide says "You can now export your viewers as CSV files by clicking on the 'Export CSV' button," with the authentication report giving names, email addresses, content viewed and registration dates.

Your own payment gateway, plus a payout request already filed

On Flicknexs you connect your own gateway, so the billing relationship is rebuilt rather than transferred. Dacast's knowledgebase states its paywall commission is "9.9%, plus $0.40 on each viewer purchase" for both subscription and pay-per-view, and Dacast's FAQ tells viewers needing refunds or paywall help to contact helpdesk@inplayer.com. Dacast's payout article states "the first payment request will take a minimum of 35 business days to process" and that requests are in USD only, so file the withdrawal early, not at cutover.

The cancellation paperwork drafted in advance

Dacast's Terms of Service section 1.2 states your plan "will automatically renew for a further Subscription Period" unless terminated, and section 3.2.1 requires "emailing us a written notice of termination at support@dacast.com, instructing us to enable the cancellation form for the account," recommends sending it "at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to your renewal date," and states account closure is not processed unless both the notice and the form arrive before the renewal date. Dacast's cancellation article adds that paying accounts contact their account executive, and that the form asks the reason, whether you are moving to another streaming provider, and the effective date.

Execution Roadmap

The migration plan, step by step

Five steps, usually spread over one to two weeks. The Flicknexs team runs steps two to five with you; your side supplies exports and store credentials.

  1. 1

    Inventory the catalog from GET /v2/vod, not from a spreadsheet

    If your plan carries API access, page GET /v2/vod (List Videos) against https://developer.dacast.com with X-Api-Key and X-Format: default. Dacast documents that response as including title, description, custom_data, duration, creation_date, save_date, online, paywall-enabled, renditions, pictures, filename and filesize. That gives you the authoritative asset list, the on/off state of every item, which items sit behind the paywall, and the file sizes to size the transfer. GET /v2/vod/{id} adds container, vcodec, acodec, video_width and video_height for the format map. On Starter or Event, where Dacast's docs say API keys are not included, this step is a manual pass through the VOD section instead.

  2. 2

    Retrieve the media itself — per asset, and from your masters where possible

    Dacast's knowledgebase describes retrieval as one button per item: "On your video on demand (VOD) section under the details section, all you have to do is click on the download button," and says the same applies to live stream recordings. No bulk or batch download is described, and Dacast's FAQ states "Dacast uses a strictly streaming approach that does not support progressive download," so there is no supported way to pull originals off the playback URLs. Work the list in batches, honour the five-downloads-per-file-per-24-hours limit Dacast documents for live recordings, and substitute your own masters wherever you still hold a higher-quality source than what Dacast will hand back.

  3. 3

    Export the money and audience data while the account is still open

    Pull Paywall → Transactions for the purchase history Dacast describes (type, content, date, purchasing email, amount). Pull the paywall Export CSV, which Dacast's guide says covers viewer names, email addresses, content viewed and registration dates. Pull the analytics tables too — Dacast's walkthrough states "For Audience, Paywall, Engagement and Real time video analytics reports, you can export the tables in CSV format with this button available below the graphs." Flicknexs imports these as subscribers with plan mapping and secure-link login, so the email column in the authentication report is the join key: keep it intact and unmerged.

  4. 4

    Rebuild live channels and any VOD2Live schedules before you re-point encoders

    Dacast documents live channels as POST /v2/channel with region (north_america, europe or asia_pacific), channel_type (transmux, sd/hd/fhd-transcode or hls) and optional live_recording_enabled / live_dvr_enabled, returning a config object holding publishing_point_primary (RTMP), the SRT primary and backup points, a WHIP point and stream_name. Read each existing channel back, record those settings, and recreate the equivalent ingest and transcode profile on Flicknexs. If you use VOD Rebroadcast — which Dacast documents as a vod_rebroadcast object whose start is "a Unix timestamp in seconds when playback should start. Must be at least 10 minutes from the API call," and whose channels have null RTMP/SRT/WHIP ingest — those scheduled loops become Flicknexs cloud playout schedules, not live channels.

  5. 5

    Move billing off the Dacast paywall, then close the account in the documented order

    Stand up your own gateway on Flicknexs and re-enrol paying viewers there; card credentials and recurring mandates taken through the Dacast paywall do not travel with the CSV. Update every help page and autoresponder that currently points viewers at helpdesk@inplayer.com, which Dacast's FAQ names for refunds, payment processing, password problems and subscription management. File the withdrawal request from the Withdrawals tab first — Dacast's payout article states the first request takes a minimum of 35 business days and lists per-method minimums (PayPal 1000 USD, check 100 USD, US bank transfer 100 USD, international transfer 250 USD). Only then send the written notice to support@dacast.com and complete the cancellation form, at least 72 hours before the renewal date as Dacast recommends.

Transition Schedule

A Dacast migration, week by week

Two weeks is the common case for a Dacast catalog of a few hundred titles and a few thousand subscribers. Larger libraries add days to the import, not to the plan.

WhenFlicknexs doesYou do
Week 1 — access, tier check and inventoryOnboarding team opens your Flicknexs environment, reviews the Dacast VOD listing you produce, and maps channel_type and region settings to the equivalent Flicknexs live/playout profiles.Check Settings → Integrations to see whether your plan includes API keys (Dacast documents these as Scale and Custom only), generate a key if so, and page GET /v2/vod to produce the asset list with titles, custom_data, paywall flags, durations and file sizes. If keys are not available, export the list manually. Confirm your renewal date and who your account executive is.
Week 2 — media retrieval and CSV exportsRuns the bulk import toolkit against the masters and the metadata sheet as batches arrive, and flags any asset whose imported duration or resolution disagrees with the Dacast record.Work the download button per asset in batches, prioritising anything you no longer hold a master for, and schedule live-recording pulls around the five-downloads-per-file-per-24-hours limit Dacast documents. Export Paywall → Transactions, the paywall viewer CSV and the Audience/Paywall/Engagement/Real-time analytics tables.
Week 3 — subscribers, entitlements and your own gatewayImports subscribers with plan mapping, wires secure-link login, and configures your payment gateway plus SVOD/TVOD/AVOD or hybrid rules to mirror the entitlements implied by the Dacast transaction history.Reconcile the transaction CSV against the viewer CSV, decide how each historical purchase maps to a Flicknexs plan, and file the payout request from the Dacast Withdrawals tab — Dacast states the first request takes a minimum of 35 business days and is paid in USD only. Test the gateway with live transactions.
Week 4 — parallel run and cutoverStands up live channels and any playout schedules, runs the full post-migration checklist with you, and supports the encoder re-point and app builds.Run both platforms in parallel over at least one real event. Re-point encoders to the new ingest, recreate rebroadcast schedules, email subscribers to re-subscribe on your gateway, and replace every view.dacast.com embed and the prod-player.dacast.com player script on your own properties.
Weeks 5-6 — notice, and the Dacast deletion windowsMonitors playback, entitlements and analytics on the new platform and keeps the migration record so anything that surfaces late can be re-imported from your masters.Only once verification passes: contact your account executive, email written notice to support@dacast.com to have the cancellation form enabled, and complete the form (reason, whether you are moving providers, effective date) at least 72 hours before renewal as Dacast recommends. Keep your exports safe — Dacast's Terms state content is removed within 45 days of termination, with a 30-day no-intentional-erasure window and retrieval after that conditioned on paying storage charges, outstanding amounts and professional-services fees in advance.

Source: Flicknexs onboarding schedule for catalog migrations, 2026-09-03. Durations are typical, not guaranteed.

Platform Nuances

Dacast-specific things to check first

  • Paywall purchases are not subscriptions; decide which past buyers receive a subscription entitlement on Flicknexs and for how long.
  • Encoder settings change: note your RTMP keys and bitrate ladders so live channels are recreated without downtime.
  • Embedded players on partner sites need the Flicknexs embed at cut-over; list them.
  • The move is also an app launch, so allow store review time for Android, iOS and TV apps.
Risk Mitigation

The five ways a migration goes wrong, and how each is prevented

01

Cancelling before the export is finished starts two deletion clocks

Dacast's Terms of Service section 3.2.3 states "Upon termination, all stored content and live streaming channels will be removed from the Dacast servers and systems within 45 days," while section 3.2.4 says that on termination other than for cause Dacast "will not take any action to intentionally erase any of your data" for 30 days, with retrieval after that conditioned on paying storage charges for the post-termination period, any other amounts due, and payment in advance for professional services to assist. Dacast's storage FAQ is blunter still: cancel without buying more bandwidth and "your files will be removed from your account." The safe order is export, verify, then cancel.

Risk Prevented
02

The original file may already be gone, leaving only renditions

Dacast documents DELETE /v2/vod/{id}/source as "Delete the source file of a VOD. Renditions are kept; only the original upload is removed," which means Dacast holds an original distinct from its renditions and that original can be deleted independently. If anyone on your team used that call or its dashboard equivalent to reclaim storage, what comes back for those assets is not the master you uploaded. Spot-check filesize and video_width/video_height from the API against your own records before you assume the download is a master.

Risk Prevented
03

Recurring paywall subscribers do not transfer — they re-subscribe

Dacast's knowledgebase lists selling through "the paywall that is built into the Dacast player" as the default route and says viewers "have the option to pay with a credit card and PayPal" there, and Dacast's FAQ directs viewers with refund, password or subscription-management issues to helpdesk@inplayer.com. The exports Dacast documents are transaction and viewer CSVs — purchase records and email addresses, not payment mandates. Every active SVOD subscriber has to authorise a new subscription on your own gateway, so plan the re-enrolment campaign and the grace period as part of the migration, not after it.

Risk Prevented
04

Dual-running costs more than the plan line, and unused bandwidth dies with the plan

According to Dacast's pricing page FAQ, "all bandwidth expires 12 months after you first got it," "All monthly plans require a three month minimum if paid month-to-month," and overages run at $0.30 per GB of data and $0.15 per GB of storage. Dacast's bandwidth FAQ adds that rollover bandwidth "only remains available for the life of the plan," and that unused bandwidth cannot be reserved once the service is cancelled or suspended. Downloading your whole catalog is itself traffic, and Dacast's Terms section 3.2.2 states no refunds or credit are issued on termination except for a network outage of at least 72 hours or where Dacast agrees in advance — so prepaid bandwidth you leave behind is simply lost.

Risk Prevented
05

Event-heavy archives hit a throttle and arrive without titles

Dacast's live stream recording tutorial states that a recording "is saved as an MP4 file," appears under Video On Demand "in a file that is named with the following format: Live recording – date, time (UTC)," and that you "can download the same file only five times within 24 hours." A season of services, matches or webinars therefore comes down as a pile of timestamp-named MP4s on a rate-limited tap. Without a mapping sheet built from the API's title, creation_date and custom_data fields, the archive lands on the new platform correctly but unsearchable.

Risk Prevented
Cut-Over Assurance

The cut-over checklist Flicknexs signs before DNS moves

We check every item on the parallel sub-domain with your real content and a real payment. Both sides sign the checklist before DNS moves.

  • Asset count parity: the number of items imported into Flicknexs matches the paged GET /v2/vod list from Dacast, including items whose `online` flag was false — offline assets are easy to miss in a dashboard-driven export.
  • Per-asset integrity: duration and filesize from the Dacast API response line up with the imported file, and video_width/video_height from GET /v2/vod/{id} match the new renditions; any large discrepancy suggests a rendition was downloaded instead of the source.
  • Metadata carry-over: title, description and every custom_data key returned by Dacast's List Videos response exist on the Flicknexs asset, with creation_date preserved so catalog sort order does not collapse to import date.
  • Paywall map: every asset Dacast returned with paywall-enabled true is behind the corresponding plan or purchase rule on Flicknexs, and every free asset is still free — compare the two lists item by item, not by count.
  • DRM coverage: Dacast's DRM article says DRM is available on Scale and above, is toggled per asset from the Security tab of the selected on-demand content, and uses Widevine and Fairplay. List which assets had it on in Dacast and confirm equivalent protection and playback on the same browsers and devices after import.
  • No residual Dacast playback surfaces on your own properties: search your site, apps and email templates for view.dacast.com URLs, share codes, embed codes, and the player script at https://prod-player.dacast.com/js/player.js with its window.dacast initialisation, and confirm each has been replaced rather than left as a fallback.
  • Live ingest: publish a real encoder test to the new Flicknexs ingest, matching the channel_type Dacast had (transmux versus sd/hd/fhd-transcode versus hls) and the same region, and confirm DVR and recording behave as the old live_dvr_enabled / live_recording_enabled settings did.
  • Scheduled playout: any VOD Rebroadcast channel is recreated on Flicknexs cloud playout at the same local times, then observed starting and looping correctly — Dacast's rebroadcast channels have no RTMP/SRT/WHIP ingest, so a like-for-like live channel is the wrong target.
  • Subscriber import: a sample drawn from the paywall authentication CSV (names, email addresses, content viewed, registration dates) can log in on Flicknexs via secure link and sees exactly the entitlements their Dacast transaction history implies.
  • Billing end-to-end on your own gateway: a live test purchase, a renewal, a failed-payment path and a refund, all handled by you — Dacast's FAQ sent refund and subscription-management traffic to helpdesk@inplayer.com, so verify every help page, FAQ and autoresponder now points to your own support address.
  • Analytics baseline: export the Dacast Audience, Paywall, Engagement and Real-time tables as CSV before cutover and record the account totals, noting Dacast's documented mapping of Plays to `hits`, Impressions to `visitors` and bandwidth to `bytes`, so the first month on Flicknexs is compared against a like-for-like figure rather than a guess.
  • Apps and TV: confirm the white-label Android, iOS, Android TV, Fire TV, Roku, Samsung and LG builds play the migrated catalog, and note that Dacast's player documentation covers only the browser player — its August 6, 2025 blog post says iOS and Android SDKs are offered on request and that Roku, Apple TV and Chromecast SDKs "are also in development," so anything you shipped on Dacast SDKs needs an explicit replacement test.
  • Exit checks before notice: the withdrawal request is filed and acknowledged, every transaction and analytics CSV is stored outside Dacast, and a random sample of ten downloaded files actually opens and plays locally — after termination, Dacast's Terms condition retrieval on paid storage charges and paid professional services.
Pricing Transparency

What you pay after the move, with a worked example

01

According to our pricing page, Flicknexs provides transparent platform tiers covering web-only platforms, mobile apps (Android and iOS), and connected TV apps (Android TV, Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and LG). See our pricing page for current plan and pricing details.

02

Every plan carries flat monthly fees and no commission on your subscriber or transactional revenue. You can add additional TV apps and the bulk import toolkit for migrations as modules; see our pricing page for current plan and pricing details.

A worked monthly cost for a Dacast service of 1,500 subscribers

Take a Dacast service with 1,500 paying subscribers, a web platform, Android and iOS apps, and one Roku app. According to our pricing page, that service sits on the F2 plan covering web plus Android and iOS, with the Roku app configured as an add-on, with flat platform pricing and no commission on subscriber revenue. See our pricing page for current plan and pricing details.

Dacast publishes plan prices on its pricing page; its plans cover hosting and live delivery with a paywall, and a subscriber app layer is not part of them, so compare against the plan you use plus whatever you pay for apps elsewhere.

Subscription revenue is untouched on Flicknexs because plans are flat fees with no commission, according to our pricing page, so the comparison is between one fixed monthly platform cost and whatever your current bill scales with.

Responsibility Matrix

Who does what

A migration fails when a task has no owner. This is the split Flicknexs uses on every Dacast move.

TaskOwnerWhy that owner
Export from DacastYouIt is your account and your data. Flicknexs never logs in to a competitor platform.
Metadata mapping and bulk importFlicknexsThe import toolkit and the content model are ours to operate.
Recreate tiers and connect gatewayFlicknexs, with your keysPrices and renewal logic are configured by us; the gateway account is yours.
Subscriber import and login emailsFlicknexsPlan mapping and secure-link flow are platform functions.
Brand assets and store listingsYouLogo, screenshots and listing copy carry your identity.
App builds and store submissionFlicknexs, from your accountsWe build and submit; you own the listing.
Cut-over checklist sign-offBothA named person on each side signs before DNS moves.
DNS change and subscriber announcementYouDomain control and customer communication stay with the brand.

Source: Flicknexs migration playbook, 2026-09-03.

Platform Landscape

Dacast next to the other platforms teams migrate from

Teams rarely compare only two platforms. The row for Dacast is highlighted; every other row links to its own guide.

PlatformPrimary shapePricing model publishedUsual trigger to move
Brightcove migration guideEnterprise online video platform with OTT apps by contractNot published; enterprise quoteContract renewal, module count, want apps and billing in one place
Vimeo OTT migration guideSubscription video platform, web-first, apps on EnterprisePer subscriber plus a share of one-time purchasesSubscriber growth makes per-seat pricing costly; need branded apps or ads
Uscreen migration guideCreator membership platformPublished plansOutgrowing the creator model; need live, linear, partners or ads
Muvi migration guideSeveral OTT products, each priced separatelyPublished per product, apps billed per appConsolidating several product bills into one platform
VPlayed migration guideCustomizable OTT framework, customer-managedQuote-basedEngineering upkeep; want a managed platform with custom builds on request
DacastLive streaming and hosting with a paywallPublished plans, bandwidth meteredBusiness becomes a subscription service needing apps and a catalog
Wowza migration guideStreaming infrastructure and enginePublished, usage and license basedWant the whole service layer, not only delivery
Kaltura migration guideEnterprise and education video platformPartly published, mostly contractA consumer subscription service needs a simpler, published-price platform
Mogi I/O migration guideWhite-label OTT and micro-drama SaaSNot published; demo-ledWant a published price, a self-serve trial and cloud playout
Vodlix migration guideWhite-label VOD SaaSPublished plansRoadmap adds linear or FAST channels or custom features
Wistia migration guideBusiness video hosting and marketingPublished plans, media-count sizedVideo becomes the product and needs subscribers, billing and apps
Vimeo On Demand migration guideSell-your-video storefront, closingPer-sale fees; shutting down Nov 20, 2026The storefront is shutting down and sellers must move
Shift72 migration guideWhite-label VOD and virtual cinema for festivalsNot published; demo-ledA festival window becomes a year-round subscriber service

Source: each vendor's public website, checked 2026-09-03. Pricing model column reflects what the vendor publishes, not a quote.

Viewer Continuity

What changes for your viewers, and what does not

01

For a viewer, the move from Dacast to Flicknexs shows up as one email asking them to set a new password by secure link, and then the same catalog under the same brand at the same address. Their plan, price and renewal date are unchanged. Their watch history starts fresh unless Dacast exports it, in which case continue-watching positions are imported for the titles that exist on both sides.

02

Apps update through the stores as normal updates, so the icon on the home screen stays where it was. Live channels keep their line-up. Rentals bought before the move remain watchable for the period you set at import.

What the admin tells you in the first month

  • Login rate on the secure-link email, so you can resend to anyone who did not complete it
  • Plays and watch time by title and by device, compared with the last export you took
  • Revenue by tier and by gateway, with failed renewals listed for follow-up
  • Channel viewing for linear playout, if you run one
  • Redirect hits on old title URLs, which fall as search engines pick up the new pages
Next Steps

Conclusion: what to do next

01

Audit your catalog

If you are on Dacast and the bill, the roadmap or the app footprint no longer fits, the move to Flicknexs is a two-week project with a fixed price at the end of it. Start free: import twenty titles, sign in as a test subscriber, and look at the admin with your own content.

02

Start free

Then book the audit call. The onboarding team scopes the Dacast exports, agrees the timeline in writing and names the signers for cut-over. Nothing is switched off on Dacast until the checklist is signed.

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"I would like to thank Rajeev for his effort and collaboration from our initial meeting to the platform development stage. We were in search of a white label OTT platform for our brand, and Flicknexs provided us with everything we needed to know right from the beginning of the process. They mentioned that they are open to all kinds of customization and integration when we want to integrate different partners into the OTT Platform. Everything went smoothly for us in all stages. Their collaboration and platform methods are very consistent. What I like best about Flicknexs is that they provide very quick and accurate responses to every question. Their response times for taking action are very fast. They seek solutions to all kinds of real industry problems and provide our company’s needs to the platform in the most accurate way. The software interface is quite easy to use and multifunctional. So far, we haven’t encountered any drawbacks. Our platform was quickly soft-launched, and once we go live with the apps, our process will be complete. We wanted to transfer our bootcamp videos, which currently operate on a pay-per-view model on our existing website, to the OTT platform. This way, we aim to provide our customers with a better experience through multi-functional memberships and purchasing models than other platforms."

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Inna Segal T

"We've been working with FLICKNEXS, and I've got to say, they're really good. Their platform has heaps of features (150 or so, they reckon), and it's awesome for streaming – works a treat on any gadget you've got. Big shoutout to Rajeev from their end. Top bloke. He's given us some solid advice and even sorted us out with a coder to help in the first month. Champion effort. Early days yet, but I reckon we're on to a winner with FLICKNEXS. If you're looking to stream your stuff and want the real deal, give 'em a bell. Top-notch."

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Robert G

"Phase 1 of our release has been seamless. From initial enquiry with Rajeev through to hand-holding all the way from Manoj and his support team. In less than two months we have developed and published on Android , Ios and Amazon Fire , with Android TV publishing imminent. We are now moving onto Phase 2, adding Samsung, Roku and LG into the mix. We already run a successful OTT platform on another service; and FLICKNEXS has so far proved to be a good alternative"

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about migration from Dacast on Flicknexs.

One to two weeks for most catalogs. Very large libraries or many subscription tiers can take longer; the Flicknexs team scopes the timeline after the audit in step one.

No. Accounts are imported with their entitlements. Subscribers receive a secure link to set a new password on first login, because passwords are never exported in readable form.

Guided migration is part of onboarding. Large catalogs use the bulk import toolkit, which our pricing page lists as a monthly module you can switch off once the import is complete. See our pricing page for current plan and pricing details.

Yes. New app builds are submitted as updates from your own developer accounts, so listings, ratings and install base carry over. Both platforms run in parallel until you cut over.

No. All plans are flat monthly fees with no commission on subscriptions, rentals or advertising.

Web-only services start on the web platform plan, mobile-app services on F2, and services with TV apps on F3 or F4, according to our pricing page. The migration team confirms the fit during the audit. See our pricing page for current plan and pricing details.

Dacast publishes live streaming and hosting plans on its pricing page, according to dacast.com, checked 2026-09-03; the plans are metered on bandwidth and storage.

That depends on your contract with Dacast. Check the notice period and renewal date before the audit call so the cut-over lands before the next billing cycle. Flicknexs does not contact the vendor on your behalf.

They keep receiving the secure link for as long as you choose to resend it, and their entitlement waits for them. The admin shows who has and has not completed login so you can follow up.

Yes. Flicknexs serves your existing domain, and public title pages are redirected one-to-one to the new pages, so search rankings and shared links are preserved rather than dropped.

The plan does not change; the import does. Large libraries run through the bulk import toolkit in batches over more days, and the audit call sets the schedule before anything is exported.

Flicknexs includes live events and M3U8 linear channels on every plan, with an advanced live streaming module for scheduling and priority delivery listed on its pricing page. For heavy multistreaming to social platforms, some broadcasters keep a delivery tool alongside.

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