Most live streaming platforms talk about “unlimited” usage—until you actually start growing. Suddenly, limits appear: bandwidth caps, maximum viewers, restricted video length, or pricing tiers that explode the moment your audience gets bigger.
Castio.io takes a fundamentally different approach. It does not impose limits on bandwidth, users, video length, or viewers—not because of marketing tricks, but because of how it is technically designed.
This article explains why those limits simply do not exist in Castio, and why they are common everywhere else.
The Root of Most Streaming Limits
To understand why Castio has no limits, it’s important to understand why other platforms do.
Traditional streaming platforms usually:
- Operate their own streaming infrastructure
- Pay for bandwidth per GB
- Pay for servers per viewer
- Maintain per-user streaming sessions
- Transcode video centrally
Every viewer costs them money.
Every minute of video costs them money.
Every spike in traffic is a financial risk.
Limits are not technical—they are business constraints.
Castio removes those constraints entirely.
No Bandwidth Limits Because Castio Does Not Sell Bandwidth
Castio does not charge for bandwidth because it does not provide bandwidth.
Instead:
- Video is served from your WordPress hosting
- Or optionally from your own CDN
- Using standard HTTP delivery
Bandwidth usage is already included in your hosting plan. Castio does not sit in between, does not meter traffic, and does not resell data.
As a result:
- There is nothing to cap
- Nothing to throttle
- Nothing to bill per GB
If your hosting allows the traffic, Castio allows the stream.
No Viewer Limits Because There Are No Viewer Connections
Many platforms limit viewers because each viewer creates:
- A live connection
- A streaming session
- Server-side processing load
Castio works differently.
With Castio:
- Viewers do not “connect” to a stream
- They simply request video segments via HTTP
- Exactly like loading images or static files
From a technical perspective:
- 1 viewer = HTTP requests
- 10,000 viewers = more HTTP requests
There is no per-viewer stream, no socket, no signaling, and no session to count.
This is why Castio does not—and cannot—impose viewer limits.
No User Limits Because Castio Is Not a Platform
User limits exist on platforms because:
- They manage accounts
- They authenticate viewers
- They track usage per user
- They bill per seat or per account
Castio is not a platform. It is a WordPress plugin.
Users are:
- Your WordPress users
- Or anonymous visitors
- Or members of your own site
Castio does not create user accounts, does not manage identities, and does not enforce quotas.
If WordPress can handle your users, Castio can too.
No Video Length Limits Because Castio Does Not Re-Encode or Store Centrally
Many platforms limit video length because:
- Long videos consume storage
- Transcoding is expensive
- Archiving costs money
Castio avoids this entirely.
- Video encoding happens in the browser
- Segments are saved directly to your server
- Storage is your own disk space
There is no maximum duration enforced by Castio.
You decide:
- Whether to record streams
- How long recordings are kept
- When old files are deleted
A 10-minute stream and a 10-hour stream are handled exactly the same way.
No Hidden “Fair Use” or Soft Limits
Some services advertise “unlimited” but rely on:
- Fair use clauses
- Silent throttling
- Temporary blocks
- Manual reviews for high traffic
Castio does none of this.
There is:
- No traffic monitoring by Castio
- No internal counters
- No automated shutdowns
- No “contact sales” threshold
Castio literally has no technical mechanism to enforce limits, because nothing passes through Castio’s servers.
Scaling Is Your Choice, Not a Restriction
With Castio, scaling is optional—not mandatory.
You can:
- Run small streams on shared hosting
- Add a CDN for large audiences
- Upgrade hosting only when you decide
There is no forced upgrade path tied to:
- Viewers
- Bandwidth
- Streaming hours
- Video duration
This gives you full control over growth and costs.
Why Other Platforms Cannot Do This
Most streaming platforms:
- Centralize traffic
- Control the pipeline
- Monetize usage
Castio decentralizes everything:
- Encoding → browser
- Storage → your server
- Delivery → HTTP / CDN
- Users → WordPress
When there is no centralized bottleneck, limits stop making sense.
Transparency by Design, Not by Promise
Castio does not say “unlimited” as a marketing claim.
It is unlimited because:
- There is no bandwidth to bill
- No viewer sessions to count
- No video length to restrict
- No platform infrastructure to protect
The absence of limits is a direct consequence of the architecture, not a pricing decision.
Conclusion: Unlimited Because It’s Yours
Castio.io has no limits on:
- Bandwidth
- Viewers
- Users
- Video length
Because it does not own, resell, or control any of those resources.
Everything belongs to you:
- Your hosting
- Your traffic
- Your content
- Your audience
Castio simply enables WordPress to do what it already does best—serve content—this time as live video.
No limits.
No meters.
No surprises.