Cloud infrastructure for media and entertainment
Keep growing media libraries in S3-compatible object storage, encode and render on cloud GPUs, and run streaming and publishing platforms at a fixed monthly price in rupees.
In short
What does Neon Cloud offer media and entertainment companies?
Neon Cloud gives studios, OTT platforms and publishers S3-compatible object storage for masters, renditions and archives, cloud GPUs for encoding, rendering and AI work (quoted on request), and CPU-optimized virtual machines or managed Kubernetes for the apps, APIs and content management systems around them. Storage is priced per GB a month in rupees, every VM includes 5 TB of internet transfer a month pooled across your VMs, and object storage can be the origin for the CDN of your choice.
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- Best for
- OTT and streaming platforms, production and post-production studios, digital publishers, music and gaming companies.
- Typical setup
- Media in object storage, GPU or CPU encoding workers, an app and API tier on Kubernetes, a CDN in front.
- Where your data lives
- In India, in our Delhi NCR region. Backups stay in India too.
- How it's billed
- In rupees, a fixed monthly price per resource, excluding GST.
- Security assurance
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified and SOC 2 Type II audited.
- Support and uptime
- 24/7 support and a 99.95% uptime SLA on the Essential and Premium plans (99.9% on Starter).
The challenge
What do media teams need from a cloud?
Big files, bursts of processing and audiences that arrive all at once.
Storage for libraries that never stop growing
Masters, renditions, raw footage and archives add terabytes every month, and storage costs grow with them.
Processing on a deadline
Encoding a season, rendering a sequence or captioning a back catalogue needs a lot of compute for a short time.
Transfer costs you can predict
Moving media out of a hyperscaler is charged per GB, so a popular release can bring a surprise bill.
Launch-day audiences
Premieres, finals and big releases bring audiences all at once. Apps and APIs need capacity ready in advance.
How Neon Cloud fits
Which Neon Cloud services fit media workloads?
Storage, processing and the platform around it, billed in rupees.
S3-compatible object storage
Store masters, renditions and archives with versioning and lifecycle rules, priced per GB a month, using the S3 tools you already have.
Cloud GPUs
GPU VMs and Kubernetes GPU node pools for encoding, rendering and AI work such as captions and dubbing. Tell us the GPU you need for a quote.
CPU-optimized VMs
Encoding workers, render nodes and media servers on CPU-optimized VMs, from a few cores to 96 vCPU.
Managed Kubernetes
Run streaming apps, APIs and content management on Neon Kubernetes Engine, with node pools that scale with demand.
Networking and transfer
Load balancers for apps and APIs, private networks for processing, and 5 TB of internet transfer per VM, pooled across your VMs.
Protection for unreleased content
Private networks, IAM with roles, a dedicated firewall and an audit log of every change, so pre-release media stays private.
Reference architecture
What does a typical media setup look like?
Uploads land in object storage, encoding workers turn masters into renditions, and viewers reach the app through a load balancer, with the CDN of your choice in front of storage.
Size the library
Tell us how much media you hold, how fast it grows and how often it's read. We estimate storage and transfer in rupees.
Move the archive
Copy media into object storage with standard S3 tools, in batches, checking each batch as it lands.
Set up processing
Encoding and rendering workers on GPUs or CPU-optimized VMs, sized for your release schedule.
Deliver
Point the CDN of your choice at object storage as its origin and launch the apps behind a load balancer.
Security and compliance
How does Neon Cloud help protect media and audiences?
Unreleased content and subscriber data both need protecting.
- Media stays in private buckets until you choose to publish it.
- IAM with roles and multi-factor sign-in, and an audit log of every change.
- Encryption at rest with AES-256 and in transit with TLS 1.3.
- Subscriber data stays in India, which keeps DPDP Act data-residency questions simple.
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified and SOC 2 Type II audited, for studio and distributor security reviews.
Content security requirements in distribution contracts vary. Share yours and we'll go through how the setup meets each control.
Use cases
What do media companies run on Neon Cloud?
From the archive to the app on a viewer's TV.
OTT and streaming platforms
Catalogue, subscriptions and playback APIs on Kubernetes, with media in object storage and a CDN in front.
Encoding and transcoding
Turn masters into renditions for every screen on GPU or CPU-optimized workers.
Rendering and VFX
Render nodes on CPU-optimized VMs or GPUs for animation, VFX and post-production deadlines.
Media archives
Raw footage and finished masters kept in object storage, with versioning so nothing is overwritten by mistake.
Digital publishing
News and magazine sites and their content management systems behind a load balancer.
AI for media
Captions, translation, dubbing and tagging models on cloud GPUs, quoted on request.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Neon Cloud for media and entertainment.
- Yes. It works with S3 APIs, SDKs and tools, supports versioning and lifecycle rules, and is priced per GB a month in rupees, with a 500 GB minimum and a lower rate above that.
- Neon Cloud doesn't run its own CDN. Use the CDN of your choice with Neon Cloud object storage as its origin, and serve your apps and APIs from load-balanced VMs or Kubernetes.
- Cloud GPUs are quoted on request. Tell us the GPU you need, for example H100, A100, L40S or L4, along with how many and for how long, and we'll confirm availability and price.
- Inbound transfer is free. Every VM includes 5 TB of outbound transfer a month, pooled across your VMs, and transfer beyond that is charged per GB at the rate on the pricing page. Object storage transfer is priced separately, also on the pricing page.
- In India. Neon Cloud runs in a data centre colocated in a Tier III facility in Delhi NCR (Noida), and your data, including backups, stays in India unless you move it.
- It depends on your mix of storage, processing and transfer, but customers typically pay 30–40% less than on the hyperscalers. Transfer is also easier to predict, because every VM includes 5 TB a month.
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Find out what your media library costs on Neon Cloud
Tell us how much you store, process and deliver each month. We'll estimate storage, GPUs and transfer in rupees.