JW Player by JW Player (JWX)

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Commercial video platform for managing, delivering and monetizing on-demand and live video, with a player, APIs and ad tools.

Video assembly and rendering Service

Is JW Player free for commercial use? With conditions →

Website License Pricing

Price

Free tier

Free Edition (no ad plays) and Developer Edition (no...

Commercial use

With conditions

JW Player Terms of Service

Credit the author

Not needed

No credit needed

Agent access

Public API

no key needed

Rules for your agent

- JW Player (Video assembly and rendering). Commercial video platform for managing, delivering and monetizing on-demand and live video, with a player, APIs and ad tools. Price: free tier; commercial use with conditions; no credit needed; ship inside your app with conditions; no bots or bulk downloading.
Connect: download from https://jwplayer.com (no API). Limits: Monthly Usage Limits include API requests, set per Edition in the License Scope.
Get files: Sign up for the JW Player dashboard; the player and video management APIs are licensed per Edition (see License Scope in the Terms of Service).
Not allowed: Free, Starter, Business and Premium Editions can't be used with advertising of any kind.
Not allowed: Developer Edition is for technical evaluation only, not commercial use.
Not allowed: Don't distribute, re-license or sell the Products or adaptations of them.
Not allowed: No robots, spiders or scrapers on the Products.
Rule: Check which Edition applies: Free, Starter, Business and Premium Editions may not be used with advertising of any kind.
Rule: Use Developer Edition only for technical evaluation, not for commercial use.
Rule: Do not remove, alter, disable or circumvent the Licensing Key or service analytics, and register all video with a Media ID.
Rule: Get written approval from JW Player before bundling the player into an OEM application package.
License: https://jwplayer.com/legal (checked 2026-10-16; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/jw-player/)

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License

License	JW Player Terms of Service
Commercial use	Commercial use with conditions “Use of the Free Edition, Starter Edition, Business Edition or Premium Edition in connection with advertising of any kind is prohibited.” jwplayer.com/legal
Credit	No credit needed “Company may display the words “Powered by JW Player” and the JW Player version number in the menu” jwplayer.com/legal
Inside your app or game	Ship inside your app with conditions “Upon explicit written approval by the Company to act as an OEM” jwplayer.com/legal
AI training	Not stated
Bots and bulk downloads	Banned by the terms “use any robot, spider or other device to retrieve, index, scrape, data mine or in any way gather information, Content or other materials from the Products” jwplayer.com/legal
Rules	Check which Edition applies: Free, Starter, Business and Premium Editions may not be used with advertising of any kind. Use Developer Edition only for technical evaluation, not for commercial use. Do not remove, alter, disable or circumvent the Licensing Key or service analytics, and register all video with a Media ID. Get written approval from JW Player before bundling the player into an OEM application package.

Connect it to an agent

How an agent gets files	Sign up for the JW Player dashboard; the player and video management APIs are licensed per Edition (see License Scope in the Terms of Service) · account needed
Not allowed	Free, Starter, Business and Premium Editions can't be used with advertising of any kind. Developer Edition is for technical evaluation only, not commercial use. Don't distribute, re-license or sell the Products or adaptations of them. No robots, spiders or scrapers on the Products.
MCP server	None found
API	Yes
Limits	Monthly Usage Limits include API requests, set per Edition in the License Scope

Pricing

Free	Free Edition (no ad plays) and Developer Edition (no fees, commercial use only for technical evaluation)
Paid from	—
Usage price	—
Good to know	Added automatically: a well-known source in its category. License read from the official pages.

Sources

Read on Oct 16, 2026: jwplayer.com, jwplayer.com/license, jwplayer.com/legal.

Not legal advice. Check the license page before you ship.

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