If you deliver wedding films for a living, you've probably come across both OurStoria and MediaZilla in your search for a professional delivery platform. Both promise branded video delivery, streaming playback, and a step up from sending Google Drive links. But they serve different types of filmmakers in fundamentally different ways.
This is a detailed, side-by-side comparison written for wedding videographers who want to make the right choice without reading marketing copy. Where each tool wins, where it falls short, and who should pick which.
Quick take: MediaZilla is a well-established video delivery platform built for professional filmmakers across many industries — weddings, corporate, real estate, schools. OurStoria is purpose-built exclusively for wedding videographers and photographers, with pricing, workflow, and features designed around that single use case. If weddings are your primary business, the differences matter.
OurStoria vs MediaZilla at a Glance
| Category | OurStoria | MediaZilla |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Wedding videographers & photographers | Professional filmmakers (weddings, corporate, schools, real estate) |
| Starting price | $14.99/mo (200 GB video + 10 GB photo) | $21/mo annual ($25/mo monthly), 50 GB upload/year |
| Free trial | 7-day Free Pro Trial, 20 GB, no credit card | 14-day free trial |
| Storage model | Total storage (video + photo, separate quotas) | Annual upload quota (50–600 GB/year) |
| Photo delivery | Yes, same gallery as video | No dedicated photo gallery |
| Gallery layouts | 12 cinematic layouts designed for weddings | Collections with customizable backgrounds |
| 4K streaming | Yes, original H.264 MP4, no transcoding | Yes, with encoding pipeline |
| Original-quality download | Yes, no recompression | Yes |
| Built-in CRM | Yes, wedding-specific | No |
| Guest gallery (Live Moments) | Yes, QR-based guest uploads | No |
| Long-term archive | Safe Archive at $12–19/year per project | Lifetime storage included (content persists after cancellation) |
| Sell content | No | Yes (Growth plan and above) |
| Offline presentations | No | Yes (Growth plan and above) |
| "Powered by" branding | None on any plan | None (premium delivery experience) |
Prices are based on publicly listed plans as of May 2026. Always check each vendor's current pricing page before committing.
1. Positioning: Wedding-Specific vs Multi-Industry
This is the most important difference, and it shapes everything else.
MediaZilla is a general-purpose video delivery platform. It serves wedding filmmakers, corporate video producers, schools, real estate videographers, and any professional who needs to deliver video to clients. Their marketing highlights a "Netflix-style delivery experience" and the ability to monetize add-on content. The platform has been around since 2014 and has a loyal community of filmmakers across industries.
OurStoria is narrower by design. Every feature — gallery layouts, CRM fields, default copy, storage tiers, archive pricing — assumes you're delivering 10–40 weddings per year with highlight films, ceremony edits, and full photo sets. The product doesn't try to serve corporate or real estate videographers.
Where this shows up in practice:
- Gallery experience: OurStoria offers 12 distinct cinematic layouts (Estate, Classic, Filmstrip, Atelier, Editorial, and more) designed around the structure of a wedding delivery — one hero film, supporting edits below, photos in the same gallery. MediaZilla uses Collections with customizable backgrounds, titles, and background music — more flexible for multi-industry use, but you build the wedding-specific experience yourself.
- Client workflow: In OurStoria, every couple becomes a CRM record with wedding date, booking status, and automated anniversary reminders. In MediaZilla, you manage client relationships outside the platform.
- Default behavior: OurStoria galleries ship with welcome messages addressed to the couple, "A Film By" credit lines, and a download flow tuned for the emotional moment of opening your wedding film. MediaZilla provides a blank canvas that you customize per project.
If you shoot weddings plus corporate plus school events, MediaZilla's breadth is a genuine advantage. If weddings are 80%+ of your work, OurStoria's focus saves setup time on every delivery.
2. Pricing: What You Actually Pay
OurStoria Pricing (2026)
OurStoria separates video and photo storage into independent quotas. A 4K wedding film can be 30–60 GB; photo sets are lightweight by comparison — so they each get their own allocation.
| Plan | Price | Video storage | Photo storage | Projects | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $14.99/mo | 200 GB | 10 GB | Up to 15 | 10–15 weddings/year, solo videographer |
| Pro | $24.99/mo | 450 GB | 50 GB | Up to 40 | 20–40 weddings/year, hybrid video + photo |
| Studio | $59.99/mo | 1.5 TB | 200 GB | Up to 120 | High-volume studios, multi-shooter teams |
All plans include branded galleries, 12 layout choices, 4K streaming, original-quality downloads, password protection, photo delivery, built-in CRM, analytics, Live Moments guest gallery, and unlimited bandwidth. No feature gating between Starter and Pro — just storage and project limits.
Safe Archive is a separate add-on: $12/year per project (Standard, 30 GB) or $19/year per project (Plus, 60 GB). It keeps a project accessible to the couple as a download-only archive even after your main subscription ends.
MediaZilla Pricing (2026)
| Plan | Price (annual) | Price (monthly) | Upload quota | Users |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $21/mo | $25/mo | 50 GB/year | 1 |
| Growth | $37/mo | $44/mo | 100 GB/year | 1 |
| Pro | $51/mo | $61/mo | 600 GB/year | 2 |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Custom | More |
MediaZilla uses annual upload quota rather than total storage — meaning you get a fixed amount of data you can upload each year. Content already uploaded is stored for lifetime and remains accessible even if you cancel. Features are tiered: analytics and selling require Growth or above; offline presentations and advanced customization require Growth or above; multi-user management requires Pro.
Price Comparison for a Typical Wedding Videographer
A solo videographer delivering 15 weddings per year, each with a 30–40 GB highlight package:
- OurStoria Starter: $14.99/mo — 200 GB total storage, 15 projects, full feature access including CRM, analytics, and Live Moments. Enough to keep ~5–6 active weddings streamed simultaneously while archiving completed ones.
- MediaZilla Starter: $21/mo — 50 GB upload/year. At 30–40 GB per wedding, this covers about 1–2 weddings per year. Realistically you'd need the Growth plan at $37/mo (100 GB/year) or the Pro at $51/mo (600 GB/year) to handle 15 weddings.
Net effect: for a typical wedding workload, OurStoria's entry pricing is significantly lower and includes features that MediaZilla gates behind higher tiers. MediaZilla's lifetime storage model means you never lose access to uploaded content, which is a genuine advantage if you want permanent streaming without extra fees.
3. Storage Model: Total Storage vs Annual Upload Quota
This is a crucial architectural difference that affects how you manage your account long-term.
OurStoria gives you a fixed total storage pool. You can fill it up, delete completed projects to free space, and re-upload. If you archive a project, its storage is released from your active quota. Old projects can be moved to Safe Archive for low annual per-project fees.
MediaZilla gives you a fixed annual upload allowance. Everything you upload stays stored permanently — even if you cancel your subscription. You never have to delete anything. The tradeoff: if you run through your annual quota mid-year, you either wait for renewal or pay for additional quota.
Which is better depends on your workflow:
- If you deliver 15+ weddings per year and want to keep costs low by cycling projects, OurStoria's model is more efficient.
- If you want permanent hosting of every project you've ever delivered without managing storage, MediaZilla's lifetime model is attractive — but you pay more monthly for the upload headroom.
4. Video Quality and Streaming
Both platforms deliver 4K video. Both support original-quality downloads. The differences are in the underlying architecture.
- OurStoria stores original H.264 MP4 files without transcoding. Streaming is byte-range served from Cloudflare's global CDN with fast-start optimization applied during upload. What you upload is exactly what streams and what the client downloads. No recompression artifacts, no color shifts.
- MediaZilla processes uploads through its own encoding pipeline. The result is optimized for their delivery infrastructure and includes features like accelerated transcoding on higher plans. Playback quality is professional-grade. MediaZilla also supports all common video formats and codecs, eliminating the need for pre-upload conversion.
For most wedding delivery scenarios, the visible quality difference is negligible. OurStoria's no-transcoding approach gives you a guarantee that nothing changed between your export and the client's screen — useful if you're particular about color science. MediaZilla's format flexibility means less prep work before uploading.
5. Gallery Experience and Branding
This is where the wedding-specific focus creates the biggest gap.
OurStoria galleries
- 12 distinct gallery layouts (Estate, Classic, Filmstrip, Immersive, Atelier, Editorial, Sidebar, Cinematic, and more) — each designed around how weddings are typically presented
- Custom logo, accent color, welcome message per couple
- Custom fonts (choose from the font library)
- "A Film By" credit and photographer credit lines
- Custom URL slugs (
ourstoria.app/sarah-and-james) - Photos and videos in the same gallery, same link
- Password protection on all plans
- Zero "Powered by" text on every plan
- Embeddable via iframe for your own website
MediaZilla presentations
- Collections with customizable backgrounds, background music, titles, and focal points
- Custom branding: logo, website, social links, contact info displayed on presentations
- Custom branded delivery emails
- Call-to-Action buttons (Growth and above)
- Offline presentation mode for in-person meetings
- Redistribution controls (Pro and above)
- Premium delivery experience described as "Netflix-style"
OurStoria's gallery system is more opinionated — 12 ready-made layouts that look polished without configuration. MediaZilla's system is more of a toolkit — you build the presentation experience you want, which gives more creative control but requires more setup per project.
If you want to send a client gallery in under 5 minutes that looks like a wedding keepsake, OurStoria is faster. If you want to design a completely custom presentation with background music and custom imagery for a premium client, MediaZilla gives you more surface area.
6. Photo Delivery
This matters if you're a hybrid shooter or if couples expect photos and video in one place.
OurStoria includes full photo delivery in every gallery. Photos appear alongside videos in the same branded link, with separate storage quota (10–200 GB depending on plan). Couples browse the gallery, watch the highlight, scroll through the ceremony edit, then flip through full-resolution photos — all in one experience.
MediaZilla is video-focused. The platform excels at video delivery and doesn't position itself as a photo gallery solution. If you deliver both video and photos, you'd need a separate photo delivery platform (Pixieset, Pic-Time, ShootProof, etc.) alongside MediaZilla.
For videographers who also deliver photo sets (increasingly common in 2026), this is a meaningful operational difference. One subscription, one link, one brand experience vs. two separate platforms and two separate links.
7. The Features OurStoria Has That MediaZilla Doesn't
Live Moments (guest gallery)
Every OurStoria project includes a QR-code-based guest gallery. Guests scan a code at the wedding, upload photos directly from their phones (no app needed), and everything appears in a branded gallery in real time. You get a downloadable ZIP archive of all uploads, organized by folder. Many videographers charge $200–400 for this as a premium add-on or include it as a differentiator. MediaZilla has no equivalent feature.
Built-in CRM
Every couple in OurStoria is a client record with wedding date, booking status, project links, and delivery tracking. It replaces the spreadsheet or Notion board most videographers use to manage clients. MediaZilla handles delivery but doesn't manage client relationships.
12 gallery layouts
OurStoria ships 12 distinct gallery layouts, each designed for a different aesthetic — from minimal to editorial to cinematic. Choose once per project, and the entire gallery is styled automatically. MediaZilla's Collections are flexible but require manual styling per project.
Public portfolio page
Every OurStoria account gets a public portfolio at ourstoria.app/{username} to showcase selected films — a simple portfolio site without building anything separate. MediaZilla expects you to use external portfolio tools.
Safe Archive
OurStoria's archive add-on keeps individual projects accessible at $12–19/year per project, even after the main subscription ends. Useful for "lifetime gallery access" as a premium selling point. MediaZilla handles long-term storage differently — content persists after cancellation on their side (see next section).
8. Where MediaZilla Wins
To keep this comparison honest, here's where MediaZilla is the better choice:
- Lifetime content hosting. MediaZilla stores your content permanently — even after you cancel your subscription. Clients keep streaming access to delivered content forever. This is a significant peace-of-mind feature. OurStoria requires Safe Archive ($12–19/year per project) for post-subscription access.
- Sell content directly. MediaZilla lets you sell videos (add-on footage, extra edits, behind-the-scenes) directly through the delivery platform. Price your content, get paid automatically. OurStoria doesn't have a built-in commerce feature.
- Offline presentations. MediaZilla supports offline interactive presentations — useful for in-person client meetings, wedding expos, or showing work without internet. OurStoria is web-only.
- Multi-industry flexibility. If you shoot weddings, corporate events, real estate walkthroughs, and school productions under one business, MediaZilla handles all of them without wedding-specific UI getting in the way.
- Longer track record. MediaZilla has been operational since 2014 with a loyal community of professional filmmakers. They've been through many product cycles and their support team is consistently praised by users. OurStoria is newer to the market.
- Format flexibility. MediaZilla supports all common video formats and codecs without pre-conversion. Upload whatever your NLE exports.
9. Where OurStoria Wins
- Lower entry price for wedding workloads. $14.99/mo with 200 GB of video storage covers 5–6 active 4K weddings. MediaZilla's comparable capacity requires the $37–51/mo tier.
- Wedding-tuned gallery experience. 12 layouts designed for wedding delivery, welcome messages addressed to couples, "A Film By" credits — all ready without manual setup.
- Photo + video in one gallery. Same link, same branding, separate storage quotas. No need for a separate photo platform.
- Built-in CRM. Client management, wedding dates, booking status, delivery tracking — all inside the platform.
- Live Moments guest gallery. QR-code-based guest photo uploads at the wedding. No other delivery platform ships this.
- No feature gating between plans. OurStoria Starter includes every feature: all 12 layouts, CRM, analytics, Live Moments, custom fonts, embed/iframe, password protection. You only upgrade for more storage and projects. MediaZilla gates analytics, selling, and customization behind higher tiers.
- Public portfolio page. Built-in portfolio at your own URL slug — no separate site needed.
10. Workflow Comparison: From Upload to Delivery
OurStoria workflow
- Create a project, name it after the couple.
- Upload highlight, ceremony, reception edits, and photos via web uploader.
- Background processing handles fast-start optimization automatically.
- Choose a gallery layout (12 options), set password, customize welcome message.
- Copy share link, send to couple.
Total active time: under 10 minutes per wedding after the first setup. CRM data auto-fills, analytics start recording immediately, Live Moments is ready for the wedding day.
MediaZilla workflow
- Create a project or collection.
- Upload video files (any format accepted).
- Customize the collection: background, title, music, branding.
- Configure privacy, delivery email styling, and Call-to-Action.
- Deliver via link or branded email.
More setup per project because customization options are deeper. Great if each client gets a uniquely designed presentation. Slower if you want a consistent branded look across 20 weddings per year.
11. Analytics
Both platforms provide professional analytics.
OurStoria tracks per-video views, watch duration, download events, share attempts, unique visitors, and device/browser breakdowns. Analytics are tied to the CRM record for each couple — useful for follow-up decisions and referral outreach. Available on all plans.
MediaZilla tracks total and unique plays, play rate, downloads, and engagement over time, with engagement graphs showing viewer drop-off points. Presentation analytics compare performance across videos within a collection. Analytics require the Growth plan ($37/mo) or above — they are not included on Starter.
OurStoria's advantage: analytics on every plan tied to client CRM data. MediaZilla's advantage: deeper engagement visualization with drop-off graphs, useful for understanding exactly where viewers stop watching.
12. Migration: Switching from MediaZilla to OurStoria
If you're currently on MediaZilla and considering the switch:
- Export your client list (maintain your own records — most videographers already have this in a spreadsheet).
- Create projects in OurStoria for active clients. Past deliveries can stay live on MediaZilla (content persists even if you cancel).
- Upload final highlight films and edits to OurStoria. Add photos if you deliver them.
- Choose a gallery layout, set branding, send new links to current couples.
- For older weddings you want to keep accessible, use Safe Archive at $12/year per project.
Plan on 2–4 hours of active work to migrate a year's worth of weddings. Since MediaZilla keeps content permanently even after cancellation, you can run both platforms in parallel during the transition without losing anything.
FAQ
Is OurStoria cheaper than MediaZilla?
Yes, at every comparable level. OurStoria Starter ($14.99/mo) includes 200 GB of storage with full features. MediaZilla Starter ($21/mo) includes 50 GB of upload quota per year with limited features. For a typical 15-wedding-per-year workload, the annual cost difference is significant.
Does MediaZilla support photo delivery?
MediaZilla is a video-focused platform. It does not include a dedicated photo gallery. If you deliver photos, you would need a separate service like Pixieset or Pic-Time alongside your MediaZilla subscription. OurStoria includes photo delivery in every gallery at no extra cost.
What is MediaZilla's lifetime storage?
MediaZilla permanently stores all content you upload, even after you cancel your subscription. Clients retain lifetime streaming access to delivered videos. This is included in the base subscription price — there's no separate archive fee. OurStoria takes a different approach: active storage during your subscription plus optional Safe Archive at $12–19/year per project for post-subscription access.
Can I sell extra footage through OurStoria?
No. OurStoria is focused on delivery, not commerce. MediaZilla allows you to sell video content directly through the platform (on Growth and Pro plans), which is useful if you offer add-on edits or behind-the-scenes footage for purchase.
Does OurStoria have a guest gallery like MediaZilla?
It's the reverse — OurStoria has Live Moments, a QR-code-based guest gallery, and MediaZilla does not. Live Moments lets wedding guests upload phone photos directly to a branded gallery during the event. Many videographers use it as a premium add-on or package differentiator.
Which platform has better branding options?
Both offer strong branding. OurStoria includes 12 ready-made gallery layouts, custom fonts, accent colors, welcome messages, and zero "Powered by" text on every plan. MediaZilla offers deeper customization per collection — custom backgrounds, focal points, background music, branded emails, and Call-to-Action buttons — but requires more setup time per project. OurStoria is faster to deploy; MediaZilla is more flexible to design.
Does OurStoria offer a free trial?
Yes — every account starts with a 7-day Free Pro Trial. Every Pro Plan feature is unlocked: all 12 gallery layouts, branded galleries, CRM, analytics, Live Moments, custom fonts, embed/iframe, and social links. 20 GB of video storage and 1 GB of photos included, no credit card required.
Verdict
MediaZilla is a proven, reliable video delivery platform with a decade of history and a loyal professional community. It's the right choice if you deliver video across multiple industries, want to sell content through your delivery page, need offline presentations, or value lifetime content hosting without extra fees.
OurStoria is the right choice when weddings are your core business. Lower entry pricing, 12 wedding-tuned gallery layouts, built-in photo delivery, CRM, Live Moments guest gallery, and zero feature gating between plans — it's designed for the specific workflow of delivering 10–40 weddings per year to couples who expect a keepsake-quality experience.
Ready to try it? Start a 7-day Free Pro Trial — every Pro Plan feature unlocked, 20 GB included, no credit card required. Upload one wedding, choose a gallery layout, and see how the delivery experience feels before committing.
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Last updated: May 2026. Pricing and features reflect publicly listed information at time of writing. Always verify on each vendor's current pricing page before subscribing.