VIDIO vs Secure Redact
Secure Redact alternative for everyday video redaction
Secure Redact covers video, audio, images and documents, with chain of custody, live anonymisation and an API for organisations. VIDIO focuses on video you are about to publish or share: it covers faces, plates, readable text and spoken details, and you pick what stays.
VIDIO
ScanningAuto face redaction in videos in VIDIO
The short answer
Secure Redact suits teams that must prove who redacted what and when, or that need documents and live feeds handled in the same place. Its plans start at $79 a month for 10 video minutes, or $65 a month on yearly billing.
VIDIO suits people who mainly need clean video out the door: face redaction, text obfuscation and audio redaction in one account, with a free plan to test on your own footage.
VIDIO vs Secure Redact at a glance
- Built for
Organisations needing auditable redaction across media
- Creators and teams cleaning video before it is shared
- Media types
- Video, including its soundtrack
- Audit trail
- Not offered
- Live video
- Recorded files only
- Pricing
- Pro from $8/month on a yearly plan; Business from $40/month on a yearly plan; credits are used per second of uploaded video
- Free plan
- Yes: Basic plan, exports watermarked
- 4K
- 4K export for blurring tools on Business
Secure Redact details from its own site, checked on October 30, 2026: Secure Redact pricing. Prices change; if something here is out of date, email support@vidio.ai and we'll fix it.
Where Secure Redact is the better fit
- Chain of custody. If you need an auditable record of every redaction, Secure Redact is built for that. VIDIO does not keep an audit log for legal review.
- Documents and images in one tool. It redacts PDFs and photos alongside video and audio. VIDIO handles video files.
- Live anonymisation. Secure Redact can anonymise live video. VIDIO works on uploaded recordings.
- API access. Teams wiring redaction into their own systems get an API; VIDIO has none.
Where VIDIO is the better fit
- Lower entry price. VIDIO's paid plans start at $8 a month billed yearly, against $65 a month for Secure Redact's yearly Basic plan.
- Readable text, not just people. Video text obfuscation covers signs, screens and documents with a blur, pixels or a solid bar that follows them as the camera moves.
- Click-to-keep audio redaction. In audio redaction, each flagged name or number sits in a transcript; click it to bleep or keep it, and you only pay the first time you export without a watermark.
- Sensitive details by type. Blur sensitive information lets you turn on names, emails, phone numbers or addresses and leave the rest readable.
See it in VIDIO
Live demos on real public footage, the same ones on each tool's page.
Using both
A team could keep Secure Redact for evidence that needs a custody log and use VIDIO for marketing, training or social clips where speed and cost matter more than an audit trail.
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Questions
Is there a cheaper Secure Redact alternative?
VIDIO's paid plans start at $8 a month on yearly billing, and there is a free plan. It does not include Secure Redact's chain of custody or API.
How is Secure Redact priced?
In credits, where one credit is one minute of video. Basic includes 10 credits a month, Pro 20 and Advanced 30; Enterprise starts at 60 credits a month on a 12-month term.
Can VIDIO redact documents?
VIDIO blurs documents that appear inside a video, such as papers on a desk or a scrolled file. It does not redact PDF or image files on their own.
Does VIDIO track a face as it moves?
Yes. The cover stays on each face as people walk and turn, and every frame is checked before export.