npm i @rendley/sdk import { Engine } from '@rendley/sdk'const engine = await Engine.create()await engine.addClip('intro.mp4')await engine.export() // WebCodecs
A real editing engine that renders in the browser.
Do more with your video than store and stream it with Mux
Mux is developer video infrastructure for encoding, storage, streaming, and analytics. Rendley is a compositional editor and render engine: an in-browser SDK, a REST API, and an MCP server. They live at different points in the pipeline and can pair up.
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Mux is best-in-class streaming infrastructure: just-in-time encoding, VOD and live streaming, player SDKs, and Mux Data analytics. Rendley is a compositional editor and render engine. There is minimal direct overlap; the two are adjacent. Edit and render in Rendley, then encode, stream, and measure with Mux.
One platform, three surfaces
Everything ships in code.
curl api.rendley.com/v1/agent/sessions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $KEY" \ -d '{ "prompt": "30s launch promo" }' # poll the job, then pull a signed URL
Prompt to video from one deterministic endpoint.
# mcp.rendley.com — Apache-2.0claude mcp add rendley \ https://mcp.rendley.com "Cut a 15s teaser from these clips"
Hosted server, 18 tools, open source.
3
Surfaces in one platform: SDK, API, MCP
25+
AI models built in, added as they launch
18
Tools in the hosted MCP server
EU
Assets stored in Germany (Hetzner)
How they compare
Where Rendley Studio pulls ahead.
Streaming infrastructure vs editing and rendering
The core distinction. Mux encodes and streams your video and measures playback. Rendley builds the edit and renders the output. Different jobs.
Rendley Studio
- @rendley/sdk is a timeline editing engine that runs completely in the browser
- Layers, cuts, transitions, effects, text, audio mixing, and captions
- Renders client-side with WebCodecs and WebGL, with an FFmpeg (WASM) fallback
- It is the same engine that powers the Rendley app
Mux
- Just-in-time encoding, VOD, and live streaming
- Player SDKs and Mux Data playback analytics
- Streaming infrastructure, not compositional editing; no editor SDK
Encoding, delivery, and analytics
This is Mux’s home turf and a real strength. Rendley focuses on producing the edit rather than running streaming infrastructure.
Rendley Studio
- Exports returned via signed URLs after a render job completes
- Object storage on EU infrastructure (Hetzner, Germany)
- Focused on editing and rendering, not adaptive streaming or QoE analytics
- Complementary: render in Rendley, then encode and stream elsewhere
Mux
- Best-in-class just-in-time encoding and streaming
- Mux Data for real-user playback and quality-of-experience analytics
- Player SDKs for many platforms
The API and MCP
Rendley’s REST API and hosted MCP server are built for editing and rendering. Mux’s API is built for encoding, streaming, and analytics.
Rendley Studio
- REST API at api.rendley.com/v1 with an OpenAPI schema
- Prompt-to-video agent at /agent/sessions; jobs poll to a signed URL
- Hosted MCP server with 18 tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex); paid plan
- Same engine callable from the SDK, HTTP, and MCP
Mux
- REST API for assets, live streams, and playback
- Player SDKs plus the Mux Data analytics API
- No compositional editing MCP server
AI generation models
Rendley aggregates 25+ generation models inside a project. Mux focuses on infrastructure rather than a generative model catalog.
Rendley Studio
- 25+ models across video, image, voice, music, and translation
- Video: Veo, Kling, Seedance, Sora, Wan, Hailuo; image: Flux, DALL-E, Nano Banana, Imagen
- Voice and audio via ElevenLabs and more; new models added as they launch
- Every AI call has a matching /cost endpoint for predictable billing
Mux
- Focused on encoding, streaming, and analytics
- Not positioned as a generative multi-model editing catalog
The details
Rendley Studio vs Mux, side by side.
| Rendley Studio | Mux | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary use case | Compositional video editing and rendering | Encoding, storage, streaming, and playback analytics |
| In-browser editing SDK | Yes — @rendley/sdk renders client-side (WebCodecs/WebGL) | No editing SDK; player SDKs for streaming |
| Timeline composition | Yes — layers, transitions, effects, audio, captions | No — streaming infrastructure, not multi-clip editing |
| Streaming and analytics | Exports via signed URLs; no playback analytics | Yes — VOD + live, player SDKs, Mux Data analytics |
| Official MCP server | Yes — hosted, 18 tools | No editing MCP server |
| AI generation models | 25+ aggregated (Veo, Kling, Seedance, Sora, Flux, DALL-E…) | Not a generative model catalog |
| Object storage region | EU — Hetzner, Nuremberg (Germany) | Check vendor docs |
| Pricing model | Plans + credits: Free, $15, $30, $70/mo (1 credit = $0.01) | Usage-based per minute: encoding from $0.015/src-min, storage $0.0030/min, delivery ~$0.025/min; free trial credits |
Competitor details are from public pricing and documentation and can change. Verify current specifics on the vendor’s own site.
Credit where due
Where Mux is the stronger choice
- For streaming products, Mux is best-in-class. Its just-in-time encoding and delivery make it a proven backbone for VOD and live at scale.
- Mux Data gives you real-user playback and quality-of-experience analytics that a render engine simply does not provide.
- Player SDKs across many platforms mean you can ship reliable playback quickly, with a clean usage-based per-minute model.
- It is complementary to Rendley: edit and render finished video in Rendley, then encode, stream, and measure it with Mux. There is minimal direct overlap.
Best-in-class AI models, built in
Generate clips, images, and voiceovers without leaving the editor. New models are added as they launch.
KlingVeoSoraSeedanceNano BananaElevenLabs
FAQ
Asked. Answered.
No. Mux is developer video infrastructure for encoding, storage, streaming, and playback analytics. It is not a compositional editor. Rendley is the editor and render engine, so the two sit at different points in the pipeline with minimal direct overlap.
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