Recording retention
How long a platform keeps a class recording before deleting it. It is a storage-cost decision by the platform, and usually a plan limit.
Video is the expensive thing an education platform stores, so retention windows are how platforms keep a flat subscription flat. A 30-day window is common on entry plans.
What matters when comparing is whether the recording can be exported before it expires, and whether retention is counted from the class date or from last access.
For example
A single hour of 720p class recording is roughly 500MB. An academy running 20 classes a week generates about 10GB a week, or 500GB a year. That is why retention is a plan limit rather than a promise: keeping everything forever is a storage bill that grows every week, so platforms keep recordings for a stated window — 30 or 90 days is common — and delete after it.
Related terms
- Live class — A scheduled teaching session held in real time over video, with the teacher able to present, write, question and answer — as opposed to a recording watched later.
- Content protection — Measures that make paid course material harder to copy or redistribute: signed video links, watermarking, download blocking, device limits and, at the strict end, DRM.