Compress a Video to 10MB
The internet's default 'safe' file size — hit it exactly, in your browser.
Runs entirely in your browser. Your videos never leave this device.
10MB is the classic safe upload size: it clears virtually every email gateway, it's Jira's default attachment cap, and it was Discord's free limit from 2024 until August 2026, when Discord raised the cap to 20MB. This tool compresses your video to just under 10MB directly in your browser — pick the target and the encoder works out the bitrate from your video's length. No upload, no watermark, no signup.
How do I compress a video to under 10MB?
Drop the video into the compressor, pick the 10MB target, and save the MP4 — everything runs locally in your browser, so nothing is uploaded. The encoder divides the size budget by your video's duration to set the exact bitrate, and automatically retries at a lower rate if the first pass lands over 10MB.
The facts that matter
| Who caps at 10MB today | Jira Cloud attachments (default), many corporate email gateways, and countless CMS and portal upload forms |
|---|---|
| Discord status | Free limit was 10MB from Sept 2024 until Aug 2026 — now 20MB (Nitro Basic 50MB, Nitro 500MB) |
| 60 seconds at 10MB | ≈1.3 Mbps — 854×480 looks clean; light 720p is passable |
| 3 minutes at 10MB | ≈440 kbps — watchable 480p, visibly soft |
| 5 minutes at 10MB | ≈260 kbps — rough; trim if you can |
| Output | MP4 (H.264 + AAC), aspect ratio and frame rate preserved |
Get a better result
- Trim before compressing — every second you keep costs bitrate at a fixed size.
- 60–90 seconds is the sweet spot for a 10MB file that still looks sharp.
- Sending to Discord? The free cap is 20MB now — target that instead and keep double the quality.
- For email, 10MB is already the safe number — going smaller just costs quality for nothing.
Frequently asked questions
What does a video look like at 10MB?
Length decides everything. A one-minute clip gets about 1.3 Mbps and looks genuinely decent at 854×480; at three minutes you're near 440 kbps and the picture goes soft; at five minutes it's around 260 kbps and clearly rough. Short clips fare well at this size — long ones don't.
Didn't Discord change its 10MB limit?
Yes. In August 2026 Discord raised the free upload limit from 10MB to 20MB, so Discord clips now have twice the room. 10MB remains the right target for corporate email gateways, Jira's default attachment cap, and the many upload forms that still stop there.
Is 10MB safe to email?
Yes — staying under 10MB clears essentially every mail provider, even after base64 encoding inflates attachments by roughly a third in transit. Gmail's cap is 25MB and Outlook.com's is 20MB, but corporate gateways are often far stricter, which is why 10MB is the standard safe number.
Will a ten-minute video fit in 10MB?
It will fit, but you won't like it — the picture gets roughly 130 kbps, which looks badly blocky for anything with motion. Trim the video to the part that matters, or use a bigger target if the platform allows one.
What if the output comes out slightly over 10MB?
The tool catches that on its own. It aims under the target with a margin, checks the real file size afterward, and re-encodes at a lower bitrate automatically if the first pass overshot.
Do I need to install anything or make an account?
No install, no account, no watermark, no daily limits. The ~32 MB compression engine downloads once into your browser on first use and is cached from then on; after that the tool works like any other page.
Can I compress several videos at once?
Yes — add multiple files to the queue and they're processed one at a time, each to its own target size. Since encoding runs at browser speed, a long queue of long videos takes a while; short clips go quickly.