Switching
How to move all your videos off Vimeo without losing your folders
By Craig Crawford, founder of Blue Flame Media · 20 October 2026
Moving hosts sounds like a big job. With a plan, it's mostly waiting. Here's the order I'd do it in.
The plan
- List every website page, course and email where a Vimeo video is embedded.
- Import your library into the new host. In Blue Flame Media, connect Vimeo and the import brings videos across, including those inside folders.
- Play a few videos from each folder to check they work.
- Swap the embeds on your most important pages first, then the rest.
- Only cancel Vimeo once every page is switched.
Why do it before a deadline
Reviewers describe deadlines as short as seven days. Start early, even if you hope to stay.
“After years as a Vimeo customer, we were suddenly given seven days to accept a $7,500 annual contract or face suspension of our videos.”
Where Blue Flame Media fits
I built Blue Flame Media after Vimeo did this to me. It is a simpler video platform with managed hosting, folders, a branded player, subtitles and analytics. You don't need any technical setup.
You can bring your Vimeo library across with the built-in Vimeo import, folders included, so you are not re-uploading hundreds of files by hand. Our prices are on the pricing page for anyone to read.
Questions people ask
- Do I have to download every video first?
- Not with Blue Flame Media. The Vimeo import copies them across for you, folders included.
Quotes are short, word-for-word excerpts from public reviews. They are those reviewers' own experiences, which we can't check. Vimeo is a trademark of its owner. Blue Flame Media is not connected with Vimeo.