Loops isn't much more expensive than other projects to run.
Object storage is cheap, and we do two stage video optimization, with the first stage being on the webUI or mobile app.
$200/month for a server Loops.video sized with a premium intel cpu, that's 34k users with 5k MAU and 1K+ DAU.
You could do it for a fraction of that price, but performance may suffer.
AND that includes 1 year of content, 28k+ videos and more.