I think YouTube is stating that bitrate for the original that is uploaded, but they re-encode to a bitrate they prefer.
I see Vimeo is about the same range.
https://vimeo.com/help/compression
I guess my questions would be:
1- Are you looking for a streaming bitrate that you are going to stream yourself?
2- Are you simply providing the video in a members area for download by paying customers, which can be a higher bitrate.