Flipgrid vs. Vidyard

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Flipgrid
Score 1.0 out of 10
N/A
Flipgrid is a video learning platform, acquired by Microsoft in 2018.N/A
Vidyard
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
Vidyard is an enterprise video platform built to turn viewers into customers with in-depth insights and robust integrations with different customer relationship management (CRM) and marketing automation platforms.
$0
per month per user
Pricing
FlipgridVidyard
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Free
$0
per month per user
Starter
$59
per month per user
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
per year
Teams
Contact Sales
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FlipgridVidyard
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
FlipgridVidyard
Considered Both Products
Flipgrid
Chose Flipgrid
Flipgrid is unique in its ability to allow students to create and share their own videos. I’m sure there are other ways to do this, but this is the first program that I’ve seen with these features. Students aren’t necessarily used to sharing academic videos of themselves, so …
Chose Flipgrid
From an academic point of view, I thought using Flipgrid to record videos and add their voices to them, or even analyzing and sharing about videos or lectures would be effective. Sadly, I discover this product to be more suited for explanatory presentations and introductions …
Chose Flipgrid
Flipgrid gives students the ability to create their own products. Nearpod provides teachers with the platform to send lessons and information out to students, where Flipgrid is the way for students to respond to questions and prompts by their teachers. It allows them to …
Chose Flipgrid
I've tried nothing else like it.
Chose Flipgrid
Flipgrid is a game changer, working in a similar fashion to these other applications, but offering much more in terms of teacher control and implementation inside the classroom. Teachers can create lesson plans that incorporate options for Flipgrid to be utilized as a formative …
Vidyard
Chose Vidyard
Loom is up to par, and I can't say much about that. Bombbomb woefully underperformed. It was good and it worked, but it was slower and trickier to get it working and recording videos.
Chose Vidyard
Vidyard seems to be the easiest to use especially for our sales teams. Our Customer Advocate and Implementation Teams do use CloudApp. It seems similar, but less applicable for sales. Vidyard has awesome salesforce and HubSpot integrations!
Chose Vidyard
Vidyard could definitely take some things away from Pardot. Making the tool as easy to use as possible and also making the integration seamless is of paramount importance. I guess to simplify it, we never really have had issues with Pardot. It seemed like we were constantly on …
Chose Vidyard
Honestly, I chose Vidyard because my influencer contacts in my network recommended it and it was at the time at least integrated with LinkedIn. I really hope you can somehow continue the integration with LinkedIn as that was very helpful and a big factor in me deciding to use …
Chose Vidyard
Very similar. The only thing Loom has in its favor is the free version seems to allow you to download some videos and the embed works better in Notion which is a tool we use for everything.
Chose Vidyard
Vidyard is easy to use, and the feedback is instant when you send the Vidyard, with their name on the whiteboard and your waving hand.
Chose Vidyard
I have previously dabbled in Loom and Vimeo, which have slightly different use cases. Overall I think Vidyard provides the beauty and ease of being able to record your screen directly and can host those videos too.
Chose Vidyard
I used Soapbox for a time by myself and it did some very similar things. It had an easy interface too. But Vidyard was more robust and once we started using it I never looked back.
Chose Vidyard
I have not looked at other products.
Chose Vidyard
We selected Vidyard because Wistia didn't offer as many robust lead generation features and didn't offer as deep of integration with Hubspot. We also wanted to have that main video hub and Wistia didn't have that at all when we were doing this evaluation, though I think they …
Chose Vidyard
Pricing-wise, it's definitely in between the two options above. It offers more capabilities than Wistia and is less expensive than Brightcove.
Chose Vidyard
Have not used anything else, this was the first thing I was introduced to and I never looked elsewhere due to how happy I was with the product.
Chose Vidyard
Our company chose Vidyard, but honestly, after I learned about this tool and started using it, I would have chosen Vidyard over the others. It's easy to use. I love the plugin in my Chrome. It has a more intuitive UI/UX than the others and better analytics (even in the free …
Chose Vidyard
We did not evaluate other tools at the time.
Chose Vidyard
No comparison in terms of sharing and quickly implementing with our current sales and marketing process.
Chose Vidyard
Allego was next to impossible for even our internal team, let alone our team out in the field, to learn and develop. Their support was constant, but we never seemed to achieve anything in our meetings. The product owners at Vidyard have been much more personable and in-tune …
Chose Vidyard
I've used Loom which was fine. Not a tremendous difference that I could tell you about. I've only used the free version of Loom.
Chose Vidyard
We have tried Loom, but we prefer Vidyard as it has unlimited videos with the free account while Loom has a limitation of 25 videos.
Features
FlipgridVidyard
Video Marketing
Comparison of Video Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Flipgrid
9.0
Ratings
18% above category average
Vidyard
6.2
Ratings
19% below category average
Lead generation9.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Video personalization9.00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
eCommerce00 Ratings2.80 Ratings
Support for advertisements00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Video SEO00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Video Platform Integrations
Comparison of Video Platform Integrations features of Product A and Product B
Flipgrid
10.0
Ratings
47% above category average
Vidyard
5.1
Ratings
19% below category average
Integration to LMS10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration to Salesforce.com00 Ratings3.00 Ratings
Integration to Marketo00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Integration to HubSpot00 Ratings5.20 Ratings
Integration to Eloqua00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Video Security
Comparison of Video Security features of Product A and Product B
Flipgrid
8.2
Ratings
8% below category average
Vidyard
8.3
Ratings
7% below category average
Video access controls8.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
User management9.00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Video link sharing8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Internal video8.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
External video8.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Video Player
Comparison of Video Player features of Product A and Product B
Flipgrid
7.5
Ratings
12% below category average
Vidyard
6.0
Ratings
34% below category average
Player customization7.00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Embedded videos9.00 Ratings5.70 Ratings
Video quality / Bandwidth controls6.00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Mobile compatibility8.00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Video Analytics
Comparison of Video Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Flipgrid
9.5
Ratings
19% above category average
Vidyard
8.0
Ratings
2% above category average
Streaming quality reports9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Per viewer tracking10.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Per video tracking9.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Video analytics dashboard10.00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
A/B testing00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Video Hosting, Management & Storage
Comparison of Video Hosting, Management & Storage features of Product A and Product B
Flipgrid
9.3
Ratings
7% above category average
Vidyard
6.2
Ratings
33% below category average
Video upload & format support9.00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Video library / File management9.90 Ratings5.60 Ratings
Video portal9.00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
On-Demand video00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Live streaming00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Impact of streaming on network00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Video Engagement
Comparison of Video Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Flipgrid
10.0
Ratings
23% above category average
Vidyard
6.2
Ratings
25% below category average
Audience polling10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience Q&A / Live chat10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Video comments10.00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Best Alternatives
FlipgridVidyard
Small Businesses
Wistia
Wistia
Score 9.7 out of 10
Wistia
Wistia
Score 9.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Ensemble Video
Ensemble Video
Score 9.1 out of 10
Flipgrid
Flipgrid
Score 1.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Panopto
Panopto
Score 8.0 out of 10
Panopto
Panopto
Score 8.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
FlipgridVidyard
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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9.5
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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10.0
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Usability
10.0
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8.9
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Availability
10.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
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Performance
10.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
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9.0
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Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
FlipgridVidyard
Likelihood to Recommend
I'd greatly recommend it to any teacher. It can be used in a variety of scenarios but mainly for speaking activities. It can work for example as an oral exam or oral evaluation, this I make them hiding it from other students' views. I also use it to analyze and comment about videos and readings. When students start talking and liking it, it's a killer. They start asking when is the next forum going to happen. However, something I do not recommend it for is role plays or collective readings, which I have tried and it fails miserably. This is because of timing, students upload the video at different moments and it is a hot mess. However, I am fine with the first part because it works pretty well.
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In my industry, there really isn't a time that I feel would be inappropriate to use the tool. I feel it's most useful to an audience that you haven't connected with yet, however. I think your content is what can get you into trouble. A friend of mine was blocked from a decent amount of prospects after sending a video promoting a happy hour.
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Pros
  • Flipgrid allows teachers to post a question to students on how they accomplished a particular task. This is important because it shows the students process and also gives them an opportunity to teach others.
  • Flipgrid allows teachers to make a "mixed tape" of student responses and use it for assessment. This allows teachers to show parents and administrators whether student growth.
  • Flipgrid has a great feature that allows teachers to post their Flipgrids with the community. The community can reuse the questions and edit them. This allows collaboration among fellow teachers.
  • Not only can teachers post questions but they can also record themselves asking the question. This is great for non-readers and English Language Learners.
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  • The UI is really easy to use, especially for new users looking to get up to speed fast
  • On the paid version, I really like being able to download the videos
  • For onboarding new people and explaining processes, I like the playlist feature
  • For sensitive data, I like being able to password our videos
  • I like being able to brand our video player page
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Cons
  • Students can get carried away with stickers and filters with their recordings.
  • Issues arise if students have to use older devices.
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  • It would be great if there could be a manager view so we don't have to give them admin privileges to see their team's vidyard videos.
  • It would be great to be able to see who viewed the video if multiple people are on the email.
  • It would be great if we could make the videos dynamic so that it would insert a person's first name or SL booking based off dynamic fields in SL.
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Likelihood to Renew
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It has been an integral part of both our employees and customers experience. I would highly recommend VidYard to anyone looking for new ways to make their support interactions more personable and efficient. Not only that, but is a huge value add for existing customers of the HubSpot product as well.
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Usability
Flipgrid is the most user-friendly platform that exists.
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Vidyard does what it is supposed to do, but it takes regular use and adoption to really get any benefit. It is much more beneficial as a 1:1 personal sales video tool than in mass marketing email blast campaigns. The analytics are insightful and the tool has some cool ways to make videos more interactive and branded.
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Reliability and Availability
We have never had issues with the Flipgrid platform being unavailable during the school day.
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Absolutely, the unpredictable nature of technology always keeps us on our toes. However, I'm pleased to share that my experience with Vidyard has been remarkably consistent and reassuring. To date, I haven't encountered any instances of service outages. This unparalleled reliability and dependability have instilled a high level of confidence in the platform, making it a stalwart companion in our digital endeavors. While the tech landscape can be uncertain, Vidyard's track record of steadfast performance has truly set it apart.
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Performance
Flipgrid has been easy for both our students and staff to use. When there is an issue with the program, we can easily reach support, and the trouble is resolved in an extremely quick and timely manner.
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It performs very well. I have never had any bugs while recording, and none of the videos have been impaired or corrupted. I don't believe it integrates with any other software but you could contact the company to learn more. I am not sure if it is only available on Chrome.
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Support Rating
Flipgrip is great for supporting educators. They provide opportunities for teachers to learn the program and become ambassadors for the program. They are also responsive to questions and concerns through many different modes. That includes online communities, email, and Facebook communities. They are eager to meet and troubleshoot with you and are also eager to meet educators at conferences and meetings.
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Customer support at Vidyard has always been good. When I first looked into the product, the salesperson took a consultative approach that allowed me to see how Vidyard would benefit our specific use case. Since coming on board, the customer service team has been quick to respond if I have any questions.
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In-Person Training
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The training experience proved to be tremendously valuable. Our dedicated representative exhibited an exceptional level of helpfulness and patience as she skillfully addressed all of our inquiries. Notably, she went beyond merely answering questions, providing us with a wealth of resources and sharing best practices that are pivotal for our success in utilizing the software.Her guidance transcended the boundaries of a conventional training session, empowering us with insights that extend far beyond the immediate
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Online Training
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The online training experience proved to be incredibly valuable. Our dedicated representative demonstrated exceptional patience and unwavering support in addressing our queries and requests, which greatly contributed to our learning process. Their guidance was pivotal in helping us navigate the intricacies of the training, ensuring that we absorbed the material effectively.
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Implementation Rating
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It's pretty straightforward. The bulk of the work goes on outside of Vidyard - it's the time required to add different videos to your website - that was probably the only difficult part and had nothing to do with Vidyard.
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Alternatives Considered
Flipgrid is unique in its ability to allow students to create and share their own videos. I’m sure there are other ways to do this, but this is the first program that I’ve seen with these features. Students aren’t necessarily used to sharing academic videos of themselves, so it’s good practice!
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Vidyard seems to be the easiest to use especially for our sales teams. Our Customer Advocate and Implementation Teams do use CloudApp. It seems similar, but less applicable for sales. Vidyard has awesome Salesforce and HubSpot integrations!
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Scalability
This product is straightforward to implement and share across our building and district. As a large district, it was not difficult to train staff and have them feel at ease implementing the program.
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The product exhibits an exceptional degree of scalability, accommodating diverse usage scenarios across various departments within our organization. This remarkable flexibility has enabled us to harness the software's potential in ways tailored to the unique needs of each team.In particular, the impact on our communication efforts with both potential and existing customers has been truly transformative.
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Return on Investment
  • Flipgrid allows students who may not raise their hand or have a voice in class to participate and share their ideas, thoughts and views
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  • Vidyard has shown a greater number of email opens when sent to prospects.
  • I believe the ROI for Vidyard has been well received and definitely worth the $$$.
  • We have had a greater number of people attending events when invited through Vidyard. This has led to more opportunities being created.
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ScreenShots

Vidyard Screenshots

Screenshot of where users can record and send sales videos from a browser, desktop, or phone to connect, convert, and close—all while remote.Screenshot of how screen recording can be used to deliver effective product demos, presentations, and proposal walkthroughs that build buyer consensus across the full sales cycle.Screenshot of some insights into viewer behavior, displayed within Vidyard's video analytics. Here, viewers can track video views, engagement, and drop-off rates to understand how an audience interacts with content and optimize video strategy for maximum impactScreenshot of how CRM integrations push video view data to lead and contact records. Viewing data can be used to surface high-intent leads, and measure videos’ impact on pipeline and revenue.Screenshot of Vidyard's customizable calls-to-action (CTAs), used to drive conversions and capture leads. Clickable buttons and forms can be added directly to videos to encourage viewers to take the next step, whether it's downloading a resource or signing up for a demo.Screenshot of some of Vidyard's integrations.