IBM Video Streaming

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
IBM Video Streaming	Score9.3 out of 10	Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)	IBM Video Streaming solutions are used to stream virtual events, executive town halls, video marketing product launches, and 24-hour streaming channels. According to IBM, the solution is built for privacy, reliability and scale, to optimize video quality, and powered by IBM Watson AI for video search and automated closed captioning. IBM Enterprise Video Streaming can power security-rich video communications ranging from employee town halls, to…	$137 per month 100 viewer hours

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IBM Video Streaming

Silver: $137
per month 100 viewer hours
Gold: $688
per month 2,000 viewer hours
Platinum: $1380
per month 5,000 viewer hours

Pricing Offerings
IBM Video Streaming
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes

Optional

Video Streaming edition is available for purchase via credit card online (or via IBM salesperson if needs exceed those outlined in the online plans). Enterprise Video Streaming edition must be purchased from an IBM salesperson.

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	IBM Video Streaming
Considered Both Products	IBM Nidia Marin Global Marketing & E-Commerce in Marketing at LATAM Airlines (Airlines/Aviation, 10,001+ employees) Chose IBM Video Streaming The ability to scale the platform, as well as its ability to interface with other IBM systems, was the reason they decided to use it. Integral to the concept of an advanced analytics suite was the comparative advantage it had over other competitors and analysis tools crucial … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Video Streaming There weren't a lot of other enterprise offerings out there at the time we signed up for IBM. The market is changing though and would probably look at other offerings to see how they stack up too. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Video Streaming recommended Incentivized Helpful? Michael Sharpe Technology Committe Member in Information Technology at Vineville Baptist Church (Religious Institutions, 11-50 employees) Chose IBM Video Streaming We did experiment with other services when we started but quality, convenience, and pricing were the best with USTREAM. Incentivized Helpful? Cale J. Rogers Digital Media Production Manager in Information Technology at Colorado State University - College of Business (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees) Chose IBM Video Streaming Vimeo offers better tools for on-demand like chapters and marketing tools. But their live options are limited to event durations. YouTube can stream for longer durations but IBM 24/7 stream has been much more reliable and easy to use. Incentivized Helpful? Michael Coates VP Technical Sales Strategy in Corporate at N3 (Computer Software, 501-1000 employees) Chose IBM Video Streaming Features (one to many broadcasts) Price (lowest for broadcast) Incentivized Helpful? Steven Janak Media Productions Engineer in Information Technology at Airbnb (Internet, 1001-5000 employees) Chose IBM Video Streaming The main reasons I would recommend Ustream over other competitors are: SSO integration, how accessible/responsive support is, the ease of use for the viewer, the consumption/seat model is easy to understand, server side encoding to multiple bitrates/qualities, ability to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Video Streaming When this project was evaluating streaming providers in 2013, Livestream was the closest to uStream in feature set. However, we found the packages that uStream provided were financially better considering the volume of customers who were going to stream our content. We also … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Video Streaming Ustream had more experience than many of their competitors, they were also able to beat them on price. I have looked at Livestream and they seem to be geared more towards broadcasters and news outlets. They offer easy to use and affordable cameras, revenue sharing ads and many … Incentivized Helpful? Christian Fleischhacker Senior Software Engineer in Information Technology (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 11-50 employees) Chose IBM Video Streaming Ustream Align is a much better product than Pro and Enterprise for different reasons. The pro version just doesn't do enough and The enterprise version lacked the ability to secure channels and videos the way that we have been able to using Ustream Align. All in all a much … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Video Streaming For the service and because some of my clients need many streaming feeds that Facebook Live can't provide for them. Incentivized Helpful? Zachary Smith Technical Producer in Marketing (Marketing and Advertising, 10,001+ employees) Chose IBM Video Streaming Because Ustream has become such a popular service, there are many more that have followed after it. You can find a variety of similar options that might have more customization or a lower price tag. However, the scalability and reputation this platform has achieved will keep my … Incentivized Helpful? JD Larsen IT Manager in Information Technology (Construction, 10,001+ employees) Chose IBM Video Streaming Ustream was hands down the best option. When we were doing our research, I was able to download the tool and immediately start streaming, it was incredibly intuitive. The other tools were much more complicated and difficult to use. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Video Streaming Ustream was one of few vendors who provided the ability to broadcast prerecorded events. Ease of use was a major factor in our purchasing decision. Incentivized Helpful? Erik Woodard Producer in Professional Services at Marshall Multimedia (Media Production, 1-10 employees) Chose IBM Video Streaming IBM just had more features than Livestream, Youtube Live, etc, particularly security and reporting. There was no other vendor we could trust with our clients' sensitive data. This was most important when creating internal educational, onboarding, or training content where … Incentivized Helpful? Matthew Stone Founder in Corporate at Bluestone Productions, LLC (Media Production, 1-10 employees) Chose IBM Video Streaming [Ustream has] a more robust backend and better insights and analytics post broadcast. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Video Streaming Ustream is a great solution for companies to have a secure way to let their employees be up to date with important information regarding their employer. It is easy to use and share streams with any one with the required company credentials to be up to date and informed on the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Video Streaming It's hard to compete against YouTube as it's a household name. While Ustream may not have been around for a long time, it's gain in popularity in such a short span is a testament to it's service and features. JPL must have been impressed with the product to choose Ustream for … Incentivized Helpful? Dan Hamilton Multimedia Specialist in Marketing at AngioDynamics (Medical Devices, 1001-5000 employees) Chose IBM Video Streaming IBM Cloud Video is the most professional and easiest to use out of all of them. While you certainly pay for these things, they are worth it if your company is serious about doing video streaming the right way. Incentivized Helpful? Bryan Barnes Director of Digital Strategy in Marketing at National Aquarium (Museums and Institutions, 201-500 employees) Chose IBM Video Streaming We were going to go with the "free"/unsupported route with YouTube Live, but Ustream has really allowed us to be more "hands off" with stability and security so that we can focus on the fun stuff like promotion. Incentivized Helpful? Luke Campbell Chief Operating Officer in Corporate at Epicentre.tv (Media Production, 1-10 employees) Chose IBM Video Streaming We have looked at a range of platforms - Livestream, Oolya, Brightcove, NeuLion, YouTube, Facebook etc., and all platforms have their pros and cons. The points raised earlier are the key changes that need to be made form our perspective to improve the platform. Offering direct … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Video Streaming I do not believe we have used any other products. Incentivized Helpful? Eric Nisly Academic Technologies Consultant in Information Technology at University of Notre Dame (Higher Education, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose IBM Video Streaming We continue to evaluate other services similar to Ustream. Some have cheaper prices, some allow for a larger social market audience at the time of the event, and some have similar ease of use. However, none have the same engineer supported service with the ease of use and turn … Incentivized Helpful? Alejandro Rojas Gerente de Tecnología in Information Technology at Diario ABC Color (Newspapers, 201-500 employees) Chose IBM Video Streaming Best price/benefit balance Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Video Streaming The features given by Ustream for broadcasting live events where not comparable to its competitors. The amount of information retrived about the audience is the real added value that was given by Ustream. Information on viewers is fundamental not only in the production of video … Incentivized Helpful?
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User Ratings
	IBM Video Streaming
Likelihood to Recommend	9.6 (127 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.9 (8 ratings)
Usability	8.9 (62 ratings)
Availability	9.0 (3 ratings)
Performance	8.3 (3 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (9 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.1 (60 ratings)
Configurability	6.0 (3 ratings)
Ease of integration	8.1 (2 ratings)
Product Scalability	8.1 (3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	7.6 (3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	7.6 (3 ratings)

IBM Video Streaming

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