IBM Video Streaming vs. Vimeo Enterprise

Vimeo Enterprise

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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
Vimeo Enterprise	Score8.8 out of 10	N/A	Vimeo Enterprise, based on technology acquired with Livestream in September 2017 is the company's HD livestreaming platform touting auto-archiving, simultaneous live streaming, secure sharing with password and domain-level security, and audience engagement (e.g. chat), with SLA available at the highest tier service level. Vimeo Enterprise streaming solution enables the user to provide secure corporate comms and "no-fail" virtual events. Or, Vimeo OTT enables the user to launch a subscription…	N/A

Pricing

IBM Video Streaming

Vimeo Enterprise

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

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Pricing Offerings
IBM Video Streaming	Vimeo Enterprise
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

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	Vimeo Enterprise
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? 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? 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? 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 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? Joel Wenz Video Producer in Human Resources at State of Minnesota (Government Administration, 10,001+ employees) Chose IBM Video Streaming Before selecting Ustream (IBM Cloud Video) we used and researched Livestream and YouTube Live. We ultimately selected Ustream because of the channels vs. event based workflow. We appreciate having a dedicated link for employees to view live and pre-recorded content. YouTube … Incentivized Helpful? Ben Keener Multimedia Coordinator at Human Capital Institute (Human Resources, 51-200 employees) Chose IBM Video Streaming I have used Livestream and YouTube streaming. Ustream stacks up pretty competitively to them. Ustream is probably the most reliable when it comes to the three, however, it lacks DVR support and the player and chat function seem a little outdated. We decided to go with Ustream … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Video Streaming Each project we deliver is different - different region, different language, different audience, different content and different requirements. Each time we select Ustream it is because we think Ustream delivers the best looking live stream from our elemental encoder. Incentivized Helpful?	Vimeo No answer on this topic
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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User Ratings
	IBM Video Streaming	Vimeo Enterprise
Likelihood to Recommend	9.6 (127 ratings)	8.6 (4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.9 (8 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	8.9 (62 ratings)	6.0 (1 ratings)
Availability	9.0 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	8.3 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (9 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.1 (60 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	6.0 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	8.1 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	8.1 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	7.6 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	7.6 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

IBM Video Streaming vs. Vimeo Enterprise

IBM Video Streaming

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