Amazon Elastic Transcoder vs. Navisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)

Amazon Elastic Transcoder

Navisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Amazon Elastic Transcoder	Score 8.5 out of 10	N/A	The Amazon Elastic Transcoder from AWS is a cloud-based media transcoding service available to AWS users which is priced on the volume of media transcoded by minute and the media's resolution. The service is scalable and anticipates transcoding of very large files or high volumes of files.	$0 per minute
Navisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)	Score 7.0 out of 10	N/A	NaviSite boasts flexible and scalable managed services that provide 24x7x365 monitoring and support for any environment a business selects—whether it’s on-premises, in the cloud or hybrid. Their managed infrastructure services include managed infrastructure and hosting, data center colocation services, as well as disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS). Navisite services include those under the former RDX brand, which separated from Charter Communications (as part of the Spectrum Enterprise…	N/A

Pricing

Amazon Elastic Transcoder

Navisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)

Editions & Modules

Audio Only: $0.0045
per minute
Less than 720p: $0.015
per minute
720p and above: $0.03
per minute

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Amazon Elastic Transcoder	Navisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Amazon Elastic Transcoder offers a monthly free usage tier. The free tier consists of: 20 minutes of free audio-only output per month, 20 minutes of free SD output per month and 10 minutes of free HD output per month. Once you exceed the number of minutes in this free usage tier, you will be charged at the prevailing rates.

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Community Pulse
	Amazon Elastic Transcoder	Navisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)
Top Pros	Pro Audio and video Pro Video files Pro Device support	Pro Managed services Pro Address issues Pro 24 7
Top Cons	Minus Real time Minus Ui ux Minus Slightly confusing	Minus Good connection Minus Pro active Minus Customer focused

Features

Amazon Elastic Transcoder

Navisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
	Amazon Elastic Transcoder 9.2 3 Ratings 10% above category average	Navisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud) 8.0 1 Ratings 4% below category average
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime	10.02 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Dynamic scaling	10.02 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Elastic load balancing	9.53 Ratings	00 Ratings
Pre-configured templates	9.03 Ratings	00 Ratings
Monitoring tools	9.53 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images	8.02 Ratings	00 Ratings
Operating system support	9.03 Ratings	00 Ratings
Security controls	8.03 Ratings	00 Ratings
Automation	9.52 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Amazon Elastic Transcoder	Navisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)
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Medium-sized Companies	SAP on IBM Cloud Score 9.1 out of 10	SAP on IBM Cloud Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises	IBM Power Virtual Server Score 9.2 out of 10	IBM Power Virtual Server Score 9.2 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Amazon Elastic Transcoder	Navisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)
Likelihood to Recommend	8.5 (3 ratings)	7.0 (2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	8.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Amazon Elastic Transcoder	Navisite Managed Infrastructure Services (NaviCloud)
Likelihood to Recommend	Amazon AWS It is well suited in a large setting where people use different file formats and various apps to record and transfer their audio or video files across devices. In such scenarios, the transcoder would of real help to eliminate the hassle of converting the files into desired formats for viewing or doing some other analysis. The transcoder would not be of much use if all the files have the same format and does not need any conversion from their source file formats. It would prove costly and not useful if it's just an additional step that is of no particular use Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	NaviSite Clarify before hand any additional charges for remote hand and arrangement/SLA for remote hand. Negotiate well on these terms as they tend to be more flexible around this. Clarify shipping and handling charges if any. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Amazon AWS Works at scale, you can can transcode a high number of videos at the same time. Supports a good number of formats. Good integration with AWS S3 and other AWS Services. Incentivized Abhinav Neela Senior Software Engineer Read full review	NaviSite 24/7 monitoring Immediate notification in the event of failures Dedicated Senior DBA Dedicate Account rep Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Amazon AWS Amazon Elastic Transcoder requires a fair amount of setup. Incentivized Dan Davidson Software Engineer Technical Lead Read full review	NaviSite San Jose facility power outage caused damage to company's credibility, this should not occur again being 7x24 facility and backup generator Avoiding too many management changes will help create good connection with individuals for sustained harmony Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Amazon AWS No answers on this topic	NaviSite Price and facility equipment, location of the hosting facility factor into the decision to renew Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	Amazon AWS Support for Amazon Elastic Transcoder is the same as any other service within AWS. If you are familiar with AWS, it is easy to start using Elastic Transcoder Incentivized Dan Davidson Software Engineer Technical Lead Read full review	NaviSite No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Amazon AWS Amazon Elastic Transcoder is in a league of its own when compared to other alternatives in the market. The most noticeable competitor would be either Microsoft or Adobe or Google. When I had a chance to compare Azure products and Amazon products, the difference is obvious and the experience provided by both the products are very different in terms of user experience and interaction with the application. The cost and availability also were taken into consideration when choosing between the two shortlisted choices. So we went with Amazon's product as it is widely used and has support and maintenance which is basically better than the competition. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	NaviSite Navisite's rates were better and they seemed to have more SQL Server expertise. This was about 5 years ago and it may not be the case anymore Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Amazon AWS Less time for integration with this service if you are already in AWS stack No real time transcoding is a negative Incentivized Abhinav Neela Senior Software Engineer Read full review	NaviSite Cost savings by not having a full-time DBA on staff - saving of at least 50K a year Data team not on call 24/7 Navisite team will try to fix issue if possible - e.g. shrink log files that have grown Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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