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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Avid Interplay (discontinued)

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/AAvid's Interplay media asset management solultion has been discontinued and replaced by MediaCentral, a collaborative and customizable media workflow and management platform.N/A

    Cloudinary

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ACloudinary is an image and video management tool enabling users to manage, optimize, and deliver images, videos and other media across every device and channel.

    $49

    per month

    Pricing
    Avid Interplay (discontinued)Cloudinary
    Editions & Modules
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    Media Optimizer - Scale
    $49
    per month
    Programmable Media - Plus
    $99
    per month
    Programmable Media - Advanced
    $249
    per month
    Programmable Media - Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Digital Asset Management
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Avid Interplay (discontinued)Cloudinary
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Features
    Avid Interplay (discontinued)Cloudinary
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Avid Interplay (discontinued) and Cloudinary
    Feature
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    Ratings
    Cloudinary
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Data exportability00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Content analytics00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    DAM Features
    Comparison of DAM Features features of Avid Interplay (discontinued) and Cloudinary
    Feature
    Avid Interplay (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Cloudinary
    9.6
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Uploading assets00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Downloading assets00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Categories00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Asset storage00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Asset sharing00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Asset search00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Tagging system00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Content editing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Metadata00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    User access00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    DAM Integrations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    DAM API00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Avid Interplay (discontinued)Cloudinary
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    Adobe Bridge
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Cloudinary
    Score9.1 out of 10
    MediaValet
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Acquia DAM (Widen)
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Acquia DAM (Widen)
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Avid Interplay (discontinued)Cloudinary
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Avid Interplay (discontinued)Cloudinary
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Avid Technology
    The Avid eco-system is extremely reliable. There are multiple pieces working together to transcode, index, and archive media. Needing minimal maintenance and upgrades. Avid support is extensive and can be reached 24/7 at any time of the year. I recommend this product to any production team that wants a long term, reliable asset manager
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    Cloudinary
    Cloudinary handles pretty much anything you have related to images. From serving them up efficiently to adding transformations on the fly, there's really little this service doesn't do. Their pricing plans allow you to grow into the right levels and their website dashboards are very helpful. I would easily recommend this for all but the simplest of use cases.
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    Pros
    Avid Technology
    • Quickly find video clips and view them right away
    • Keep projects organized
    • Can archive and restore media
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    Cloudinary
    • Cloudinary is the best in the market for photo and video transformations.
    • Cloudinary takes customer's requests for special features and implements them very quickly.
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    Cons
    Avid Technology
    • The same media can be imported more than once by multiple users, creating duplicates. A way for the user to be prompted that this media already exists before the import.
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    Cloudinary
    • Their API does require URLs that can get quite lengthy and not always easy to parse on sight.
    • Documentation on how transformations work and what they actually do to your image could be clearer (what does force_strip actually mean?).
    • Although a free tier exists and is quite generous, should you need to acquire a premium plan for your needs the pricing at scale can climb quickly.
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    Usability
    Avid Technology
    No answers on this topic
    Cloudinary
    Cloudinary is very easy to use and offers fast way to upload your images, files and videos to their servers. Then they give you quick ways t implement those files or images onto your website using their API or just a normal URL. They also give you very fast ways to make edits to those files and include them in the url.
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    Support Rating
    Avid Technology
    No answers on this topic
    Cloudinary
    We rarely use their support. But when we need it they are always there. They provide great consultation and suggestions to help us manage our costs and resources better. In the last 8 years perhaps we have contacted them 3 or 4 times - which is really really great
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    Alternatives Considered
    Avid Technology
    Final Cut Server was a mess and wasn't really supported by Apple anymore when we were last using it. Avid has good support and we know they're going to be around and support their products. It's also just a better fit for our workflow in terms of producing content, as well as archival and storage solutions.
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    Cloudinary
    Cloudinary seemed to be the most sophisticated with the most documentation and platform support. Other solutions seemed to be a lot harder to implement, however, due to the good documentation and API samples on their GitHub we were able to implement it nicely. Additionally, they have a lot of really well-known brands using them like Wired, Sky News, and eBay which gave us a lot of confidence that this was a good robust solution to use and to help others with
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    Return on Investment
    Avid Technology
    • Media can used as it's being ingested for quick turn arounds in live events.
    • Direct posting social media features within the app.
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    Cloudinary
    • Images are essential to our product and using Cloudinary has allowed us to serve them up in a cost-effective and efficient way. Not having to worry about your images frees you up to tackle the real challenges for your product.
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