Bambuser vs. JW Player

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bambuser
Score 5.8 out of 10
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Bambuser’s Live Video Shopping technology aims to drive customer engagement and sales for some of the world’s largest brands and retailers. The streaming solution supports One-to-One, One-to-Many shopping experiences, and Bambuser offers a Live Streaming SDK to build the service into one's own app.N/A
JW Player
Score 9.8 out of 10
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JW Player (or JWP) is a video platform boasting 40,000 broadcasters, publishers, and other video-driven brands whose business relies on video as users. It provides these companies with a way to accelerate and scale their video strategy and is a video platform that can be used to stream video, engage audiences on any screen, and monetize content.N/A
Pricing
BambuserJW Player
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BambuserJW Player
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
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Features
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Video Marketing
Comparison of Video Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Bambuser
-
Ratings
JW Player
8.6
2 Ratings
18% above category average
Support for advertisements00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
Video SEO00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
Video Security
Comparison of Video Security features of Product A and Product B
Bambuser
-
Ratings
JW Player
7.8
3 Ratings
11% below category average
Video access controls00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
User management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Video link sharing00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
External video00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Video Player
Comparison of Video Player features of Product A and Product B
Bambuser
-
Ratings
JW Player
7.0
3 Ratings
18% below category average
Player customization00 Ratings2.03 Ratings
Embedded videos00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
Video quality / Bandwidth controls00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Mobile compatibility00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Video Analytics
Comparison of Video Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Bambuser
-
Ratings
JW Player
1.0
3 Ratings
153% below category average
Per viewer tracking00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Per video tracking00 Ratings1.02 Ratings
Video analytics dashboard00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
Video Hosting, Management & Storage
Comparison of Video Hosting, Management & Storage features of Product A and Product B
Bambuser
-
Ratings
JW Player
8.6
3 Ratings
2% above category average
On-Demand video00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
Live streaming00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Video upload & format support00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Video library / File management00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Video portal00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
BambuserJW Player
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
BambuserJW Player
Likelihood to Recommend
Bambuser
I think Bambuser is well suited in a scenario when there are specific trends in the fashion and cosmetics industries about a product and people want to know what the hype is about, streaming videos about such products give a clarity of the product and a good decision making ability to the users to buy it or not
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JW Player
JW Player has flexible plans that won't cost you a lot of money. If you are a startup, JW offers a variety of plans that will suit your specific needs and grow with you as your company grows. You do not need to be a video expert to understand how to upload a video, which allows nearly anyone in the office to do it.
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Pros
Bambuser
  • Stream Live video and lets users shop online live!
  • add to cart functionality
  • redirects to the brand's page once added items to the cart
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JW Player
  • Responsive HTML5
  • Provides share functionality built into the player
  • Platform use enables playlist functionality and playlist players which can be customized or versioned for specific uses
  • Videos uploaded to the JW Platform automatically provide multiple image frame options for selecting video thumbnail
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Cons
Bambuser
  • have not yet experienced one-to-one shopping experience, good feature for introverts
  • chat with sales expert live on brand websites
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JW Player
  • Definitely missing the ability (in and easy way) to have clickable links in the video.
  • Analytics is a little cumbersome and not very user-friendly.
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Likelihood to Renew
Bambuser
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JW Player
Just made the decision to renew given demonstrated improvements being made to the platform to expand compatibility for its player use on devices such as Apple TV, as well as improvements made recently to its JW Platform Dashboard
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Usability
Bambuser
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JW Player
Reliability and compatibility on a majority of platforms. Would have received a 10 except recent versions of browsers such as Firefox are now defaulting against Flash components and thus prompting approval from users BEFORE loading which is a HUGE obstacle to an effective user experience thus creating concerns by end-users unnecessarily and risking that they will NOT accept the prompts, thus leaving unable to view video content hosted using the JW Player. Assurances by JW support suggest they will resolve this, so we'll see...
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Support Rating
Bambuser
No answers on this topic
JW Player
Support is reasonable. I from time to time have made suggestions on improvements that would be nice to see (like the ability to have a clickable link within the video - that is easy to create, without tons of coding) and it seems as though I never see it happen or get much response to "suggestions" to upgrade the software. The good news, other than a few things as I mentioned above, overall, I don't have many "technical issues" in the platform, which is a good thing. On occasion, I have seen some "issues" with the delivery of the video, but it has been pretty scarce. So it is dependable.
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Implementation Rating
Bambuser
No answers on this topic
JW Player
One of the primary features promoted by JW Platform is its SEO definition. However, there did not seem to be a way to integrate that data to our platform if selected thus only leaving the benefits of that data to be established on the individual video page hosted by JW Platform, which isn't useful in the end to the client value we are trying to deliver for our VideoproFile.net solution
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Alternatives Considered
Bambuser
Used the Douglas live streaming feature many a times, very very similar experience and not much of a difference, but like the fact that Bambusers streaming is smoother, would love to see Bambusers live stream on many brands as well as other 1-1 features which help the introvert shoppers like me
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JW Player
JW had more player options, a better/more intuitive user interface, was altogether faster both in rendering the uploaded videos and in time to load on the web page. The integration with OpenX for pre-roll was faster and easier than with Brightcove, and lastly, they offered a great price for service.
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Return on Investment
Bambuser
  • For me: as a shopper I have purchased an item that was worth the hype, so its good
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JW Player
  • JW Player has was less expensive (without sacrificing quality) than our previous video platform so the ROI was instant.
  • We were easily able to add a variety of video advertising options including pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll.
  • The quality and consistancy of the look of the video has enabled us to grow our video views by well over 100% since starting with JW.
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