Brightcove is a more affordable option and has a lot of features that are excellent. The only downside is the scalability of the tool, especially as a sales enablement function.
I'm in the process of evaluating other products now as rates for Brightcove were high and I'm not able to find prices immediately when I want to implement it on my projects. I have started to look at Ooyala and DaCast.
The decision to migrate from Kyte to Brightcove was made before I came on-board. However, I've worked with both systems and I am extremely happy we went with Brightcove. The user-friendly interface and mobile app. made it a great choice for event and sponsorship streaming.
Verified User
Project Manager
Chose Brightcove
I was not part of the decision making for this product, but I heard the decision was based on its ease of use, quick implementation and low maintenance.
Marketing department favors it because EVERYONE uses YouTube. Overall, YouTube offers decent features and functionality. But Brightcove offers the ability to brand and style players, and control what our users see (and so much more) and YouTube does not. For instance, on …
Brightcove is more user-friendly and allows for more opportunity when publishing content.
Verified User
Employee
Chose Brightcove
Brightcove is the only product I have used so unfortunately I cannot compare and contrast to competitors. I still stand very impressed with Brightcove during the time I used it and would reccommend it for anyone.
Verified User
Engineer
Chose Brightcove
I've used Ooyala and I do like Brightcove over Ooyala as I feel their read APIs are easier to work with. However, to be fair, I've never used Ooyala's write APIs, which may or may not be better.
Verified User
Manager
Chose Brightcove
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Verified User
Analyst
Chose Brightcove
I have not used other products that I would consider similar to Brightcove.
We looked hard at Kaltura and thought it was a good product. We were attracted to being able to download a version of the video from the player. In test we had technical questions concerning captions and languages and could not get adequate answers with many attempts. Over time …