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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cinema 4D

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AMaxon, headquartered in Germany, offers Cinema 4D, an animaton suite for 3D artists, which the vendor states is suitable for beginners and seasoned professionals alike, who can take advantage of Cinema 4D’s wide range of tools and features to achieve stunning results for demanding, fast-paced 3D production.N/A

    Kaltura

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AKaltura, headquartered in New York, offers enterprise or large scale video storage, streaming, and distribution supporting a variety of purposes such as streaming, enterprise video portal, interactive video and virtual classroom, or podcasting.N/A
    Pricing
    Cinema 4DKaltura
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cinema 4DKaltura
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cinema 4DKaltura
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    Maxon
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
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    Features
    Cinema 4DKaltura
    Video Marketing
    Comparison of Video Marketing features of Cinema 4D and Kaltura
    Feature
    Cinema 4D
    -
    Ratings
    Kaltura
    7.5
    5 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings5.72 Ratings
    Video personalization00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    eCommerce00 Ratings5.72 Ratings
    Support for advertisements00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Video SEO00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Video Platform Integrations
    Comparison of Video Platform Integrations features of Cinema 4D and Kaltura
    Feature
    Cinema 4D
    -
    Ratings
    Kaltura
    7.3
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Integration to Salesforce.com00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Integration to Marketo00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Integration to Eloqua00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Integration to LMS00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Video Security
    Comparison of Video Security features of Cinema 4D and Kaltura
    Feature
    Cinema 4D
    -
    Ratings
    Kaltura
    8.3
    7 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Video access controls00 Ratings8.57 Ratings
    User management00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Video link sharing00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Internal video00 Ratings8.76 Ratings
    External video00 Ratings8.37 Ratings
    Video Player
    Comparison of Video Player features of Cinema 4D and Kaltura
    Feature
    Cinema 4D
    -
    Ratings
    Kaltura
    7.8
    6 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Player customization00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Embedded videos00 Ratings8.36 Ratings
    Video quality / Bandwidth controls00 Ratings8.76 Ratings
    Mobile compatibility00 Ratings5.76 Ratings
    Video Analytics
    Comparison of Video Analytics features of Cinema 4D and Kaltura
    Feature
    Cinema 4D
    -
    Ratings
    Kaltura
    6.4
    5 Ratings
    21% below category average
    A/B testing00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Streaming quality reports00 Ratings6.43 Ratings
    Per viewer tracking00 Ratings6.45 Ratings
    Per video tracking00 Ratings6.45 Ratings
    Video analytics dashboard00 Ratings6.75 Ratings
    Video Hosting, Management & Storage
    Comparison of Video Hosting, Management & Storage features of Cinema 4D and Kaltura
    Feature
    Cinema 4D
    -
    Ratings
    Kaltura
    8.1
    7 Ratings
    6% below category average
    On-Demand video00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Live streaming00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Impact of streaming on network00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Video upload & format support00 Ratings8.37 Ratings
    Video library / File management00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Video portal00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
    Video Engagement
    Comparison of Video Engagement features of Cinema 4D and Kaltura
    Feature
    Cinema 4D
    -
    Ratings
    Kaltura
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Audience polling00 Ratings6.42 Ratings
    Audience Q&A / Live chat00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Video comments00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Cinema 4DKaltura
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (5 ratings)
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cinema 4DKaltura
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Maxon
    Photorealistic Rendering (it takes a LONG time to render for print, but it's insanely realistic). Commercial Production Graphical Integration into print materials (and digital) We did a lot with brochures and billboards. Hi Res rendering takes hours, but the output set us FAR apart from the run-of-the-mill competition we had.
    Incentivized
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    Kaltura
    Kaltura is an excellent tool IF you have a large library of content. It can be pretty pricey so if you are early in launching an online program you may be better off waiting a few years until you've amassed a large enough catalog to warrant the investment in such a tool. The tool is best purchased by a University or company-wide vs having a single department try to find the budget for it. The unlimited plan pays for itself in most cases if you go this route. Secondly, you must be willing to invest time and resources into on-going training for your faculty and staff, especially for those who wish to create their own media and use the quizzing features.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Maxon
    • Seemingly endless selection of tools
    • clear and powerful manipulation tools
    • effect use of hotkeys for navigating the 3D space
    Incentivized
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    Kaltura
    • Very easy to use interface for uploading videos or capturing a screen recording. There are very few clicks required to get the media up and running. The video conversion process that happens on the back-end is fast and provides videos in device agnostic formats.
    • Integrates well with other systems, such as our Moodle LMS. This extends the capabilities of the LMS and also allows us to keep video/multimedia content organized in a central location (the KMC).
    • Kaltura can be connected to various processes within your organization. For example, we have a system in place that allows a video lecture in a classroom to be uploaded to Kaltura in a very easy manner.
    • User/role management is very important as some people on campus have more privileges to publish content than do others. We have Kaltura connected to our Single Sign-On solution for authentication and we can assign roles to specific people within the Kaltura software.
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    Cons
    Maxon
    • Weak UV mapping interface.
    • Redshift integration is not 100% seamless yet.
    • Weight-mapping is a nightmare.
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    Kaltura
    • As it relates to the LMS integration, we would like to see improved workflow. But that may be just as much a Canvas issue as a Kaltura issue.
    • I would like to see the ability to add inline, anchored comments to the video timeline.
    • We are seeing issues with compatibility with certain browsers - especially Chrome. The faster Kaltura can move away from Flash the better.
    • The capture appliance (CaptureSpace Lite) needs to be reconsidered. It's not intutive enough.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Maxon
    No answers on this topic
    Kaltura
    The choice to renew our subscription does not belong to us, though we are able to provide input. We are aware of competitive products who have matured in the past three years, and we are aware now of alternatives to conventional plugin usage (LTI).
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    Usability
    Maxon
    For reasons mentioned before: an intuitive interface and speed of the viewport, speed of loading, and ease of plugin integration. The MoGraph module encourages experimentation and the creation of highly modifiable scenes. Crashes are extremely rare and the support team and community are hyper-responsive to requests for help. For real... Maxon's staff hangs out in Slack and Discord communities, regularly assisting users with issues. No support ticket required.
    Incentivized
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    Kaltura
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Maxon
    Maxon's staff regularly hangs out in Slack and Discord communities, ready to assist. This goes beyond the support ticket system, which is also extremely robust. Hundreds of optimizations and bugs are fixed in every patch, even when the user experience is already 99.9% smooth. This is a proactive, not reactive, support and engineering team at Maxon.
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    Kaltura
    The first line support agents seldom are able to diagnose or troubleshoot any problems that we have. These agents simply open support tickets in their system which are escalated to a foreign level 2 support agent which creates at least a day delay between reporting a problem and getting initial feedback. Any back-and-forth questions add at least another day delay.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Maxon
    Well, I go for cinema 4D if I want to create dynamic animation instead of Autodesk 3ds Max as I can easily create that animation compared to Autodesk 3ds Max.
    Incentivized
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    Kaltura
    Kaltura was the best option given the sheer volume of people we needed to support digitally. Others were better in their own regard, but due to limitations in number of attendees or sessions, Kaltura was the best option
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Maxon
    • Producing quality training content reduces mistakes and improves ebitda for our restaurants
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    Kaltura
    • Managing video content with the KMC has greatly reduced the amount of hours previously needed to manage.
    • User issues ie: uploading video, viewing video has been greatly reduced.
    • Increased user engagement with using video in LMS courses. We currently have 6,929 videos on our system. Last month , 2/1/14, 17,623 videos were viewed at least 75% of the way through.
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