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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Consensus

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/AConsensus improves the software buying process with interactive demos on demand. A digital product experience, it aims to delight buyers and deliver detailed intent data back to revenue teams, to shorten cycle times, increase close rates, and drive resource efficiency.

    $600

    per month

    JW Player

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/AJW 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
    ConsensusJW Player
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ConsensusJW Player
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    ConsensusJW Player
    Considered Both Products
    Consensus Sales, Inc
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    JW Player
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    61 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    43 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    62 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    42 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    28 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    ConsensusJW Player
    Video Marketing
    Comparison of Video Marketing features of Consensus and JW Player
    Feature
    Consensus
    -
    Ratings
    JW Player
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Support for advertisements00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Video SEO00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Video Security
    Comparison of Video Security features of Consensus and JW Player
    Feature
    Consensus
    -
    Ratings
    JW Player
    7.8
    3 Ratings
    9% 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 Consensus and JW Player
    Feature
    Consensus
    -
    Ratings
    JW Player
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    16% 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 Consensus and JW Player
    Feature
    Consensus
    -
    Ratings
    JW Player
    1.0
    3 Ratings
    155% 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 Consensus and JW Player
    Feature
    Consensus
    -
    Ratings
    JW Player
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    0% below 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
    Best Alternatives
    ConsensusJW Player
    Small Businesses
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    Vidyard
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Vidyard
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Panopto
    Score7.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ConsensusJW Player
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.8
    (62 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (44 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ConsensusJW Player
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Consensus Sales, Inc
    Within the last 6 months, I've run a personal A/B test on opportunities with and without Consensus videos being sent after every meeting. Those opportunities where I sent Consensus videos after every meeting had a >50% likelihood of closing and/or progressed past the Proposal phase. Those opportunities where I did not send Consensus video, I was left unanswered more often than 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
    Consensus Sales, Inc
    • The ability to tailor demos and demoboards to show various functionality of the product.
    • We appreciate the features Consensus has to customize demos in various forms.
    • The customer service and post-sales trainings the Consensus team has held for our company have been extremely beneficial. I personally appreciated learning how demos are better received when they're not 'perfect'
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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
    Consensus Sales, Inc
    • The analytical dashboard can be little confusing because I can see details for my whole company
    • Better way to record personalized videos in the beginning. They don't have any background filtering ability.
    • Better way to record personalized videos in the beginning. They don't have any background filtering ability.
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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
    Consensus Sales, Inc
    Consensus has been a valuable and vital sales tool at every stage of our sales cycle. In the very early stages of prospect education, you can send videos to get them familiar and up to speed with our product without a solution consultant's involvement. It is also a very powerful tool at the later stages of the sales cycle, with the ability to tailor demos and intro videos and record exec alignment itro videos, which we have had great success with
    Incentivized
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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
    Consensus Sales, Inc
    It only took me a matter of minutes to onboard myself to Consensus and start utilizing it with my clients. The platform is very simple to set up and straight forward to use. Most platforms take time to learn how to use and navigate but Consensus was very easy to pick up and use as a first time user.
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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...
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Consensus Sales, Inc
    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
    Consensus Sales, Inc
    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
    Consensus Sales, Inc
    Consensus is simple and does what it does very well. It doesn't try to be a deal room software, so they partner for that space. It did not try to be an AI transcription solution at first, so they partnered for that space. They continue to listen to their customers, improve the solution where it matters, in ways that drive the core use case of buyer enablement. I appreciate that they haven't over-indexed on fringe use cases and keep improving what their solution does very well. We continue to get very strong feedback from prospects
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Consensus Sales, Inc
    • I closed 3 deals last year by prospects using Consensus and finding additional modules they wanted to purchase.
    • Consensus speed up the buying process in 6 of my deals last year to close in quarter.
    • Consensus saved me time from doing additional live demos.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Consensus Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Consensus demo player, which is the heart of the product. Buyers tailor their demo and receive relevant messaging via interactive video demos.Screenshot of the Chrome extension, which enables sales reps to record and sens demos instantly without leaving their inbox.Screenshot of Demolytics, a feature used to dive deeper into stakeholder engagement by showing how buyers ranked features, what they watched, and who they shared the demo with.Screenshot of an example of an Interactive Product Tour, used to give buyers a multimedia experience as a supplement to interactive videos that let buyers click through stories and key product areas with text and video explainers.Screenshot of the demo library that helps manage content across teams and gives revenue operations teams a centralized place to create and share demos instantly.