Likelihood to Recommend I think Gumlet is suitable for any content creator that makes videos for clients as well as for small businesses that want to host videos on their website to promote their products/services. If you want to make quick videos sharing your screen you have to do this using a different tool then export your footage and manually upload to Gumlet so it's not ideal for that
Read full review Muse.ai offers a great option for video hosting for videos for bloggers, online content creators, course creators, coaches, online marketers, or anyone needing to host videos on a secure, fast, efficient, easy to use and affordable platform. The price is super affordable compared to other video host platforms. Muse.ai offers many features and functions for video hosting including some video player customization, public, private and embedded only video options, different sharing options and auto transcription. I have not found the automatic transcription/captions to be very accurate so I still use another program for my captions and manually upload them. (Muse.ai does offer the option to add your own captions so this is not an issue for me and only takes a couple more minutes time.)
Read full review Pros Speedy transcoding, hosting, and streaming of my film media Privacy Features (Passwords, private, unlisted, geo-blocking of select countries, etc.) Automated AI subtitling / transcription of my content for no additional fee Extensive Analytics, reports about my content Additionally offers direct download links for my content Attractive Player customization, hide Gumlet logo if so wanted, change highlight color of the player, upload own logo Very attractive value proposition with the current special lifetime deal Read full review user friendly affordable excellent uptime good customer support Read full review Cons More documentation, things works but sometimes you want more details. Need more time as the amount if generous, but since it's so good you want to use it more for everything. It works really well so there's nothing but nitpicking. If you have to do that then it's not that big of a deal. Read full review better audio transcription more video player customizations Read full review Likelihood to Renew 1 is because I have purchased the lifetime offer from Appsumo, therefore does not need to renew any subscription from Gumlet, however the monthly subscription of the custom domain is makes us quite limited in terms of using 1 account to host few domains.
Read full review Usability It is already at a very good place in terms of delivering what it is intended to do. Of course, there are always opportunities to improve. Gumlet is replacing strong video hosting services like Vimeo, YouTube, Wistia etc. so it needs to be positioned to deliver video streaming competitively to be relevant and worth recommending.
Read full review Support Rating This is probably the biggest factor for Gumlet. Their support team is fantastic and always professional. Most support inquiries through their chat get answered in minutes.
Read full review Implementation Rating It was quick and easy. We found that the import from
Vimeo wasn't pulling in the highest original quality so we manually uploaded our clips.
Read full review Alternatives Considered Some of our clients use
Vimeo Livestream and find it overly complicated. Gumlet hasn't released it yet, but considering how easy it is to use their other services, I trust it will be just as easy to live stream - with the bonus of the content protection.
Vimeo is overpriced for what they offer, and charge for DRM as an additional add-on on top of their industry-grade CDN.
Wistia doesn't have download protection. Way too easy to download and resell content.
Read full review Initially, it came down to the price. Muse.ai was $60 a year vs $200 for
Vimeo . (
Wistia is even more). Muse.ai may not have as many bells and whistles and options as
Vimeo BUT they have everything I need for video hosting for videos on my blog, for my clients and within my member website for my online courses, classes and workshops. It is very easy to upload, customize, choose your settings and grab your embed or share links for your videos on their platform. I have only had to reach out to their customer support a couple of times, but each time I received a fast and friendly response.
Read full review Return on Investment Gumlet compared has no higher costs associated Faster page load times improved user experience High-quality video content without buffering improves conversion rates for businesses Smoother viewing experience increases user engagement and retention. Reduction of unnecessary data usage leads to lower bandwidth costs Integrated analytics can provide insights into viewer behavior Read full review saves me several hundred dollars annually compared to other video platforms I previously used ($140 less annually than Vimeo, for instance) saves me time in uploading and customizing my videos and grabbing the embed code so far, 100% uptime - meaning my clients and customers aren't having issues accessing content mobile-friendly video player, ease of use for my customers and clients who are viewing the videos Read full review ScreenShots