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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Microsoft Access

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Access is a database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools.

    $139.99

    per PC

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    JW PlayerMicrosoft Access
    Editions & Modules
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    Microsoft Access
    $139.99
    per PC
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    JW PlayerMicrosoft Access
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    JW PlayerMicrosoft Access
    Considered Both Products
    JW Player
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    97%
    Would buy again
    29 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    28 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    21 Answers
    Features
    JW PlayerMicrosoft Access
    Video Marketing
    Comparison of Video Marketing features of JW Player and Microsoft Access
    Feature
    JW Player
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Support for advertisements9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video SEO8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video Security
    Comparison of Video Security features of JW Player and Microsoft Access
    Feature
    JW Player
    7.8
    3 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Video access controls9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video link sharing7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    External video6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video Player
    Comparison of Video Player features of JW Player and Microsoft Access
    Feature
    JW Player
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Player customization2.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Embedded videos6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video quality / Bandwidth controls10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile compatibility10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video Analytics
    Comparison of Video Analytics features of JW Player and Microsoft Access
    Feature
    JW Player
    1.0
    3 Ratings
    155% below category average
    Microsoft Access
    -
    Ratings
    Per viewer tracking1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Per video tracking1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video analytics dashboard1.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video Hosting, Management & Storage
    Comparison of Video Hosting, Management & Storage features of JW Player and Microsoft Access
    Feature
    JW Player
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Microsoft Access
    -
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    On-Demand video6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live streaming10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video upload & format support10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video library / File management7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video portal10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Relational Databases
    Comparison of Relational Databases features of JW Player and Microsoft Access
    Feature
    JW Player
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Access
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    5% below category average
    ACID compliance00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Database monitoring00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Database locking00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Disaster recovery00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Multiple datatypes00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
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    JW PlayerMicrosoft Access
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    Vidyard
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Amazon RDS
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Vidyard
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Panopto
    Score7.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    JW PlayerMicrosoft Access
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.4
    (102 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.4
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    JW PlayerMicrosoft Access
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Microsoft
    As a Material Purchasing/Planning/inventory tracking application, Microsoft Access serves its purpose well. It's presentation is clean, data entry is simple and the ability to customize search fields is welcome. It does, however, come with some caveats; namely, when setting search filters and the need arises to back up a step or two, with Microsoft Access you have to reset, or "clear all", adding extra steps/time to a query.
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    Pros
    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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    Microsoft
    • Very easy to create entity-relationship diagrams for various tables and designing mock layouts.
    • Really easy to navigate as it hold[s] the classic Microsoft UI. Another good thing is that it comes with the complete MS Office Suite.
    • It is really fast when joining multiple tables no matter what type of join.
    • Works on pretty much same SQL scripts so no need to learn a new language!
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    Cons
    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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    Microsoft
    • Microsoft Access has not really changed at all for several years. It might be nice to see some upgrades and changes.
    • The help info is often not helpful. Need more tutorials for Microsoft Access to show how to do specific things.
    • Be careful naming objects such as tables, forms, etc. Names that are too long can get cut off in dialog boxes to choose a table, form, report, etc. So, I wish they would have resizable dialog boxes to allow you to see objects with long names.
    • I wish it could show me objects that are not in use in the database for current queries, tables, reports, forms, and macros. That way unused objects can be deleted without worrying about losing a report or query because you deleted the underlying object.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Microsoft
    I and the rest of my team will renew our Microsoft Access in the future because we use and maintain many different applications and databases created using Microsoft Access so we will need to maintain them in the future. Additionally, it is a standard at our place of work so it is at $0 cost to us to use. Another reason for renewing Microsoft Access is that we just don' t have the resources needed to extend into a network of users so we need to remain a single-desktop application at this time.
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    Usability
    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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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Access is easy to use. It is compatible with spreadsheets. It is a very good data management tool. There is scope to save a large amount of data in one place. For using this database, one does not need much training, can be shared among multiple users. This database has to sort and filtering features which seem to be very useful.
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    Reliability and Availability
    JW Player
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    I don't think the program has ever failed me. It is one of those programs where there is always a solution if you know where to look.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Microsoft
    While I have never contacted Microsoft directly for product support, for some reason there's a real prejudice against MS Access among most IT support professionals. They are usually discouraging when it comes to using MS Access. Most of this is due to their lack of understanding of MS Access and how it can improve one's productivity. If Microsoft invested more resources towards enhancing and promoting the use of MS Access then maybe things would be different.
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    Microsoft
    there is no key idea, since it is easy to implement Microsoft Access
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Microsoft
    Excel is a fantastic - robust application that can do so much so easily. Its easy to train and understand. However - excel does not provide a reporting function and that is typically where we will suggest a move to [Microsoft] Access. [Microsoft] Access requires a little more knowledge of data manipulation.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Microsoft
    • Not having to recreate queries or reports every time you want to use them.
    • Once an item is created and saved as part of the database, you save manpower by not having to recreate them.
    • ROI from a usability standpoint is great. Solid product with great functionality that requires low maintenance usually.
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