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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

    Mobilize

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/AMobilize is an events management and volunteer recruitment platform that connects mission-driven organizations and supporters. Mobilize boasts usage by 2,000+ campaigns, nonprofits, advocacy organizations, labor unions, and more, including Joe Biden (and 19 other Democratic presidential candidates), Human Rights Campaign, Planned Parenthood, NARAL, NextGen America, DNC, DCCC, Sierra Club, Crooked Media, Oxfam, National Education Association (NEA), Service Employees International…

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    5 users, 5 events

    Pricing
    JW PlayerMobilize
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Limited Starter Account
    $0.00
    5 users, 5 events
    Small organizations (starting price)
    $100.00
    per month
    Mid-sized organizations (starting price)
    $500.00
    per month
    Large organizations (starting price)
    $2,000.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    JW PlayerMobilize
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    JW PlayerMobilize
    Video Marketing
    Comparison of Video Marketing features of JW Player and Mobilize
    Feature
    JW Player
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Mobilize
    -
    Ratings
    Support for advertisements9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video SEO8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video Security
    Comparison of Video Security features of JW Player and Mobilize
    Feature
    JW Player
    7.8
    3 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Mobilize
    -
    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 Mobilize
    Feature
    JW Player
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Mobilize
    -
    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 Mobilize
    Feature
    JW Player
    1.0
    3 Ratings
    155% below category average
    Mobilize
    -
    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 Mobilize
    Feature
    JW Player
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Mobilize
    -
    Ratings
    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
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    JW PlayerMobilize
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    Vidyard
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    Score9.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Vidyard
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Splash
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Panopto
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Webex Events (formerly Socio)
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    JW PlayerMobilize
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    6.7
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    JW PlayerMobilize
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Bonterra
    Mobilize is very well suited to add processes around your non profit activities. Especially to host events and intimate your audience in real time about any new and upcoming events. It also automates the whole process to collect feedback from your audiences. Not so suitable to target new audience for your events.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Bonterra
    • Event RSVP.
    • Automated confirm emails/texts.
    • Integration w/ NGP-VAN tools (EveryAction, Votebuilder).
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Bonterra
    • Doesn't help provide top of the funnel audience.
    • Connecting like-minded people to mobilize crowd together for a common cause.
    • The insights can be more actionable.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Bonterra
    No answers on this topic
    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...
    Incentivized
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    Bonterra
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Bonterra
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Bonterra
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Bonterra
    Before using Mobilize, we were handling confirmations using traditional organizing methods. By shifting to Mobilize, we freed up our organizers to focus on new volunteer recruitment and cut our flake rate significantly. We still use EveryAction from NGP-VAN, but we set up Mobilize to interface directly with that system via API.
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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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    Bonterra
    • My audience is more aware of upcoming schedule.
    • We get pin pointed feedback on our events.
    • Reduced the TAT to schedule events.
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    ScreenShots

    Mobilize Screenshots

    Screenshot of Public-facing event signup pageScreenshot of Public-facing events feedScreenshot of Organizer dashboardScreenshot of Event creationScreenshot of Cross-promotion between organizationsScreenshot of Event and volunteer stats