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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

    Revit

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AAutodesk’s Revit is a Building Information Modelling (BIM) tool. It enables architectural, MEP, structural, and engineering design, and provides analysis to support iterative workflows

    $350

    per month

    Pricing
    JW PlayerRevit
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Monthly
    $350
    per month
    1-Year
    $2805
    per year
    3-Year
    $8415
    per 3 years
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    JW PlayerRevit
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing available for monthly, annual, or 3-year subscriptions. Longer subscriptions offer greater discounts.
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    Community Pulse
    JW PlayerRevit
    Considered Both Products
    JW Player
    No answer on this topic
    Autodesk
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    28 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    25 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    28 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    Features
    JW PlayerRevit
    Video Marketing
    Comparison of Video Marketing features of JW Player and Revit
    Feature
    JW Player
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Revit
    -
    Ratings
    Support for advertisements9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video SEO8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video Security
    Comparison of Video Security features of JW Player and Revit
    Feature
    JW Player
    7.8
    3 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Revit
    -
    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 Revit
    Feature
    JW Player
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Revit
    -
    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 Revit
    Feature
    JW Player
    1.0
    3 Ratings
    155% below category average
    Revit
    -
    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 Revit
    Feature
    JW Player
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Revit
    -
    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
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of JW Player and Revit
    Feature
    JW Player
    -
    Ratings
    Revit
    7.2
    6 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings6.74 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings6.54 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings6.95 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings6.13 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of JW Player and Revit
    Feature
    JW Player
    -
    Ratings
    Revit
    7.2
    4 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings6.64 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.63 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of JW Player and Revit
    Feature
    JW Player
    -
    Ratings
    Revit
    6.6
    4 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings6.64 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of JW Player and Revit
    Feature
    JW Player
    -
    Ratings
    Revit
    5.8
    11 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings4.46 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings3.38 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings8.18 Ratings
    Data exportability00 Ratings7.411 Ratings
    Construction Project & Field Management
    Comparison of Construction Project & Field Management features of JW Player and Revit
    Feature
    JW Player
    -
    Ratings
    Revit
    7.5
    53 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Plan distribution & viewing00 Ratings7.951 Ratings
    Plan markups & sharing00 Ratings8.344 Ratings
    Issue tracking & punchlists00 Ratings7.032 Ratings
    Photo documentation00 Ratings9.021 Ratings
    Jobsite reports00 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Document sharing00 Ratings7.646 Ratings
    RFI tools00 Ratings6.625 Ratings
    Collaboration & approvals00 Ratings8.742 Ratings
    As-built drawings00 Ratings8.750 Ratings
    Mobile app00 Ratings5.017 Ratings
    Submittal design and management00 Ratings7.422 Ratings
    Checklists00 Ratings7.49 Ratings
    Meeting Minutes00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Specifications00 Ratings6.514 Ratings
    Change orders00 Ratings6.59 Ratings
    Estimating
    Comparison of Estimating features of JW Player and Revit
    Feature
    JW Player
    -
    Ratings
    Revit
    8.3
    37 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Takeoff tools00 Ratings8.737 Ratings
    Job costing00 Ratings7.828 Ratings
    Cost databases00 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Cost calculator00 Ratings8.122 Ratings
    Bid creation00 Ratings9.016 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    JW PlayerRevit
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (55 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    JW PlayerRevit
    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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    Autodesk
    Revit is very well suited to creating designs and construction documents for standard buildings. Buildings that need to utilize phasing in their construction process are also well suited to this software. Revit is not as well suited to buildings that have irregular shapes or components that need to be highly detailed.
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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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    Autodesk
    • Revit allows users to create real buildings and is very much rooted in making functional buildings.
    • Revit allows users to collaborate both within their own firms and with other types of firms as well. This is particularly useful for coordinating buildings between architecture and engineering firms.
    • Revit integrates fairly well with other programs such as AutoCAD and Sketchup. This allows us to bring in elements modeled in other programs into our revit models.
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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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    Autodesk
    • Versioning - Revit is not backwards compatible. This creates issues if you are working with people who are using older versions as you cannot save to a previous version. I understand why this is and I do not see this ever changing, however, Its very annoying.
    • Autodesk - They are the 800 pound gorilla in the industry. The lack of competition inhibits development and it seems Autodesk has put more effort into its BIM 360 platform and Revit development has suffered because of it. I would like to see better competition so Autodesk would step up its game.
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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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    Autodesk
    We will almost certainly be renewing all of our current seats of Revit and will likely be adding seats as we look to get more and more of our staff trained and using Revit. The software is starting to become the standard for our projects as we move forward as more and more of our clients are requesting or accepting use of it
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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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    Autodesk
    It is a professional environment, but far from easy and overly complex in many places. The system is often too deep in settings and overrides (see Visibility/Graphics in combination with linked files, filters, color overrides and view templates). I don't really like the dialog-in-dialog interface and its spartan looks. But it works well overall if you know what you are doing.
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    Reliability and Availability
    JW Player
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    Revit seems to always be available when I need it. I have not experiences an outage. There are occasions where we need our internal IT department to trouble shoot a file on our Revit dedicated server and that sometimes causes a delay however that is not a software access issue
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    Performance
    JW Player
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    Revit is a fairly graphics heavy piece of software. It is powerful in its capabilities but as a result it takes a lot of the graphics card, the memory, etc. For all that it can do and the specs of my computer I find it pretty good from a performance standpoint
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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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    Autodesk
    Autodesk has always had a good support system in place. There is a massive user base for Revit, and there are thousands of forum threads and other discussions online about any and every problem that you could ever run into. For being such a large program with so many different options, there aren't many roadblocks or pitfalls that users can fall into.
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    In-Person Training
    JW Player
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    The training was Revit Essentials and it was very beneficial. I would say that it is best to get the training right before you know you will be using Revit as learning the basis then applying what you learned immediately is the most effective and best value for your money.
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    Online Training
    JW Player
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    The online training is hit or miss. I feel that its better to be live to be able to pace and ask questions to a live person as you are learning hwo to do things. Its not natural to learn Revit especially if you know AutoCAD so my suggestion is the live training
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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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    Autodesk
    Implementing Revit as your main drafting software (i.e. moving to BIM from CAD) may be a tough decision if you have learned drafting. It is a different way to approach and think about developing a project. However, if you are able to adapt to a new way of thinking and get used to it by working through a few projects than it is as efficient as CAD in most areas in general and will also be both better/worse in some areas
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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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    Autodesk
    Revit is used primarily for creation of contract documents and documents that need to be used to build in the field. Sketch Up is great for a quick concept sketch, but lacks the details that Revit has which are needed to construct. AutoCAD is a great tool for details as well, but does not have as many building capabilities as Revit.
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    Scalability
    JW Player
    No answers on this topic
    Autodesk
    While I am not directly involved with the deployment of Revit, it seems that our internal IT department has appreciated the ability to increase or decrease the number of seats. I have never had an issue with the deployment if and when needed, especially regarding the availability of a set
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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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    Autodesk
    • Though implementation of Revit is usually front heavy which means a lot of effort is put in at the front end of the project, the return of investment towards the remainder of the project is really good. All the effort in decisions made at the beginning of the project pays off with Revit incorporating all the building information in the model so the team can glean from this throughout the life of the project is a major plus.
    • A major negative is the many false assumptions that comes with using Revit on a project. Just like any other computer application, Revit is only a tool. It's only as good as the operators who implement this tool. Revit is not a cureall for fixing all the problems that still can come out throughout the life of a design & construction project.
    • A major positive for our office involving the use of Revit is the ability for our staff from multiple offices to work on the same project central file. We don't need to maintain an expensive server. With the addition of Collaboration for Revit the entire project can be stored in the cloud for our staff to access and complete the project faster than ever.
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