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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

    Splash

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ASplash is an event marketing solution that helps to get event programs in front of the right people by helping users create engaging, branded experiences and optimize conversions at each stage of the event lifecycle. The solution empowers teams to execute events that bring in more leads, shorten the sales cycle, drive new business, and strengthen customer relationships. Splash is an event marketing platform that helps teams do all of this by building and hosting…

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    JW PlayerSplash
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free: For Personal Use and Occasional Small Business Events
    $0.00
    Pro: For More Design and Access Control
    Contact Sales
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    Enterprise: For Solutions and Workflows at Scale
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    JW PlayerSplash
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    JW PlayerSplash
    Considered Both Products
    JW Player
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    Cvent
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    64%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    64%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    JW PlayerSplash
    Video Marketing
    Comparison of Video Marketing features of JW Player and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    JW Player
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Support for advertisements9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video SEO8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video Security
    Comparison of Video Security features of JW Player and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    JW Player
    7.8
    3 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    -
    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 Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    JW Player
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    -
    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 Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    JW Player
    1.0
    3 Ratings
    155% below category average
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    -
    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 Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    JW Player
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    -
    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
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of JW Player and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    JW Player
    -
    Ratings
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    4.9
    5 Ratings
    55% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings5.35 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings4.55 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of JW Player and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    JW Player
    -
    Ratings
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    7.0
    5 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings7.64 Ratings
    Integrates with social media00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Slideshows00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Event registration00 Ratings6.55 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of JW Player and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    JW Player
    -
    Ratings
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    6.7
    4 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Live chat00 Ratings6.34 Ratings
    Audience polling00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Q&A00 Ratings6.92 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of JW Player and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    JW Player
    -
    Ratings
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    5.2
    5 Ratings
    49% below category average
    User authentication00 Ratings4.34 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings5.35 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Online Events Marketing
    Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of JW Player and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    JW Player
    -
    Ratings
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    6.6
    6 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Branding options00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Attendee list export00 Ratings6.86 Ratings
    Virtual Event
    Comparison of Virtual Event features of JW Player and Splash Event Marketing Platform
    Feature
    JW Player
    -
    Ratings
    Splash Event Marketing Platform
    6.1
    6 Ratings
    27% below category average
    Registration, RSVP, and ticketing00 Ratings7.36 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings7.36 Ratings
    Livestreaming00 Ratings5.32 Ratings
    Audience engagement00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Event recording00 Ratings6.73 Ratings
    Networking00 Ratings3.93 Ratings
    Event analytics00 Ratings4.96 Ratings
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    JW PlayerSplash
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    Vidyard
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    Vidyard
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Cvent Event Management
    Score9 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 PlayerSplash
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    6.1
    (54 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.5
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    JW PlayerSplash
    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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    Cvent
    When we first started using Splash Event Marketing Platform, the platform showed great promise and worked well for our team’s needs. However, over the past year, we’ve encountered issue after issue—many of which are described by support as problems “no one else has ever experienced.” Unfortunately, this has happened frequently, making it difficult to trust the platform for consistent execution.
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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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    Cvent
    • Templates - Splash allowed Hubspot to create page templates for all of our Hubspot User Group Meet Up registration pages. So while we're just one city that hosts meet-ups, utilizing these templates helps ensure that every city's pages look the same and are able to be navigated in the same way.
    • Check In - Their app is really nice for check-in on the day of the event. I can have any co-worker log into the app on their phone and they're ready to help me manage the event. The app definitely makes our check-in process more simplified.
    • Managing RSVPs - The ability to cut off registration and start a wait list is critical for our events. We get a handful of cancellations in the week before the event (as I'm sure every other event marketer does) and we can start moving our way down the waitlist to fill our events up!
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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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    Cvent
    • When designing a landing page for an event, the functionality of the layout page is quite finicky. I would love to see the ability to add features to certain text boxes become more fluid.
    • The formatting across the layout page is not always consistent, specifically text sizing.
    • I had an issue with an account, and the support team took an extremely long time (2+ months) to produce a remedy for the issue I was experiencing.
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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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    Cvent
    Because easy to interface and easy to manage Splash platform and individual event platform and easy to integrate with third party software such as Adobe Marketo and others softwares. Easy to maintain status and easy to relate with Salesforce campaign through Marketo . Useful in lead capturing and generation and so on we can enable business through splash.
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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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    Cvent
    The platform works, and it is a good system. I think there is always room for improvement. and I would like to see them up their client resolutions when it comes to problems with using the system. and see them take a more aggressive approach to addressing the clients changing needs
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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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    Cvent
    We love working with our account manager and priority support to answer questions efficiently and speedily. Our account manager works with us on larger and bigger picture initiatives for our instance, where the priority support is always there when you're stuck with a feature or setup, it's been great to share this resource with our global network of hosts internal and external to the company.
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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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    Cvent
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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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    Cvent
    Despite not being a very old company, Splash does not feel like a buggy-startup in Beta. I've used other platforms like Eventbrite that don't have the functionality Splash does, and other comparable companies to Splash that are painful to use on the backend. I would also say that the Splash team and culture is a plus. They offer a lot of training tutorials and every call is always a fun one with their team.
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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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    Cvent
    • It helps me manage a number of events that I would not otherwise be able to make invitations for, manage rsvps, and do check ins. We used a more expensive product previously but it had fewer features so this is definitely an upgrade.
    • Using Splash saves me time from needing to follow up with guests. I also love the "send later" feature for email.
    • The support staff make this product super valuable as I am able to accomplish more with their help.
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    ScreenShots

    Splash Screenshots

    Screenshot of customized and on-brand event programs - from the first invitation to post-event follow-up.Screenshot of an example of a personalized email campaign built from on-brand templates. These can be scheduled to be sent to targeted lists.Screenshot of actionable segments created from a guest list, with advanced tag management and list building. This displays every response, status change, and answers to registration questions as they happen.Screenshot of the available integrations for event programs, with Salesforce, Slack, Marketo, Hubspot, Eloqua, Greenhouse, Zapier,  and Zoom.Screenshot of the real-time data and analytics that provide the insights to prove success and build better programs.Screenshot of Splash's Host app, which is used to run the door. Fast search and one-click check-in keeps the traffic flowing, which frees up users to capture info from walk-ins all while syncing the list across devices and to a connected CRM in real-time.