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Vimeo

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What is Vimeo?

Vimeo is a video experience platform. They enable anyone to create high-quality video experiences to connect and bring ideas to life. They proudly serve their growing community of nearly 300 million users — from creative storytellers to globally distributed teams…

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Vimeo has become a go-to platform for users looking to share and embed videos with their audience. Users appreciate the convenience of …
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Vimeo Review

1 out of 10
April 08, 2021
We used Vimeo Ondemand to sell access to high quality mountain films.
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Popular Features

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  • Embedded videos (37)
    7.9
    79%
  • Video quality / Bandwidth controls (36)
    7.8
    78%
  • Video access controls (37)
    7.5
    75%
  • Mobile compatibility (37)
    5.1
    51%

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Pricing

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Starter

$9

Cloud
per month

Standard

$25

Cloud
per month

Advanced

$65

Cloud
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://vimeo.com/upgrade

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $9 per month
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Product Demos

MASH 3 0 Demo Reel on Vimeo

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TakyBox Vimeo Link Demo

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Silhouette #1 Demo Video on Vimeo

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Features

Video Marketing

Features related to using video marketing content, as well as marketing videos themselves.

4
Avg 7.2

Video Platform Integrations

Integrations between the enterprise video platform and other business applications.

1
Avg 6.3

Video Security

Features related to the security of an organization's content stored on an enterprise video platform.

7.3
Avg 8.7

Video Player

Features that support playing and watching video content that is hosted on the enterprise video platform.

6.4
Avg 8.4

Video Analytics

Features related to collecting and analyzing data around video streaming quality, viewer behavior, etc.

5.4
Avg 7.5

Video Hosting, Management & Storage

Features related to hosting, managing, and storing video content.

5.3
Avg 8.5

Video Engagement

Features to engage viewers around video content, particularly for live streams.

4.1
Avg 8.0
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Product Details

What is Vimeo?

Vimeo makes creating video attainable regardless of budget, time or expertise. Vimeo enables users to customize and control how content is shared, viewed and managed to maximize the impact of every video.

For marketers, Vimeo supports a marketing strategy with branded content.

For event professionals, Vimeo’s event solution is used to produce, promote, and repurpose virtual events and webinars to get the most out of them.

For internal communications, training, and sales enablement teams, Vimeo can be used create immersive video experiences that leave a lasting impression and connect employees.

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Vimeo Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android

Frequently Asked Questions

Vimeo is a video experience platform. They enable anyone to create high-quality video experiences to connect and bring ideas to life. They proudly serve their growing community of nearly 300 million users — from creative storytellers to globally distributed teams at the world's largest companies.

Vimeo starts at $9.

Brightcove, Kaltura, and Wistia are common alternatives for Vimeo.

Reviewers rate Video link sharing and Embedded videos highest, with a score of 7.9.

The most common users of Vimeo are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Vimeo has become a go-to platform for users looking to share and embed videos with their audience. Users appreciate the convenience of Vimeo, allowing them to create separate albums for each client and easily privatize videos as needed. The platform excels in delivering high-quality videos, even large files, efficiently. Users value the detailed statistics provided by Vimeo, which include views, impressions, and the source of each video's viewership. The platform's customer support has also received praise for its responsiveness and effective problem-solving capabilities. While some users have encountered issues with older video stats, reaching out to support has successfully resolved these problems. Occasionally, users have experienced streaming issues but have found that switching to a different browser can usually resolve the problem. Overall, Vimeo has been utilized for various purposes such as producing training materials, hosting webinars and replays, and creating ad-free courses. It has been preferred over YouTube for its clean and easy-to-embed interface, especially for paid courses and memberships. In the current remote working environment, Vimeo has played a key role in educating and engaging members worldwide. With its sophisticated appearance and customizable features, Vimeo stands out among its competitors. Whether it's hosting instructional videos, product demos, or screencasts, users have been relying on Vimeo for many years personally and professionally. Its affordability and compatibility with training videos make Vimeo Pro an ideal choice for organizations that value privacy features while sharing high-quality videos across multiple departments. Additionally, Vimeo Pro's password protection feature makes it a simple and secure method for sharing work with clients while providing controlled access to videos

Time-saving feature: Uploading files directly from Final Cut Pro. Many users have found the ability to upload files directly from Final Cut Pro to be a time-saving feature. This eliminates the need to export and upload separately, streamlining their workflow and saving valuable time. Helpful Portfolios feature for organizing videos. The Portfolios feature on Vimeo has been appreciated by many users for its helpfulness in organizing videos. It allows them to easily categorize and showcase their work, making it convenient for clients or viewers to navigate through their portfolio. Easy and quick uploading, tagging, and preference setting. Several reviewers have mentioned that uploading, tagging, and setting preferences on Vimeo is easy and quick. This user-friendly process simplifies the management of videos, allowing users to focus more on content creation rather than technicalities.

Difficult to use interface: Many users have found the web app interface of Vimeo difficult to use, with several reviewers describing it as clunky and not as user-friendly as other platforms like YouTube. They struggle with navigating through the various features and find it challenging to perform simple tasks such as uploading videos or customizing settings. These usability issues have been mentioned by a significant number of users in their reviews.

Frequent changes to interface: Some users express dissatisfaction with the frequent changes made to the interface over the years, finding it confusing and difficult to adapt to. They mention that these constant updates disrupt their familiarity with the platform and require them to relearn how certain functions work. This lack of consistency in the interface has been a common complaint among reviewers.

Issues with livestreaming and video performance: Users frequently experience issues with livestreaming on Vimeo, including frequent outages, slow loading and playing of videos, occasional lag, and glitches. These technical problems hinder their ability to effectively stream live events or share high-quality videos. Several users have expressed frustration at encountering these performance issues repeatedly while using Vimeo for their multimedia needs.

Users recommend Vimeo for its high picture quality and lack of ads, making it a suitable platform for general video uploads. They also suggest using Vimeo for professional videos and for centralizing video uploads, making it a good option for companies with a budget. Users recommend Vimeo for hosting customer-facing and internal training videos, as it offers good features and is easy to use. Additionally, Vimeo Pro is considered a reasonable option with a user-friendly platform and faster video loading compared to YouTube. Users believe that Vimeo is the best video hosting platform available and suggest considering it for its simplicity. They also note that having at least 1TB of free space is recommended for extensive use. Users appreciate that Vimeo helps keep users focused and find it suitable for big projects. Furthermore, users recommend Vimeo Pro for businesses due to its password-protected videos, downloadability, and high-quality private links. They note that Vimeo Pro is worth the cost, especially compared to YouTube. Overall, users commonly use Vimeo to embed videos and appreciate its high profile in the industry.

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Michael Ball-Marian | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vimeo is great if you are just embedding videos within your existing properties (website or app). There is a whole public side to the Vimeo platform (e.g., create your own programming channel, etc) that we didn't really explore. We just wanted a simple, powerful solution to host and embed high-def videos on our site -- Vimeo did that quickly, easily and affordably. If that is your usage scenario, Vimeo is great.
Rajiv Chidambaram, BE, MBA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Great for online video embedding and content management (1 TB storage is ample). Great for sharing internally and externally, with the library feature it is very simple to find relevant videos. The upload process can sometimes be quite long and there are some formats of video that are not accepted. We have had an instance where we tried to upload a video recording through a screen grab software, but Vimeo was unable to do it.
Mike Wittenstein | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
If you want to make your valuable video assets available to a team, consider Vimeo Pro. If you’re ready to have your videos available anywhere (even if you’re working solo) consider Vimeo Pro. If you don’t want to purchase lots of storage (and make sure you’re backups never disappear), consider Vimeo Pro.
March 01, 2019

Vimeo Pro works!

Rocky Kev | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vimeo Pro is well suited if you need to host internal videos and don't want to do a lot of configurations to set it up. Once your videos are uploaded, you can then embed them or share them anywhere, and very quickly too. You can set the video to only show on specific sites, and organize your library of content in folders.

If the video is vital - like a sales video, where a error can cause a customer to never return - I recommend Wistia instead (even though it's more expensive.). Vimeo Pro is much more cost effective overall.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vimeo Pro is great for anyone involved in freelance video production. It's a small fee to host all your videos, and they can easily link to your website and be perfectly embedded while keeping all your stats on views.
It is less appropriate to use the software for common edits from clients. Like I said previously, it's easier to use different software to allow the clients to add their input directly on to the timecode of the video. If you use Vimeo for client reviews, it essentially adds an extra step in the process-- having to take their written edits and find the timecodes yourself on the video.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vimeo Pro is perfect if you want the audience to just focus on your specific video and not be inundated with ads from other companies that would distract from your overall message. However, if you are looking to get famous by just adding a ton of videos to amass a subscriber base, YouTube is probably best for you.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vimeo Pro is a professional and easy to use tool for embedding videos into landing pages on your website. The video quality is high, there are no ads like other video platforms. Vimeo is essential for teams who have multiple input on videos with everyone having access and options to provide input. If you need in-depth analysis on video performance Vimeo Pro may not be able to provide those stats for you.
September 13, 2018

Great video player

John Manuele | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is very good for internal collaboration and sharing. Becomes a little more problematic when sharing with people who don't have a Vimeo account. Overall it is a good way to share professional quality video both internally and with customers/prospects. Seems well suited for SAAS sales especially.
May 09, 2018

Vimeo Review

Chris Hecox | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vimeo is useful only if you are uploading a personal portfolio for clients to see. Vimeo has a knack for being the professionals YouTube, which is unfortunate because it has proven its mediocrity time and time again.

If you are doing more than hosting a portfolio or a few neat videos you've created, like presenting videos for clients, you need to look elsewhere. Vimeo won't cut it any longer while there are far better options available.
Justin Roodman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vimeo is well suited for video embeds on product landing pages or as embeds for training course materials. Our business specifically uses videos hosted on Vimeo as iframe content in courses inside of the Moodle LMS environment. As we have a variety of users with different hardware setups, the ability to choose playback options helps immensely.
Jon Ackerman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vimeo Pro has a customizable, beautiful and simple interface. It's well suited for embeds in websites, on Facebook or in app. It gives you the ability to customize privacy of your videos, embed on only set URL's or be completely hidden and only viewable with a link and password. They also have VOD and the option to sell your videos through your channel.

One area that Vimeo Pro needs improvement is in its user base. It isn't as ubiquitous as Youtube and thus has challenges with a video being spread organically or through the volume of users, like Youtube can provide.

Rebekah Madonia | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vimeo Pro is great for those (small companies/businesses or professional individuals) who won't be uploading more than 20 gigs of footage a week, so if you need more space you will want to go with Vimeo Business. With features like team collaboration, review tools, privacy options, portfolios, and stats, Vimeo Pro gives you the customizability you need to have control over your videos and basic insight into views. If you have more than 3 team members to add to your account or need more in-depth stat analysis, you'll want to go with Vimeo Business.
Ross R. Mason | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vimeo Pro is well-suited as an online video sharing platform, specifically when the user has multiple videos, needs to benefit from video SEO, as well as all the formatting and display options made available through the Vimeo Pro premium service.
Such options include separate unique video preview pages with distinct URLs defined by the user, multiple format downloads, user definition of controls displayed within the video player by video, control over whether each video can be shared, embedded, etc. Some of these features provide powerful controls for video publishers and are unique options for Vimeo Pro users.
Jared DeLong | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vimeo pro is great for using a professional embeddable tool for your website. Video qualities are also higher and there aren't annoying pop-up ads like we're now seeing on YouTube videos. Vimeo is less appropriate if a user has a desire for their video to 'go viral'.
June 24, 2016

Great for Creatives

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
If you need to create a lot of videos Vimeo Pro is definitely for you. If you only need light usage, the cost might be a little steep for what you use it for. The features and benefits make it worth it, but only if you utilize them. There is also an option to not have any upload limits if you have a high output volume.
Teddy Lyngaas | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vimeo Pro is so inexpensive that it's almost always worth upgrading accounts. I still upload to YouTube for search engine optimization but as far as playback and easy player customization you can't beat Vimeo Pro. It's well suited to display videos securely, easily select custom thumbnails, it's a little less appropriate for your entire external video strategy. You'll lose out on search to YouTube and won't be able to track key video metrics like time watched and audience retention that are built into YouTube Analytics. Another key feature that Vimeo has is the ability to replace video files without changing the URL, embed code, etc.
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