Can be underwhelming, but gets the job done
September 04, 2024

Can be underwhelming, but gets the job done

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Streaming Manager for Enterprise (Ustream Align)

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Video Streaming

Live Broadcasting customer events, as well as on-demand video channels to help our customers.

Pros

  • video quality
  • friendly IBM representative

Cons

  • Archaic interface
  • limited admin functionality
  • out of date design
  • Been using for years and no implementation of new features important to us
  • poor in-app metrics
  • Customer Outreach
  • Video Quality has been superb. Much better quality than WebEx
There weren't a lot of other enterprise offerings out there at the time we signed up for IBM. The market is changing though and would probably look at other offerings to see how they stack up too.

Do you think IBM Video Streaming delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with IBM Video Streaming's feature set?

No

Did IBM Video Streaming live up to sales and marketing promises?

No

Did implementation of IBM Video Streaming go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM Video Streaming again?

Yes

Very limited customization features. Permissions are a mess too if you want to have people assigned as chat moderators for events for instance, but dont want them access to the admin panel.

The quality of the broadcast and live captions work well, but they charge extra for live captions.

For operating a video on demand site, the design of the page is really poor and limited on customization. Been a user for years and seen almost no new innovation on the platform which has been disappointing. The metrics are a mess on the user panels too. They do provide an api link for your external metrics and/or data dumps for using something like tableau, but that features not really something to write home about and a rather basic offering.

This is an expensive platform with limited options and an outdated style unfortunately. We have been getting by for our uses but there's nothing really keeping us with IBM if another platform offering came around.

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