JWPlayer

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JW Player offers an advanced and flexible online video platform and media player for publishing videos, running video ads, and streaming content. JWPlayer offers a consistent viewing experience across HTML5 and Flash, across mobile, tablet, and desktop platforms.

Features

  • Online video platform with hosting and streaming
  • Adaptive streaming allowing for fluid playback across any device and bandwidth scenario
  • HTML5 video player with full customization and configuration options
  • Native live streaming and social streaming
  • Video advertising platform and integration with ad exchanges and networks
  • Media management and CMS for video
  • Content discovery and recommendation engine
  • Detailed video analytics and insights
  • iOS and Android video app creation
  • Wrap YouTube videos with the JWPlayer
  • Robust APIs for developers

Customers

Vice, Univision, The Onion, Hearst, Little Things, Mashable, Univision, Fox, Evite, BBC, Popsugar

  • Tracking 325,395 websites using JWPlayer

Customers By Industry

Funding Timeline

  • Raised $1.6M Seed Round, August 2008
  • Raised $4M Series B Round, November 2012
  • Raised $20M Series C Round, September 2014
  • Raised $20M Series D Round, January 2016

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Pricing

JWPlayer offers a few out of the box plans to meet video needs of any size and custom packaging for enterprises and unique use cases. JWPlayer’s Free plan provides 25GB of streaming per month and 10k video plays a month. The Premium plan provides 250GB of streaming per month and 100k video plays a month. Platinum at 500GB of streaming per month and 200k video plays a month and includes video ad functionality. The Custom plan offers live streaming and integration with social media.

Customers by Monthly Spend

Latest Videos

How To Embed A Video Hosted By JWPlayer Into a Webpage

Watch this video to learn how easy it is to embed a video hosted by JWPlayer into a webpage or websi...

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The 17 Best Video Hosting Software Platforms For Businesses in 2022

In 2022 48% of businesses will spend their video marketing budgets on video hosting software and platforms. With video marketing exploding and smaller businesses getting into the streaming content business, the market for video hosting and live streaming platforms is on the rise. This is because of the engagement video gets as opposed to reading an...[Read More]

10 Best YouTube Alternatives For Hosting Video in 2021

It’s 2021 and while YouTube is the most popular video platform in the world, it now is clear that there are a number of restrictions that are making digital marketers and content makers alike look for alternatives. Whether you are looking for a non-branded video player without ads, or the ability to publish content that would be deemed ‘...[Read More]

4 Video Hosting & Management Software Tools To Consider in 2021

This week’s featured vendors solve the complex challenge of video hosting, management and delivery — the basic and often forgotten, yet needed foundation for a successful video marketing strategy. To learn more about the video marketing software featured in this video, click on the links below: Brightcove Wistia JWPlayer Dacast You can find t...[Read More]

The Top 10 Free Video Marketing Software and Apps of 2020

Video marketing is now accessible to anyone. Once an expensive endeavor that required hiring and working with a production agency — video marketing is now commoditized and available to all. Even those with no budget. That’s right, today you can create, edit, enrich and distribute online videos both live and on demand for free! So if you...[Read More]

Best Video Players and Platforms That Offer White Label for Mobile Apps

More and more mobile app developers are including video capabilities in their products as video is now easily consumed on mobile. Behind the video is a technical infrastructure supporting delivery, storage and management of video files. Whether you’re developing an app with a basic video player integration or something more advanced with vide...[Read More]

Week of Nov 27th, 2017: Top News Across The Online Video Industry

A recap of the week in online video news curated by JWPlayer. Stay tuned for news each week. Streaming now preferred method for watching favorite shows (RapidTVNews) “Viewers in the US are now more likely to say they watch a recently discovered favourite show from an online source, rather than through their pay-TV set-top box (STB).” Video Consumpt...[Read More]

This Week’s Top News Headlines From Across The Online Video Industry

A quick recap of this week’s online video news curated by JWPlayer. Stay tuned for news updates each week. The state of video ad fraud (Digiday) “Among different types of video inventory, fraudsters go after the most premium stuff. Bots drive just 4 percent of mobile web video traffic. But for over-the-top video — where CPMs are much greater ...[Read More]

Online Video Platform Comparison: JWPlayer vs Wistia vs Kaltura

Looking for an online video platform? We’ve stacked JWPlayer, Wistia, and Kaltura side-by-side to show you how they compare so you can make the right decision for your video strategy.

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