Compare video live streaming platforms Brightcove vs Livestream vs Ustream and stack features, packaging & pricing, and customers to see which solution is right for you.
Brightcove
Brightcove is one of the largest online video platform providers, used by media companies, businesses, and organizations worldwide to publish and distribute video online. The company provides hosting ...
Main Features
- Video hosting and CDN services for both on demand and live streaming
- Ad integration support for companion, expandable banner, interactive, mid-roll, overlay banner, overlay text, post and pre-roll ad formats.
- Adaptive Bitrate switching so the video player adapts to the speed of the internet connection and delivers the relevant transcode.
- Analytics, including engagement, geolocation, and APIs for integrating with 3rd party services.
- APIs and SDK for development and 3rd party platform apps.
- Batch Upload and integration with uploading apps and hardware for fast file upload.
- Video content management, designed for large libraries of videos.
- Live Streaming capabilities for public and private video streams
- Video Gallery toolset for building video experiences
- Media Scheduling, the ability to publish videos at a specific set time.
- Video player design and customization for completely branding the video player.
- Integration with video subscription tools
- Video security, including RTMP and secure streams
- Integration with transcription services for creating subtitles
Packaging & Pricing
Brightcove pricing starts at $199 a month and generally requires an annual contract, but there are credit card options available with the Starter plan. Pricing is based on package and video plays. Free 30-day free trial available.
Sample Customers
PUMA, New York Times, SNAP, Bank of America, Dunk’n Brands, Under Armour
Livestream
Livestream offers event owners a complete set of hardware and software tools to power and share their events online. More than 30 million viewers each month watch thousands of live events from customers including The New York Times, Facebook, ESPN, S...
Main Features
- Setup and start delivering live events free and in a matter of a few minutes with video hosting delivered via premium CDNs, perfect for high volume global video delivery.
- Internal secure live streaming using advanced 3rd party authentication platforms
- Custom brand the video experience including video player customization, skinning, and custom pages.
- Deploy custom branded video embeds and widgets that can be placed across the web.
- Open APIs and tools for developing a 3rd party video experience or application
- Ad integrations with all the top platforms, including interactive, overlay banner, mid, pre, post roll.
- Engagement analytics shows plays, audience, and tracks popular content trends
- Both Flash and HTML5 video players available
- Social media integrations with all the popular platforms
Packaging & Pricing
Livestream pricing starts at $42 a month and goes up from there. Pricing is based on the package license price and then resources used such as bandwidth, branding, and feature like hosted pages, etc. A limited free version of the software is available.
Sample Customers
Nike, Tesla, The New York Times, BBC, Spotify, IronMan, CMA, Nasdaq
uStream
Ustream provides a live interactive broadcast platform with advertising and digital campaign solutions. Broadcast across mobile devices, streaming players, connected TVs, and other devices. Enhance production and event services with account managemen...
Main Features
- Setup and start delivering live events free and in a matter of a few minutes with video hosting delivered via premium CDNs, perfect for high volume global video delivery.
- Internal secure live streaming using advanced 3rd party authentication platforms
- Custom brand the video experience including video player customization, skinning, and custom pages.
- Deploy custom branded video embeds and widgets that can be placed across the web.
- Open APIs and tools for developing a 3rd party video experience or application
- Ad integrations with all the top platforms, including interactive, overlay banner, mid, pre, post roll.
- Engagement analytics shows plays, audience, and tracks popular content trends
- Both Flash and HTML5 video players available
- Social media integrations with all the popular platforms
Packaging & Pricing
uStream pricing starts at $99 a month and goes up to $999 a month. Pricing is based on the package license price and then resources used such as bandwidth and storage. There are 3 classes of pricing, reference the pricing charts in the images section.
Sample Customers
LinkedIn, Salesforce, Sony, Intuit, Facebook NVidia, The Home Depot, Nike