Welcome to the 2018 Top 25 Online Video Platforms and Video Marketing Software List! Here you’ll find a shortlist of the video software solutions and companies that made the biggest impact during the year.

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Featured Video Software

Features

• Hollywood Level DRM encryption security from video piracy
• User Specific Watermark to discourage screen capture
• AWS Cloudfront CDN for viewers across 6 continents
• Easy Integration via Plugins, API & Iframe.

Pricing

• Annual Pricing Plan starts from $149.
• Bandwidth, Storage based pricing
• All security features included in all plans.

Track Record

• Google direct partner for Widevine DRM Security Implementation
• Customers in e-learning & media platforms across 30+ countries.
• Won best video DRM security company award by Streaming Media Europe Magazine.

What’s cool

• Free full-featured 30 Day Trial
• Offline secure download playback in Android App.

1. Boxcast

Features

• All plans include unlimited broadcast & unlimited viewers
• Stream to Facebook, YouTube, Periscope, and others
• Ticketed Monetization
• Password protection

Pricing

• Boxcast pricing starts at $99.99 a month.
• Packaging based on feature sets

Track Record

• Been in business since 2009
• Headquartered in the United States
• Experience with large enterprise brands
• Accessible customer support.

What’s cool

• End-to-end solution
• Mobile hardware encoding
• Scales to handle large live events
• Intuitive user interface

2. Frame.io

Features

• Full video post production collaboration
• Team collaboration and access rights and controls
• Time stamped comments and threaded replies
• Mobile app for easy collaboration on the go

Pricing

• Frame.io pricing starts at $15 a month.
• Packaging is based on projects, storage and collaborators.

Track Record

• Been in business since 2014
• Major venture funding
• Anchor customers Disney, CBS, BuzzFeed
• Cutting edge technology

What’s cool

• Integrations with video editing tools like Final Cut Pro and Premier
• Interactive collaboration
• Access rights make it easy to manage multiple clients

3. TubeBuddy

Features

• Management of Canned Responses
• Card Templates
• Comment Filters
• Default Upload Profiles
• End Screen Templates
• Notification Commenting
• Publish to Facebook
• Scheduled Publish
• Scheduled Video Updates
• Thumbnail Generator
• Video Topic Planner

Pricing

• TubeBuddy is offered via 3 plans starting at $9 a month.
• Plans are based on features.
• A free plan is also offered.

Track Record

• Been in business since 2015
• Very large global consumer and enterprise customer base.
• Significant capital raised

What’s cool

• Works with YouTube and Facebook out of the box.
• Set of browser extensions and tools to extend social video.
• Automate time consuming video management tasks.
• Intuitive and easy-to-use interface

4. Cincopa

Features

• Templates that support all media types: video, audio and photo.
• Mix different multimedia types in one gallery.
• Audio player with playlist, fixed and floating layout.
• Add custom email collection forms from HTML code or external URL.

Pricing

• Free plan is offered.
• $99 for life plan is most popular
• Plans are based on traffic and storage
• Enterprise plans available

Track Record

• Been in business since 2006
• Large global customer base
• Proven at scale

What’s cool

• The ability to mix different media types in one experience, video, images, audio.
• Video player is easily custom skinned
• Media library templates
• Cost is attractive

5. JWPlayer

Features

• HTML5 video player with full customization and configuration options
• Video advertising platform and integration with ad exchanges and networks
• iOS and Android video app creation
• Adaptive streaming allowing for fluid playback across any device and bandwidth scenario

Pricing

• Pricing starts at $25 a month
• Plans are based on the number of videos and plays
• Supports high volume streaming

Track Record

• Been in business since 2007
• Raise over $50 million in venture funding
• Global customer base
• Proven at scale

What’s cool

• Video player is fast and flexible for customization
• APIs have excellent documentation
• Global support and account management
• Simple interface

6. Wipster

Features

• Comment and reply on a specific part of the video, image or PDF.
• Feedback automatically collated into a worklist.
• Team collaboration within the same account, including user roles.
• Receive comment notifications wherever the user is in the app.

Pricing

• Pricing starts at $8.25 a month per team
• Plans are based on the number of video projects and other assets in the system.
• Perfect for agencies

Track Record

• Been in business since 2012
• Raised venture funding
• Global customer base
• Proven at scale with large agencies and brands

What’s cool

• Very easy to use and invite team members
• Integrates with video platforms like Wistia, Vidyard and Brightcove
• Global support and account management
• Video-centric features

7. BombBomb

Features

• Create video emails easily with a web creator
• Get analytics on exactly who’s opening emails, clicking links, watching your videos, etc.
• Send individual emails or an entire series of emails automatically.

Pricing

• Pricing starts at $49 a month
• Plans are based on the number of contacts
• Plans include support

Track Record

• Been in business since 2006
• Raised venture funding
• Global customer base
• Proven at scale with large agencies and brands

What’s cool

• Record and send video emails from Gmail and Outlook
• Real-time alerts for quick follow up
• Easy to roll across sales, account or support teams

8. HapYak

Features

• Works on just about any video player
• Place click-able links, text, chapters and images in video
• Create and deploy in-video quizzes
• Advanced features for choose your own adventure style videos and personalization

Pricing

• Pricing starts at $1,500 a month
• Plans are based on features and support

Track Record

• Been in business since 2013
• Hundreds of customers
• Global enterprise customer base
• Proven at scale with large agencies and brands

What’s cool

• Easily make any video interactive
• Video play agnostic
• Great for elearning with quiz features

9. Brightcove

Features

• Video hosting and CDN services for both on demand and live streaming
• Ad integration support
• Analytics
• APIs and SDK for development and 3rd party platform apps.
• Video Gallery toolset for building video experiences

Pricing

• Pricing starts at $199 a month
• Plans are based on features and video plays
• Account management and support included

Track Record

• Been in business since 2004
• Publicly listed company (NSADAQ: BCOV)
• Hundreds of customers
• Global enterprise customer base
• Proven at scale with large agencies and brands

What’s cool

• Easily create branded video sites connect to a domain
• Interactive feature sets
• Video security and SSO features

10. Wirewax

Features

• Transform any video into a connected, interactive video with little or no effort Detects faces & objects in video
• Add tags to anything in a video

Pricing

• Pricing starts at $69 a month
• Plans are based on features and video length
• Account management and support included

Track Record

• Been in business since 2009
• Reputable customer base and agency partners
• Proven at scale with large agencies and brands

What’s cool

• Full service solution for end-to-end concept to deployment
• Commerce solutions for retail
• Built in video player

11. Vidyard

Features

• Video hosting
• Create and design a branded video player, change color size, etc.
• Engagement analytics including contact tracking
• Social media and marketing integrations
• Salesforce.com integration and app

Pricing

• Pricing starts at $1,500 a month
• Plans are based on features and number of videos
• Account management and support included

Track Record

• Been in business since 2012
• Significant venture capital raised
• Reputable customer base and agency partners
• Proven at scale with large agencies and brands

What’s cool

• Tools for creating video
• Integrations with MAPs and CRMs
• Interactive video tools

12. Adventr

Features

• Give viewers the ability to make choices within the video
• Publish the video content via embeds, to ad networks and publishers.
• Get detailed analytics

Pricing

• Pricing starts at $9.99 a month
• Plans are based on features and number of videos

Track Record

• Been in business since 2012
• Large customer base
• Proven feature sets

What’s cool

• Make ‘choose your own adventure’ videos
• Easy to use
• Easily share videos on social

13. Idomoo

Features

• Real time rendering for campaigns of all sizes
• Native Personalized Video: Cinematic-quality personalization at scale
• Full stack PVaaS platform with purpose-built rendering engine, full authoring & composition tools.

Pricing

• Pricing is unknown.

Track Record

• Been in business since 2008
• Proven customer base with logos such as Adidas, Audi, Delta Airlines
• Proven at scale with millions of videos

What’s cool

• Platform can handle millions of rendered videos
• Videos can be personalized based on any metadata
• Full authoring suite included

14. Powtoon

Features

• Create studio-quality HD live and animated videos in minutes
• Huge library of professionally-designed templates, scenes, characters, props, millions of videos, soundtracks, text
• Integrations with YouTube, Facebook, Facebook Ads Manager, Twitter, Wistia, Hubspot.

Pricing

• Pricing starts at $16 a month
• Plans are based on the number of video exports per month
• Support is included with all plans

Track Record

• Been in business since 2011
• Proven customer base with logos such as Coca-Cola, Costco, Pfizer
• Significant venture capital raised

What’s cool

• Super easy to create a video out of thin air
• Thousands of templates, audio, scenes, characters, etc to choose from
• Helpful support and lots of online resources

15. Zype

Features

• Can be configured out of the box in a few minutes
• Made for ingesting and curating content, high quality live streaming and integrating with apps for tasks like sending emails to new subscribers.
• Direct web publishing tools, web content management plugins, connected TV and mobile app builders.

Pricing

• Pricing starts at $500 per month
• Custom plans and packages available
• Support is included with all plans

Track Record

• Been in business since 2013
• Proven customer base with logos such as America’s Test Kitchen and Crunch Fitness

What’s cool

• End-to-end platform for content management and monetization
• Easily launch OTT and native video apps
• Integration with hundreds of 3rd party apps

16. Grabyo

Features

• Broadcast premium-quality live streams to Facebook, Periscope, Twitter and YouTube
• Add graphics and animated video graphics on top of the live feeds.
• Edit and clip video in real-time
• Collaborate with team members using shared editing tools and compositions.

Pricing

• Pricing is not publicly listed
• Support is included with all plans

Track Record

• Been in business since 2013
• Proven at scale with large broadcasters
• Significant capital raised

What’s cool

• Ability to broadcast to multiple destinations at the same time.
• Real-time clipping and publishing of highlights
• Professional quality inputs and outputs

17. MovingImage

Features

• Secure Enterprise Video Platform allows for easy integration into existing IT ecosystem
• SSL encryption, referrer protection and IP whitelisting
• Mobile App for managing and uploading videos on the go

Pricing

• Pricing is not publicly listed
• Support is included with all plans

Track Record

• Been in business since 2004
• Proven with large brands like Merck, Bayer, Vodafone and VW
• Hundreds of global customers

What’s cool

• End-to-end enterprise video platform
• Easy to use interface along with user management for teams
• Robust video security
• Mobile application

18. TVPage

Features

• Automatically generates essential commerce metadata for every video
• Dynamically serve top-converting videos on any page with embeddable widgets and players.
• Publish video commerce pages and create immersive video shopping experiences.

Pricing

• Pricing is not publicly listed
• Support is included with all plans

Track Record

• Been in business since 2015
• Significant venture capital raised

What’s cool

• Easy way to integrate video with online shopping experiences
• Sync products with related videos
• Interactive in-video shopping widgets

19. Wistia

Features

• Advanced Analytics, including identity tracking and engagement
• Organize video content into playlists that can be assigned to a player
• Record video from a web browser
• Video security features, including IP white listing and password protection

Pricing

• Pricing starts at $99 a month
• Pricing is based on the number of videos
• Support is included only with premium plans

Track Record

• Been in business since 2006
• One of the original video hosting platforms
• Used on over 300,000 websites

What’s cool

• Simple yet powerful video hosting
• Video email gating and lead generation
• Fast loading HTML5 video player that works on mobile
• Simple video capture tool

20. AmpLive

Features

• Prominently place live streams across a distribution network of 3,000 premium publishers.
• Drop the AmpLive Pixel on website visitor’s browsers to ensure more  registrants actually see the event.
• The platform captures data that helps frame follow-up messaging to engaged viewers.

Pricing

• Pricing starts at $2,500 a month
• Pricing is feature-based
• Support is included with premium plans
• A Free plan is offered

Track Record

• Been in business since 2014
• Large retail customers like Walmart and Home Depot
• Partner network of over 3,000 websites

What’s cool

• Ad retargeting concept brought to video amplification.
• Instantly get live video players on thousands of websites
• Perfect way to increase live event viewership
• Easy-to-use interface

21. Microsoft Stream

Features

• Easily standup a secure video portal connected to an existing SharePoint instance.
• Organize content into channels and groups with different access levels
• Enhance accessibility and discoverability with intelligence features such as transcripts and facial recognition.
• Easily share video in SharePoint posts and pages

Pricing

• Pricing starts at $3 a user, a month
• Pricing is user-based
• Support is included
• Integration with SharePoint included in all plans

Track Record

• Platform launch in 2017
• Product line of Microsoft

What’s cool

• Makes it easy to stand up a secure video portal for employees without IT resources.
• Upload and distribute videos within SharePoint
• Facial recognition and advanced meta data management

22. Forscene

Features

• Full featured video cloud editor with clipping and sharing, closed caption and logging support.
• Review and approval process-flows
• Collaborating and team editing
• Distribute and export content to Premier, Twitter, Facebook, XML, MPEG, Avid, and Final Cut Pro

Pricing

• Pricing not publicly listed.
• Support is included with plans

Track Record

• Platform is used by large media and enterprise organizations
• Hundreds of global customers

What’s cool

• Plugin and connectors with Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premier make it easy to streamline workflows.
• Full approval process with team editing.
• User rights and roles make it easy to manage various people in one process.

23. Vimeo Pro

Features

• Up to 20GB of HD video storage each week, with no additional bandwidth limitations
• Advanced privacy settings
• Private review pages
• No ads before, after, or on top of videos

Pricing

• Pricing starts at $199 per year.
• Limited web support is included
• Plans are based on features, storage and bandwidth

Track Record

• Platform is one of the original online video platforms
• Thousands of global customers
• Significant venture capital raised

What’s cool

• Perfect for simple video hosting and publishing on the web
• Easy tools to password protect videos.
• Premium tools for subscriptions and monetization
• Live video streaming capabilities

24. Bitmovin

Features

• HTML5 online video player and development framework
• Complete control over the player’s interface either through the API or through a unified configuration file compatible across web based browsers, iOS, Android and desktop app.

Pricing

• Pricing starts at $2,250 per month
• Support is included with licensing
• Plans are based on features, storage and bandwidth

Track Record

• Been in business since 2012
• Hundreds of global customers
• Trusted APIs by video development community

What’s cool

• Robust video player development framework
• Integrates with DRM platforms out-of-the-box
• API first architecture

25. Kaltura

Features

•  Capture and manage recorded videos of lectures
• Organize content, search media, edit, moderate, create playlists
• Full HD live streaming and archiving
• Video portals and security

Pricing

• Pricing starts at $499 per month
• Support is an additional cost
• Plans are based on features, storage and bandwidth

Track Record

• Been in business since 2006
• One of the original online video platforms
• Trusted by thousands of global brands
• Used for mission critical live streaming

What’s cool

• Robust video player development framework
• Video portals with user management
• Advanced meta data and video workflow management