Sproutvideo Review
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proutvideo – Business Smarts meet Video Smarts
Summary: Our category favorite, Sproutvideo has 5 different pricing levels but makes all of its (impressive) features available from the first – the absolute lowest cost for analytics, tracking, and full customization features. As well as this, the security controls are excellent and you can keep your premium content completely safe. At higher volume levels, you might outstrip the bandwidth of the pricing plans, however.jumping castle for sale
Prefer Sproutvideo if:
- You require a very intuitive program
- You like a high level of Customer Support
- You want a Campaign Advisor to help your email marketing
You might prefer another if:
- They have a specific feature you prefer – Sproutvideo is really great!
- You need lots of bandwidth
| Best for low budgets | Best for analytics | Best for security and customization | Best for monetization | Without distinction | Notable for integrations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vimeo Pro | Wistia | Sproutvideo | Vzaar | Viddler | Vidyard | |
| HTTPS Compatible | ||||||
| Customizable Player | ||||||
| Unbranded Player | ||||||
| In video Calls to Action | ||||||
| Website does not redirect to 3-rd party | ||||||
| Multiple player themes | x | |||||
| Email Capture | BEST | x | x | x | x | |
| Aggregate Analytics | x | x | x | x | x | BEST |
| Advanced Analytics, individual viewer metrics | BEST | x | x | |||
| Integrations with CRM and marketing automation | x | x | BEST | |||
| Video SEO | x | x | x | x | ||
| Password Protection | x | x | x | x | x | |
| IP Blocking | x | x | ||||
| Embedding Restrictions | x | x | BEST | x | x | x |
| Download Restictions | BEST | x | x | x | ||
| Codes to secure paid content | x | BEST | x | x | x | |
| Allows users to pay directly for premium content | x | x | BEST | |||
| Subscription Services | BEST | |||||
| Advertising | BEST | x | ||||
| Direct Payment (Tip Jar) | BEST | |||||
| Pricing (Basic) | $200/year | $25/month | $50/month | $20/month | $100/month | $79/month |
| 1024GB/year storage, unlimited plays | 100 Videos | 100GB bandwith, 200 GB storage | 250GB bandwith, 100 GB storage | 20 videos | ||
| Pricing (Professional) | - | $100/month | $200/month | $160/month | Custom | $249/month |
| - | 1000 videos | 400 GB bandwith, 800 GB storage | 1000 GB bandwith, 500 GB storage | 100 videos | ||
| Pricing (Enterprise) | - | $300/month | $400/month | $400/month | Custom | $499/month |
| Unlimited videos | 1600 GB Bandwith, 3200 GB Storage | 5 TB bandwith, 1000 GB storage | 300 videos |
Sproutvideo is commended for Customisation & Player themes as well as Embedding and Download restriction and ability to secure paid content.
Sproutvideo has a good level of app integration with Mailchimp and Infusionsoft, yet it lags behind Wistia in this component.
Overall, Sproutvideo integrates with 6 out of 31 third party software analysed. The category mean is 8/31.
So, Sprout video has 19% Integration Score (below average).
| Vimeo Pro | Wistia | Sproutvideo | Vzaar | Viddler | Vidyard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| API | y | y | y | y | y | y |
| HTML5 | y | y | y | y | y | |
| Google Analytics | y | y | ||||
| Contact Form 123 | ||||||
| Zapier | y | |||||
| Wordpress | y | y | ||||
| Drupal | y | y | ||||
| Joomla | y | |||||
| Google Drive | y | |||||
| Evernote | ||||||
| Dropbox | y | |||||
| Mailchimp | y | y | y | y | ||
| Marketo | y | |||||
| Exact Target | y | |||||
| Eloqua | y | |||||
| Act-on | y | |||||
| ConstantContact | y | |||||
| Aweber | y | y | ||||
| y | ||||||
| y | ||||||
| Tumblr | y | |||||
| Youtube | y | y | ||||
| Hootsuite | y | |||||
| Salesforce | y | |||||
| Salesforce Chatter | y | |||||
| Salesforce Pardot | y | y | ||||
| Hubspot | y | y | ||||
| InfusionSoft | y | |||||
| Shopify | y | |||||
| Magento | y |
Best Video Hosting for Small Business
Sprouvideo is our favorite website in the category (along side with Wistia possibly), and the Best allrounder (category winner). In addition to holding the Best video hosting nomination, Sproutvideo is a winner in Best Security and Customisation.
Sproutvideo has 5 pricing packages (compared to 3 from Wistia) and is very good on security and privacy features. Importantly, all features are available from $50/month with Sproutvideo ($100 / month with Wistia).
- Vimeo Pro vs. Sproutvideo
- Sproutvideo vs. Wistia
- Sproutvideo vs. Vzaar
- Sproutvideo vs. Vidyard
- Sproutvideo vs. Viddler
Sproutvideo won 5 out 5 battles with its peers in Category. The strongest sides are 1) 5 different pricing plans with a comfortable feature-unlock threshold, and 2) impressive list of features. The weak side is Language support (only available in English).
