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Vimeo Reviews

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  • Likelihood to recommend8.52/10

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It works very well, has a robust API we were able to integrate directly into our software and it's comforting to know we are paying for this service so can expect it to be there and reliable.
There is an option for customization of your videos. One of the great features in it is that audience can give feedbacks which helps you to improve your content.
The ease of integrating the videos into your projects and the access and blocking options for the videos are some of the best features that I see on Vimeo and the super server they have.
Very unprofessional site when it comes to uploading, embedding, playing issues and terrible customer support.
The only negative aspects of the site is that it becomes confused in the midst of a large number of content. The search always presents problems on the second page and I end up giving up.
Maybe it has a hidden way to do that, but all I know is that I lost some money, uploaded some videos and then deleted my account.
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David W.

Senior Pastor / IT

Religious Institutions, 11-50 employees

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Great tool for managing video distribution

Reviewed 2 years ago

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David W.: My name's David. I'm an IT director at a church. I give Vimeo Pro a five out of five. For more...

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Blake P.

Operations Manager

Nonprofit Organization Management, 11-50 employees

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Expensive but worth it

Reviewed 10 months ago

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Blake: Hey everybody. My name is Blake and I'm an operations and programs manager at a nonprofit. Today...

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Michael S.

Media Production, self-employed

Used weekly for 2+ years

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Vimeo pro is more than a video hosting platform

Reviewed a year ago

I've used Vimeo for a few years now and it has greatly increased my business's professionalism on my videos and how clients and potential customers can view and interact with my videos.

Pros

Vimeo Pro is not cheap, but it gives you a lot of great features. You have 7TB of space to upload videos, you have great tools to control where your content can be viewed and saved, there are review tools for client videos , online video creation tools and a video capture plugin for your browser so you can make your own screen capture videos. There's also access to live stream studio, which is professional level streaming software.

Cons

It is expensive if you're not using all of the tools regularly. The cost comes out to $75/month which is much more expensive than 'free' which is what hosting videos on YouTube would cost.

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Corey E.

Financial Services, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Best software for video editing and content management

Reviewed a month ago
Pros

Vimeo makes it easy to upload, animate, edit, post, and store your videos. Very easy to learn.

Cons

For maximum storage, it costs more, but you will find that with any cloud storage company.

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Mel A.

Consumer Services, 1-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

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Its expensive , you have to pay for any good features it has

Reviewed a month ago

I started to use Vimeo to intergrate product videos into my website host, Wix and also to intergrate videos into my email content for my customers. The cost is high and that was one of the issues preventing me from using it further

Pros

Create high quality videos. It is also quite easy to use .You can also select videos to be seen by your followers or only someone with a password. A feature you tube does not have.

Cons

The cost , the cost can be prohibitive . There are also no custom web channel or app options to use .As a user, you also cannot manage the videos

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Jay L.

Computer Software, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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High quality video hosting

Reviewed 3 months ago

Great overall experience.

Pros

Videos are of great quality, easy to upload and manage.

Cons

Too many organizational options it becomes confusing. Collections, channels, folders, showcases, etc. Hard to understand the differences between them

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Ashley M.

Nonprofit Organization Management, 11-50 employees

Used monthly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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User friendly video uploads

Reviewed a month ago

Vimeo does what it needs to. It is a great platform for our organization to upload webinar recordings and other videos related to the work that we do. It is especially great, because not everyone is available at the time of our webinars, with this people can watch at their leisure. The platform is user friendly.

Pros

It is easy to upload videos. The name of the file is carried over, and it is easy to write the descriptions, change the video thumbnail, and track the number of views.

Cons

I wish you could see all of your videos at once when opening the 'manage videos', instead of 'load more', 'load more.'

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Andrea E.

Alternative Medicine, 1-10 employees

Used monthly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Use this software amazing!

Reviewed 17 days ago

My overall experience was great .

Pros

I think it can be hard as a small business owner to find some thing that is easy to use and a platform that is used by others. I love how user-friendly it is. I also love how easy it is to share content with this software.

Cons

I don’t really have any complaints. I personally found the product very useful.

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Lesily C.

E-Learning, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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One of the best movie streaming sites

Reviewed a month ago
Pros

I can stream videos and movies freely. I can host videos freely

Cons

500mb is very small for free storage in hosting videos

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Kateřina V.

Hospital & Health Care, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used monthly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Vimeo Review

Reviewed 16 days ago

Easy way to make and share a video.

Pros

I found Vimeo when I was looking for an easy way to record something on my screen and it seemed as the easiest way. It is online tool, so It is not necessary to install anything into the laptop and the use is very simple.

Cons

Unfortunately, loading the recorded video is quite slow. I've even experienced my computer getting stuck and even losing the video. But that was just a one-off experience, most of the time it works fine.

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Todor T.

Photography, self-employed

Used monthly for 2+ years

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Easy and very user friendly

Reviewed 14 days ago
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Very user friendly and high quality video, very nice interface :)

Cons

I can`t think of what I don`t like, it is very simple and fantastic tool

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Aditya B.

Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Love this video streaming platform

Reviewed 23 days ago
Pros

Streaming videos is very easy and sharing and uploading the videos on this is another level of satisfaction since I don't have the hassle of other video streaming platforms on this one as of now.

Cons

Loading of videos can take some time however, the loading/streaming takes time depending upon the internet speeds

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François L.

Human Resources, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Can't live without it!

Reviewed a year ago

I have been using Vimeo Pro as my video storage go to site for almost a decade. No problem whatsoever. Easy to use. Very secure.

Pros

Very easy top upload video Search tool is excellent Very rapid processing of video Nice features to edit the player. Great storage capacity.

Cons

Frequent changes in the user interface. Sometimes I look for my regular actions and the site has changed. I do not use the upload feature directly form my computer ...the web site functions much better.

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Nathan A.

E-Learning, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend6/10

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Good price compared to Wistia!

Reviewed 2 years ago

It does it's job, but doesn't have really useful customizable features in the player like changing the speed of the video and fast forward and rewinding 10 seconds. Lacking an average video player in my opinion.

Pros

Overall, great software and easy to use. Definitely a better price point than some of the higher-end players like Wista.

Cons

Not the best customization and not really well organized in my opinion. To be honest, the player itself isn't all that great and doesn't operate all that smoothly compared to Wistia or a new product that I am using, Vadoo.

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Yashovardhan J.

Education Management, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Amazing video sharing platform

Reviewed 4 months ago

Vimeo is a great site for hosting and sharing videos. The site is easy to use and has a lot of great features, like the ability to create and share channels, create and manage playlists, and embed videos on other sites. The video quality is very good, and the site is ad-free. Overall, I have had a great experience with Vimeo.I have found Vimeo to be a very reliable and user-friendly video hosting platform. The quality of the videos is excellent, and the site is easy to navigate. I would definitely recommend Vimeo to anyone looking for a high-quality video hosting solution.

Pros

There are many things to like about Vimeo, but one of the things that stands out the most is its high-quality video content. Vimeo has some of the best video content available, and it's all filmed and edited by professionals. This makes for a much better viewing experience than other video sharing sites.Another thing to like about Vimeo is its clean and simple interface. The site is easy to navigate and use, and there are no ads or other clutter to get in the way. This makes it a great option for those who want to watch videos without any distractions.Finally, Vimeo also has a great community of users who are passionate about video. This can be seen in the comments and forums, which are typically filled with helpful and constructive discussion.

Cons

There are a few things we would improve:-The search function could be more robust-The ability to share albums or groups of videos would be helpful-The organization of videos could be improved- it is difficult to find old videos-The quality of videos uploaded via the mobile app could be improved

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Braden W.

Machinery, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Better for Controlling Content

Reviewed 2 years ago

Overall, I think this is a great video service for professional organizations. I believe other platforms such as YouTube, DailyMotion, or Vevo all have value adds but where Vimeo Pro steps in is the ability to control your content. Additionally, it allows you to connect those additional accounts to provide more outlets for content if you so choose!

Pros

The biggest value add we see in Vimeo Pro is the ability to control the display of your content. Vimeo Pro has a number of customizable sharing features that are much more specific than competitor sites such as YouTube. With Vimeo, any video material that might be sensitive we can control linkage and who sees it, even going as far as to allow for password protecting specific videos. We do share some proprietary media, and being able to house the finished product in the cloud and share with intended parties, thus keeping our hardware less cluttered, is awesome. Additionally, Vimeo Pro HAS NO ADS! That goes a long way to having a more professional presentation to embedded and linked videos.

Cons

Although we are pro users, we did not start out as such. The biggest issue is now mute, but that in order to facilitate live events you have to be a pro user and there are paid tiers below that. YouTube offers streaming and the ability to go live as a free service for all members with an account. On Vimeo, I have to be a pro user in order to access more than the demo of the live service. Again since it is a much more controlled platform that is not necessarily a glaring objection given accessibility is the greatest competitive advantage Vimeo has, however in 2021 this seems like something that should be a native open source feature more than reserved strictly for pro members.

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Matthew J.

Nonprofit Organization Management, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend5/10

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Use more for storage and review that sharing

Reviewed 5 months ago

The main reason we chose vimeo over youtube is the clean look for hosting videos, no ads on our video and minimising the risk to our organisation and internal reviewing. I would love to have better support from vimeo in promoting our videos.

Pros

For the price Vimeo gives small busniness will a few people working on video content a good platform to upload, store and review footage. We use vimeo review daily to mark up and give feedback on edits - and I really love the clean look of vimeo when sharing and embedding videos. Ad free experience is also a bonsu

Cons

It seems very hard to get people to view your videos from within vimeo. The community is lacking and the internal sharing of content on vimeo is poor. I'd love to be able to get more eyes on our content and I think vimeo should be doing some of the lifting here.

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Tibor K.

Entertainment, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Vimeo for professionals

Reviewed 6 months ago

The reason we love Vimeo is because of its flexibility over many of the other popular video sharing online programs such as YouTube who is very restrictive in content. Vimeo is recommended but it's best for professionals.

Pros

Vimeo is less restricted in what kind of videos are posted on your account than some of the other popular sites such as YouTube. Vimeo is more specialized for professionals therefore you can share videos among other professionals as well as you can get in tough with other professionals. It has a free version but with limited storage and a paid service with unlimited.

Cons

It is kind of expensive to use if you have higher volume content, free service only allows certain total size storage per month

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Brent P.

Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Amazing for what it does. Few rival it.

Reviewed 4 years ago
Pros

We've used Vimeo Pro and Vimeo Plus plans for many years. Super customizable for embeds on sites and great stats.

Cons

1) There is no customization on ALL player controls or colors in embeds, just most. If you want an auto-play video with no progress bar or overlays, look elsewhere. 2) They abide by strict DMCA copyright rules. If you have a video flagged as copyrighted 3 times, you are banned. We had 2 violations at the same time from another user due to an old ex-employee re-uploading a file for internal use and...

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Marcio L.

Information Technology and Services, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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Very flexible and reliable platform

Reviewed 3 years ago

After months I'm still eventually learning new tricks and better/faster ways of sharing and releasing videos, but it gets easier every time. The whole idea of having my personal "me-flix" where people can sub and watch my content on my personally branded website without being another "youtuber" inside Google's YT framework is awesome. If you're reading this, give it a try, just remember that any professional videos shared on plans below PRo (Basic, Plus) are against the terms of service and will eventually lead to account suspension/content removal, but if you plai fair, it's an awesome place to be!

Pros

Although the Basic free plan has some limitations regarding the amount of videos you can upload or keep stored, the platform is good to share personal videos. (digital influencers, former youtuber should look for the PRO plans and up). Besides that, the platform is not cluttered with ads and doesn't force you to link to any other services from Google. If you want to have your own professional video...

Cons

Vimeo could have an easier way to migrate/import videos from youtube, twitch / other platforms. But that is due to the learning curve required since it's a different UI from what people are used, but that is not really a bad thing. It just takes you out of your comfort zone for a moment.

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Used daily for 2+ years

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While cheaper options are available - Vimeo is tops in ease and quality!

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

Vimeo's paid offerings make it easy to upload, share, and manage large video libraries at the highest quality. It's the de-facto standard for digital screener sharing in the independent film and television sector. The admin and features are very easy to understand - and we've had no trouble training non-technical staff to set up even complicated videos with unusual combinations of security permissions. They have robust support for privacy control, embedding, subtitling and other accessibility features. As a major platform, most major encoders come pre-set with optimized profiles, and (in most cases) automatic upload functions available.

Cons

The paid offerings can sometimes be a difficult sell for very small companies/individuals as there are few services that Vimeo offers that can't be replicated by completely free alternatives (mostly via YouTube) - but the high quality and ad-free experience is often worth it.

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David D.

Computer Software, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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A reliable choice for professional video hosting / storage

Reviewed a year ago
Pros

We create a fairly large volume of training / tutorial videos for our customers. These need to be privately hosted and secured and shouldn't be available for general consumption. Vimeo has been the perfect tool for us to do this. It works very well, has a robust API we were able to integrate directly into our software and it's comforting to know we are paying for this service so can expect it to be there and reliable. We had previously used private Youtube Videos for this function, and Youtube randomly deleted our account one day with no explanation or option to appeal. This created a massive amount of work for us to rebuild the links and sparked the search for a paid platform.

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I honestly can't think of a single problem we've had with Vimeo. It works, it's reasonably priced and has filled a real need for us.

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Mike M.

Computer Software, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Vimeo Pro The Best On The Market

Reviewed 4 years ago

Vimeo Pro is the perfect tool to use to have clients or a specific audience focus on a specific video without being inundated with ads for other products that can cause loss of interest or direct focus to another product. Vimeo Pro has the highest quality video and gives an extremely professional approach to your audience. I have used Vimeo Pro for years and find it easy to use and integrates with all platforms. Analytics, security, hosting, management and storage all of the highest quality. I would sincerely recommend Vimeo Pro as it has been the successful choice for us.

Pros

No ads play before the video unlike Youtube which has become saturated with ads. Videos easily embed into websites, email, or social media. This is the highest quality video product on the market.

Cons

Vimeo does not have the search engine force of Youtube and unfortunately does not play within an email but opens in a new window. Hopefully something can be done about the latter.

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Emre O.

Insurance, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Vimeo Pro has all you need for video streaming services

Reviewed 4 years ago

Excellent product. It enabled us to help our organization learn for about 5 years now.

Pros

Vimeo gives insights on engagement and tracks valuable data from viewers such as viewer location. We were able to confirm the engagement of our staff based on how much of each video was watched and from what branch location. Replacing video feature without having a URL change of the video has been a huge plus for updating online training materials.

Cons

There was a time when the player settings changed the quality of the video based on network speed. I'm not sure if this is ongoing. As admins of a learning management system, we received some complaints about "blurry videos" which was a result of the automatic reduction in the quality. As an admin, I had to customize the embed codes to lock in the higher quality.

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Arthur F.

Education Management, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Vimeo pro

Reviewed 3 years ago

The presentations looked very good for the user and after a little back and forth the main function I was hoping for was worked out by the technical team at VIMEO. The platform is usually very stable though yesterday there were some technical hiccups with their server. The customer service got better after a couple weeks. I assume they had to ramp up with Covid. All in all it did the job. Next time I will use Adobe Spark as the navigation platform and ask less of Vimeo in that regard.

Pros

Uploads are fast and easy. Private links stay forever. Visual quality is good for the user. A lot of space for 800 bucks a year. The livestream studio was my initial reason for getting it and it seemed to work pretty well but I ended up forgoing it's use due to technical issues. Mostly on our end. Being able to directly upload H264 with very little degradation was an important issue for us as a film school.

Cons

Navigation for anything but straight up watching videos is difficult to understand. The extra functions in pro are less than stellar but I was able to make it work for our presentations. Most of the the embedded functions are not usable on the VIMEO user side and can only be applied to the admin side of the platform. I still don't understand some of it but I assume that the embedded functions are for sending your videos into other platforms. websites, etc. I just wanted to present on VIMEO so none of it worked for me.

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Robin M.

Entertainment, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Great for video production businesses

Reviewed 3 years ago

I have enjoyed using Vimeo over the years. I find it a great way to work with clients to show rough cuts of videos and get feedback before delivering final versions. The password feature is a huge benefit for this kind of work.

Pros

Vimeo Pro is a great way to share videos with clients. I have used Vimeo for several years now. One of the great features is being able to apply a password to videos. YouTube does not have this option. This is important for clients who want to keep content private until the video(s) are ready to publish to the public for consumption.

Cons

One of the drawbacks for Vimeo is playback. Sometimes it is not as smooth as YouTube. Often times Vimeo will experience buffering issues, which can be frustrating for viewers.

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Ben B.

Nonprofit Organization Management, 1-10 employees

Used other for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Vimeo Pro is a capable platform for sharing high-quality videos from your portfolio

Reviewed 5 years ago

Vimeo is a great, low-compression digital venue to showcase artistic work that matters.

Pros

Vimeo Pro is, in my experience, the lowest compression video streaming service for professional use (other than just sending files directly to clients). Vimeo is a great place to hold reels, demos, and featurettes to showcase your work, as it definitely carries a quality edge over the competition. Videos look less compressed, and resolution/codec support is quite robust. Vimeo Pro is also a really neat way to meet other artists and view their work. Because Vimeo is tailored to creative uses, sifting through content is much easier than on YouTube, where there are buckets of non-artistic videos being published every second.

Cons

Vimeo is expensive for the service provided. Yes, Vimeo provides low compression video streaming, which matters when trying to make your best impression with clients or partners, but the price seems high when the chief competitors are free. Also, Vimeo's mobile website and apps are consistently buggy. Performance is slow, the site often crashes (tested on various mobile devices), and sometimes videos scale incorrectly when in fullscreen. Lastly, Vimeo has not innovated as much as competitors. Though the site is generally more attractive, and the UI is easy to use, things have not changed much in the time since I began using it. This might mean the developers are not seeking for long-term growth.