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JW Player vs Flowplayer: Which is a better fit?

Updated on October 20th, 2024
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 1,463 reviews from Video Management users.
% Fit
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Feature ratings
Video Streaming
5.0
Content Management
NA
Reporting/Analytics
3.7
Social Sharing
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Closed Captions
NA
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Feature ratings
Video Streaming
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Content Management
4.0
Reporting/Analytics
4.0
Social Sharing
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Closed Captions
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User satisfaction
4.1
User reviews39
Ease of use
4.1
Functionality
4.0
Value for money
3.6
Customer support
3.8
4.5
User reviews10
Ease of use
4.2
Functionality
4.3
Value for money
4.2
Customer support
4.3
Price starts from
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Free version
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A complete video delivery and monetization platform for broadcasters, publishers, and advertisers.

Our next-generation video player and platform solution serves some of the most successful media houses, broadcasters, publishers, event owners, and OTT platforms today.

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Video reviews
Bryan C
Digital & Video Specialist
4.0

Bryan C.: Hi, I'm Bryan. I'm a digital and video specialist, and I give JW Player a four out of five. If you want to see other reviews, click below. We use primarily JW Player for storing and hosting our videos that we play on our websites. We have eight different brands and so there's a lot of... We break it down into different levels, and primarily it's to monitor, upload, use all the links, also to track how many views are being taken and so forth. One of the things I really like is recently, within about the past year, they updated their GFI in their dashboard. At first, I was a little dubious about it because you know how you get used to certain things. But actually it ends up being... It's works out really, really well, and it's easy to move around and find what you need. The one thing that JW Player kind of falls down a little bit on is that they don't really have a good way of putting a URL, active URL, in the video. They do, but you could put a logo up at the top right or top left, or you can put some text, but there's very little leeway. You can't move it around. You can't make it bigger.

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JW Player

6/50
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Brand Overlay
  • Bulk Uploading
  • Closed Captions
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Content Library
  • Content Management
  • Customizable Templates
  • Drag & Drop
  • Engagement Tracking
  • File Management
  • Filtering
  • Image Library
  • Inside the Video Search
  • Labeling
  • Live Streaming
  • Metadata Management
  • Mobile Screen Support
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Multimedia Support
  • Multiple Format Support
  • Presentation Streaming
  • Privacy Options
  • Rapid Creation
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Screen Recording
  • Search/Filter
  • Single Sign On
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Promotion
  • SSL Security
  • Tagging
  • Template Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Version Control
  • Video Archiving
  • Video Creation
  • Video Editing
  • Video Looping
  • API
  • Customizable Branding
  • Multi-Channel Distribution
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Social Sharing
  • Video Management
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Flowplayer

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17/50
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JW Player
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Flowplayer
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
JW Player
  • By Longtail Ad Solutions
  • Located in United States
Flowplayer
  • By Flowplayer
  • Located in United Kingdom
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