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JW Player vs YouTube: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 16th, 2025
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Summary
Features in Video Hosting
5
Best performer
30
  • Customizable Branding
  • Multi-Channel Distribution
4
30
  • Audio/video file upload
User satisfaction
4.1
User reviews39
Ease of use
4.1
Functionality
4.0
Value for money
3.6
Customer support
3.8
4.8
User reviews794
Ease of use
4.8
Functionality
4.6
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.2
Price starts from
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Best for

A complete video delivery and monetization platform for broadcasters, publishers, and advertisers.

YouTube users, video creators, artists, advertisers, businesses, developers.

User reviews
pros & cons
1 / 4
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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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Top Features
5/30
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Audio/video file upload
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Content Library
  • Customizable CTAs
  • Data Import/Export
  • Drag & Drop
  • Engagement Tracking
  • File Sharing
  • Live Streaming
  • Metadata Management
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Multiple Format Support
  • Privacy Options
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Screen Recording
  • Search/Filter
  • SEO Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • User Management
  • Video Creation
  • Video Editing
  • Video Monetization Tools
  • Video Tagging
  • Customizable Branding
  • Multi-Channel Distribution
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Social Sharing
  • Video Streaming
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YouTube

4/30
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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
YouTube
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
YouTube
  • By Google
  • Located in United States
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