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Pros
It has servers all over the world providing really fast access to the files. Important to mention that it has all the great capabilities of the giants of the industry but with a competitive price.
Not only are they happy to help me and very generous with their time, but they also see the bigger picture and are happy to help my customers too.
It makes it very easy to improve your ability to serve brilliant imagery to your customers, its integration and setup was a dream.
It wa super easy to use and the spins were created automatically- and they look amazing. Plus it's a good image hosting site.
Cons
The lazy load could work diferent, the lazy load today give a inpression that there are no more images to show.
Also, I get multiple errors for every page that doesn't have Sirv picture. The console for over 4k parts shows this error twice.
Again, my concerns about the limited functions were met with specific and detailed conversations about ways to meet customer demands.
Then sirv crushes the files to deliver the 360. Although they don't charge for their created files there should be an option to only keep their files so you don't have to go on higher priced teirs.
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"Sirv not only have great online products - they back it up with amazing support too!"
Overall: What sets Sirv apart is that they back up their excellent Image Hosting and Apps with incredible support. It is not uncommon to receive an answer back from them with 30-60 minutes. When I compare this to a competitor in the US, their response time was over 24 hours. This makes a massive difference when you are trying to sort out issues quickly and have customers relying on you for a quick response. Not only are they happy to help me and very generous with their time, but they also see the bigger picture and are happy to help my customers too. This is a refreshing approach in this relatively new and quickly evolving industry.
Pros: Sirv's image hosting is designed with simplicity in mind and anyone can quickly become adept at using it. If you want to customise or edit your online content and delve a bit deeper then Sirv caters for this too. I have set up my website using their recently launched Sirv Media Viewer and are really impressed with how this has implemented 360 Spins into my Wordpress website. The Media Viewer is very powerful, allowing a multitude of customisations. I look forward to seeing what they come up with next. Sirv's 360 Spins load super fast and the navigation icons look slick and contemporary. Content is optimised and delivered via their CDN's. Their 360 Spins are responsive too, resizing automatically to fit all platforms quickly. I can't fault their Image Hosting and Apps - they are leaders in their field.
Cons: I can't fault their software, to be honest. When I do ask why they don't offer a certain feature, they always seem to come back with a very logical reason as to why they chose not to develop and support it. The important thing is that they are weighing these decisions up and choosing to put their time and resources into developing and supporting the important stuff!
"Easy to set-up, immediate results"
Pros: Sirv is an easy to implement solutions (for us, using Prestashop ecommerce solution) which help us getting faster image loading times. Time is money in our business so thank you for this solution :-) It works. Very well. We don't use all the functionnalities, only the core of their product but hey... why not ? The trial is very good to see if it helps your business (we tried it on our dev websites).
Cons: Nothing, honest answer. Sirv has been a very good product from beginning to... now
"Reliable, easy to use and unique"
Overall: Sirv's been great, they respond quick and help me whenever I need it. Some of my websites use Sirv exclusivley and my clients are very happy.
Pros: The 'spin' function is amazing and easy to implement. The price is good. The support is great.
Cons: As a CDN, there are some limitations, extra steps, or issues. Its better to use a different CDN if file hosting and speed are your primary concerns.
"Our website has used SIRV software for several years now, and we are happy with our experiences."
Pros: We like this software very much as SIRV allow us to have fantastic zoom facilities on our online images, and being fine art dealers this is crucial to show our original paintings to best effect.
Cons: I can honestly say that we have to date had no negative issues with SIRV; and when we did have some minor technical queries re. uploading and/or re-sizing images on to our site, SIRV customer service were very friendly, helpful and efficient.
"Amazing fast and so easy to use! Don't need to worry about my images anymore"
Overall: speed & image gallery !
Pros: fast, easy to use, many options to edit images, new web image format and resizing for the user screen without a line of code, cdn
Cons: the defer loading (lazy loading) could be a bit more fluid for the end users because I could see like its not working
"Great product, great price, great support! Couldn't be better!!"
Pros: Its very easy to use and the support very responsive! Free tier is generous enough for small projects.
Cons: Nothing I can really think of. I tried other similar solutions before Sirv and none of them met what Sirv offers.
"is a amazing service"
Overall: is to easy to use
Pros: It was easy to use and very friendly software, I would recommend it to use it daily to my friends, the trial was very comfortable and I like to be kept informed
Cons: all of the software I like to be easy to use daily and be able to be informed about the products they offer
"360 Degree Photos in a Snap. Love it!"
Overall: Easy implementation of storage and utilization of 360 Degree photos that showcase products, both new and used, to a variety of customers. It's invaluable when taking into consideration the thousands of dollars people spend on the equipment we feature with Sirv.
Pros: UI is simple and elegant while offering lots of bang for the buck when it comes to features and customization.
Cons: I wish there was an app form. I don't mind using the web-based service, but a desktop feature would be unbeatable!
"The discussion in question is about alternatives"
Overall: Still Sirv is a litle bit better than the alternatives and I am impressed. Maybe when my business pick up and I got more 3D elements into my digital framework, then I will possible use Sirv.
Pros: The quality of gif spinning was very good and it was very easy to get started and test it. Good explanation and user interface. Absolute a good alterative for big volume business netshop .
Cons: For me with a small business and just a few products then the pricing is to high. Also I am selleing through facebook brand where I have the alternative to run/store the rotating 3D object on the facebook server. Also my web hosting has technology to pre create /store a 3D view or gifer. When a person use my web site then the heavy graphic is stored ready for the next user to use it.
"I was looking for an easy way to add our 360 photos and this worked well."
Pros: It is a high quality way to demonstrate our products in 360. After uploading photos we pretty much were ready to go. It doesn't take too long to load on the page.
Cons: I wasn't able to use the test version to do bulk photo editing. Tall order for a free product I know but would have been nice to test!
"Sirv seems to do a great job at displaying"
Overall: It's integration with Magic Zoom Plus
Pros: I like its integration with Magic Zoom Plus. That is really the only reason I use it. The support has also been very good.
Cons: The extra load time for the js slows down my page. Also, I get multiple errors for every page that doesn't have Sirv picture. The console for over 4k parts shows this error twice. Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 () Google marks me down for page errors.
"By using SIRV it has brought our website to life"
Overall: It allow website users to rotate the products image and view from different angles allowing them to fully understand the product.
Pros: It allows our customers to view products in 360 degree, rotate them and view rear panels etc. By having this feature it prevents many phone calls to the office asking for images of products.
Cons: I do feel the annual renewal cost is high, we are not the user as this is done by our website developer - we are the administrator. From speaking to the developer they do not have any concerns.
"The support is efficient and helpful, and the overall functionality and ease of use is superb!"
Overall: Able to create gifs and online PDF for displaying documents inside a Virtual Tour easily, and create content that can be delivered quick and easily
Pros: The speed of uploading and CDN for delivery of content is outstanding and the embedding,video, link and GIF capability options are amazing
Cons: When changing the autospin speeds and directions, the preview sometimes does not reflect correctly and the options of adding hotspots on spins and slideshow abilities needs too much coding knowledge, but other than that there is not anything else that I can think of.
"Great software with excellent support."
Overall: Helped us give our customers a good shopping experience.
Pros: We utilize the zoom feature and it has done what we need to provide our customers with the level of detail they want. Customer support with questions has always been excellent.
Cons: No cons from my point of view, I have not had any issues. The one feature I missed has been added back.
"Sirv have been brilliant, very supported"
Pros: It makes it very easy to improve your ability to serve brilliant imagery to your customers, its integration and setup was a dream
Cons: err, nothing really, like i say its an awesome piece of cloud software and they are very very supportive too
"Very easy to install and works well."
Overall: Makes my website 1000% more effective ( and that is an understatement ). Panoramic photography is very difficult to present online and this is exactly what I needed to make my work accessible to the online viewer.
Pros: Easy to understand and install, I tried to use Microsoft Deep Zoom but couldn't make it work properly. This was easy.
Cons: Overall I haven't had any complaints about the performance of Sirv zoom. I am a panoramic photographer and I have wanted for a long time to find a way to add a zoom feature into my website. I did have to reduce a few of my file sizes as many of my files are quite large ( over 30 MB ).
"Overall, we were satisfied with the program."
Pros: The software did exactly what was expected. It was easy to use and navigate around. Customer service was available to answer any questions or trouble shoot issues.
Cons: There were glitches with the thumbnail images inside the admin tool when changes were made. The new image would not display.
"Sirv has been a reliable image hosting service"
Pros: I like that for my small app this service is free and easy to use. I like that to access my images I can use their image name in the url (helps if I want a random image of a certain type, ex: sunny-1.jpg, sunny-2.jpg, sunny-3.jpg)
Cons: The load time for the images are a tad slower than some of your competitors. This is the main drawback of this software.
"Sirv is the best software for image optimization for my website "
Overall: my over all experience is very good.
Pros: Sirv is the best software software for my website , its very easy to implement in my website , its features and functionality is very useful.
Cons: it very easy to install , its functionality very simple, any one understand SIRV features and functions
"Excellent customer service! The finished product looked and worked excellently on my website."
Overall: This software added a unique element to my eBay listing which other competitors in my niche did not have. Also, the product created an "ease of use" for my customers which allowed them to become immersed in the photos of the products which were now interactive.
Pros: I enjoyed the ftp server and the ease of use of the software. The posted rendering of my images truly added a great value to my product listing.
Cons: The software required a small tweak to be able to comply with eBay listing policy. The staff worked with me to address this issue.
"The most effective and easy to use image hosting product available. "
Pros: I love the fact that the integration of the sirv plugin was as seamless as adding a blog post. The plugin was essential to the speed of the website.
Cons: I wish it was absolutely and completely free. The plugin has amazing features but limited support with the free version.
"Easy and it works!"
Pros: The deep zoom and the coding system is just amazing
Cons: The interface can be a bit more captivating
"Great platform"
Pros: Ease of use and immediate functionality. Powers my 360 images like a champ. It has never not worked and have been pleased with it very much.
Cons: none. It has never not worked and when I update or upload images it does what it needs to do. No problems.
"Good plugin, easy and usefull"
Pros: extremely easy interface and good responso from customer service and assistance. Good good good good
Cons: more options in advanced mode and new interface. very good software and interface in fact. i suggest
"Does what is says on the tin"
Overall: Easy to use cost effective option with a user friendly UI.
Pros: Easy to set up, straight forward interface.
Cons: Encountered a bug when trying to designate a new administrator.