# SmartVideo Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about SmartVideo Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Video Management products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/176632/SmartVideo --- # SmartVideo Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on August 24, 2025 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) SmartVideo ## What is SmartVideo ? Start converting more leads and sales opportunities on your website now! Keep your videos on YouTube for distribution and traffic back, but effortlessly graduate from YouTube on your website to clean, accelerated, professional looking video. SmartVideo eliminates traffic leaking back to YouTube, reduces bounce rates, and keeps visitor attention on your brand. Videos load 12x faster and stall-outs are eliminated, all in a clutter-free playback experience with SmartVideo. ## What is SmartVideo used for? [Video Management](https://www.capterra.com/video-management-software/) Overall rating Based on 8 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Starting price $19 Per User, Per Month Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for SmartVideo ?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=https://swarmify.com&name=SmartVideo ) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### SmartVideo 4.9 (8) VS. [### My Screen Recorder](https://www.capterra.com/p/193473/My-Screen-Recorder/) [4.6 (7)](https://www.capterra.com/p/193473/My-Screen-Recorder/reviews/) Starting Price $19 Per User, Per Month Starting Price $49.95 Per User, One Time Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.6 (8) Ease Of Use 4.6 (7) Value For Money 4.9 (8) Value For Money 4.6 (7) Customer Service 4.9 (7) Customer Service 4.3 (7) ## SmartVideo alternatives Highest Rated [Kyno](https://www.capterra.com/p/203547/Kyno/) [5.0 (2)](https://www.capterra.com/p/203547/Kyno/#reviews) Starting price $159.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 100% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/203547/Kyno/) [Animatron](https://www.capterra.com/p/155780/Animatron/) [4.4 (27)](https://www.capterra.com/p/155780/Animatron/reviews/) Starting price $30.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 85% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/155780/Animatron/) [Evia Player](https://www.capterra.com/p/197686/Evia-Player/) [4.0 (2)](https://www.capterra.com/p/197686/Evia-Player/#reviews) Starting price $10.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 100% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/197686/Evia-Player/) [ClipBucket](https://www.capterra.com/p/179611/Clipbucket/) [5.0 (2)](https://www.capterra.com/p/179611/Clipbucket/#reviews) Starting price $1499.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 100% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/179611/Clipbucket/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Social Sharing 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Allows businesses to share their videos on social media. Brand Overlay Branding videos with company logo Bulk Uploading Upload multiple documents at once Closed Captions Process of displaying text on a television, video screen, or other visual display Multimedia Support Supports various file formats Privacy Options Allows users to secure content and data for any use. SmartVideo 8 features Branding videos with company logo Upload multiple documents at once Process of displaying text on a television, video screen, or other visual display Supports various file formats Allows users to secure content and data for any use. View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Allows businesses to share their videos on social media. Allows users to view videos without downloading media files Features 4.8 (8) 4.8 Based on 8 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.9 (8) Free Trial Basic $19.00 Per User,Per Month Value for money 4.9 (8) 4.9 Based on 8 reviews ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.9 (7) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.9 (7) 4.9 Based on 7 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.9 Based on 8 reviews Filter by rating 5(7) 4(1) 3(0) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent CC Christopher C. Content creator Entertainment ### "A must have if you want to host videos on your page!" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 October 26, 2022 I truly love this product. Having the ability to host video without the outrageous expense is absolutely amazing. Pros Beside the absence of bandwidth charges, The way it displays your videos and removes any location identifiers and or advertisements, it also lets you protect your videos from being copied. Cons I would like it if there were additional customization features to the player. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor November 8, 2022 So glad you love the product and thanks for also giving us some constructive feedback on how we can improve. Definitely listening to that and passing along to our team! John C. Technical Director Marketing and Advertising ### "Speed up your youtube videos on your website" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 November 6, 2021 We use Swarmify on client websites to reduce the load time of their YouTube videos. You still host the video on Youtube but use the Swarmify player to encode and playback the video. It's so quick! Pros Really speeds up video loading times and removes ads! Cons Nothing. Works out of the box and support were helpful when I asked a question. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor November 10, 2021 Thanks so much for the review and glad it's working out for you. Feel free to reach out if we can ever assist with anything! Suryadi L. Marketer Retail ### "Instant Loading Video Hosting!!! Ads Free" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 August 5, 2021 with a swarmify , i can deliver the video with no buffering. Pros The Most Important think with Video Hosting is SPEED, if you looking for video hosting for your marketing video, Just use the SWARMIFY. One of my favorite tools. Cons the limit of website install is very low Switched from [Vimeo](https://www.capterra.com/p/122348/Vimeo-Pro/) a little bit pricey Alternatives considered [Publitio](https://www.capterra.com/p/215290/Publitio/) Reasons for choosing SmartVideo speed and limit of swarmify is better than publitio Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor August 12, 2021 Suryadi, Thanks so much for the review and we are glad you enjoy the instant speed with SmartVideo. If we can ever help you out, please reach out and let us know! Maureen M. Principal Marketing and Advertising ### "Hosting video through SmartVideo has improved my website experience" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 November 19, 2020 SmartVideo was one of the best purchases I made this year for improving my online presence. Pros I like that I was able to set up SmartVideo to access my videos on YouTube and seamlessly convert the hosting on my website. Now I have unbranded video viewing on my website that doesn't distract with YouTube elements. Cons I haven't found any problems with SmartVideo, it just works smoothly in the background and I don't have to think about it. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. MS Morten S L. CEO ### "Great service and a great software" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 0/10 June 29, 2018 Pros Easy to set up and helpful suport. There was some problems in start, but the support team fixed all the issues. Cons The support team took a little too long to make the software work correct on mobil-screens for my website - but they did sort it out :) Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Manager ### "I had a challenge setting up SmartVideo. The support was outstanding and fixed the problem." 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 June 22, 2018 Removal of Youtube branding. New video display for our videos. Pros It removes Youtube branding and ads from the videos on our site. We can also do our advertising which I have yet to do. Outstanding support. Cons The initial setup of the software took more time than I expected. The website could be more user-friendly. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Gary J. Executive Producer ### "Very pleased with this technology! Swarmify totally changes the way I use YouTube videos on my site." 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 June 21, 2018 A better working website - with nice effective videos served once by YouTube and then more efficiently by Swarmify on subsequent passes. Pros Very easy to add to my Divi Wordpress website - just add a small chunk of code to the Headers and nothing else is needed. In return, I get all the benefits of using the YouTube server with none of the downside of ads or additional content at the end of clips. It's really genius and one subscription covers all my sites. Cons Couldn't find any cons - it's a treat to have something work so well. I haven't seen anything else like this. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. TS Tacey S. Personal Blog Owner Internet ### "I have a blog website & I use a lot of videos. What Swarmify does makes a huge difference." 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 June 21, 2018 Swarmify takes all of the excess "stuff" from Youtube videos. It helps the videos stream faster & I never worry about the many videos I have embedded in my site. Pros Once I purchased & installed Swarmify within my website, I have never had to do anything else! I never worry about the videos I embed in my site. Cons Honestly, there's nothing I don't like about Swarmify! It's affordable, practical, efficient, & the customer service is excellent. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. 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