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Vimeo Video Hosting Review


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Vimeo is a video hosting and sharing site that focuses on music, short films, and other artistic creations. It was the first service to support HD video and remains at the forefront of quality image presentation. The firm was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in New York. It is a subsidiary of IAC, a holding company that concentrates on media brands and internet properties.
 
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How is Vimeo rated?

Breakdown

5.0/5
Technical Specifications
5.0/5
Security
5.0/5
Related Features
3.5/5
Support

Overall Rating: 4.7 / 5 (Excellent)

Vimeo is the preeminent hosting platform for filmmakers, video artists, and musicians on the web. The company's focus on artistry, creativity, and collaboration makes it qualitatively different from the other hosting platforms we review. This focus is revealed in its pricing plan, which starts with a free package that allows content creators to disseminate their work with no up-front costs. Unlike other hosting company's plans, Vimeo's service packages are available on a month-to-month basis.

Vimeo Technical Specifications

Technical Specifications - 5 / 5

Vimeo supports MP4, MOV, WMV, AVI, and FLV video. Most major codecs can be used with the service. Consistent with its mission of encouraging creators, the company publishes a great deal of information regarding video and audio compression, color transfer characteristics, bit depth, frame rate, and other variables.
Automatic optimization?
Yes
Storage
Ranges from 500MB/week for the free plan up to an unlimited amount for premium plans.
Other Notable Technical Features
Supports 360 degree video, stereoscopic video, and virtual reality presentations. Some third-party video support is also available.

Vimeo Security

Security - 5 / 5

Vimeo allows content creators a great deal of flexibility and configurability in determining who will be able to see a given video. Creators can also disable direct downloads of their videos. Consistent with the company's focus on artistic creation, its security and privacy measures are more consistent with the need to protect copyrighted material than to safeguard corporate proprietary information.
Downloading Limitations
Downloading may be enabled or disabled by the content creator.
Privacy Options
Audiences can be controlled in a variety of ways: anyone, only me, only people I follow, only people I choose, and only people with a password, only people with a private link. Videos can also be hidden from the vimeo.com website.
Secure SSL Certificate?
Yes
RTMPe Streaming?
Yes
Video Scheduling?
Yes

Vimeo Related Features

Related Features - 5 / 5

Vimeo emphasizes social media and audience development. Videos can be captioned and subtitled, though the text must be prepared by the creators themselves. The company's analytics plan offers basic information about user location, platform, behavior, and interaction.
Analytics
Vimeo offers a standard analytics package to users of its paid plans.
SEO Features
Vimeo videos are indexed and surfaced across all major search engines and social platforms. The platform generates search engine optimized metadata, rich video snippets, and structured indexing data.
Advertising Controls
Vimeo does not display ads before, after, or on top of videos. However, users of the company's free account will see display ads below the player and on user profiles. Upgrading to a paid plan will remove those ads when viewers are logged in. Going to the company's professional plan will remove all advertising whatsoever.
Lead Generator?
No
Video Subtitling?
Yes
Email Marketing Integration?
No

Vimeo Support

Support - 3.5 / 5

Vimeo can be contacted by email only. It does not offer phone or support. Response time varies depending on the level of service the customer has purchased and ranges from three days (for users of the company's free account) up to near-immediate response 24 hours a day Monday through Friday for premium users. The company notes that providing real-time support is costly and would force the firm to charge more for its services. Nevertheless, the lack of the ability to communicate in real time with anyone at the company may give cause some prospective customers to look elsewhere.
Support Modes
Email
Hours of Operation
Varies with plan

Company Profile

Full Name
Vimeo Video Hosting
Company Website
https://vimeo.com
Headquarters
555 West 18th Street, New York, NY, 10011

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