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Brightcove Overview

What is Brightcove?

Brightcove: The most trusted streaming technology company in the world. We’re building the world’s smartest, fastest, and most reliable automated engagement platform anchored in video. In more than 80 countries, Brightcove’s intelligent video platform enables businesses to sell to customers more effectively, media leaders to stream and monetize content more reliably, and every organization to communicate with team members more powerfully. With two Technology and Engineering Emmy® Awards for innovation, uptime that consistently leads the industry, and unmatched scalability, we continuously push the boundaries of what video can do. At Brightcove, we strive to deliver the highest quality, most scalable and secure streaming technology for any company, brand or creator to own their digital future. Recently earning the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, this internationally recognized standard confirms Brightcove's dedication to maintaining the highest level of information security management for the company. We combine the most complete solutions with curated content services and a team of experts to lead you through every stage. For Media: We help you fully monetize your content, expand your reach and deepen engagement with the most cost-effective technology, the most complete solutions and the deepest expertise. For Enterprise: We help you attract new audiences sell more products, deepen employee engagement and grow your brands with the most complete digital marketing and communications solution for a video-first content strategy. www.brightcove.com

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Product Description

Video hosting

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We’re building the world’s smartest, fastest, and most reliable automated engagement platform anchored in video. In more than 80 countries, Brightcove’s intelligent video platform enables businesses to sell to customers more effectively, media leaders to stream and monetize content more reliably, and every organization to communicate with team members more powerfully. With two Technology and Engineering Emmy® Awards for innovation, uptime that consistently leads the industry, and unmatched scalability, we continuously push the boundaries of what video can do.


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Company Website
Year Founded
2004
HQ Location
Boston, MA
Twitter
@Brightcove
18,731 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
715 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ:BCOV
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$184
Description

Brightcove is a leading online video platform that enables businesses to publish, manage, and distribute video content across various digital channels. The company offers a suite of tools for video hosting, live streaming, and analytics, empowering organizations to enhance their video marketing strategies and engage their audiences effectively. Brightcove’s solutions cater to a wide range of industries, helping clients maximize the impact of their video content in a secure and scalable environment. For more information, visit their website at [brightcove.com](https://www.brightcove.com).


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Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"very useful way to stream videos, thanks to conenctors and integration we do not have any issues"
streaming capabilities, easy search and management. easiness to change previews.
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
0.5 out of 5
"Worst Tech Partner I've Experienced in a long time"
Their video hosting solution is fairly easy to use and mostly reliable.
Isaac  C.
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Isaac C.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Great piece of kit!"
Easy to use and perform the workflows and functions needed for our organisation. Customer Support is also relatively fairly timely.
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Verified User in Online Media
UO
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite
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What do you like best about Brightcove?

Perfect for uploading videos, share and embed in our web page. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brightcove?

No possibility of editing once you upload the video. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Brightcove:

Better prove it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Brightcove solving and how is that benefiting you?

Its a perfect alternative for YouTube. You earn all the money that its make with the advertising. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Services
AI
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
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What do you like best about Brightcove?

Wide range of configuration & delivery options, frequently improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brightcove?

We would like to have easier options for managing analytics and customizing players. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Brightcove solving and how is that benefiting you?

Brightcove provides us the range of delivery options needed for both internal training videos and external video presence. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet
UI
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite
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What do you like best about Brightcove?

Brightcove is one of the more reliable programs I use at work. It rarely has glitches and gets the job done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brightcove?

Video uploads don't take that long, but processing can be rather slow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Brightcove:

If you want something that works relatively reliably, it's a good choice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Brightcove solving and how is that benefiting you?

Brightcove allows us to upload videos for embedding purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet
AI
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
What do you like best about Brightcove?

I enjoy the customer service and attention to our specific needs. I also enjoy the suite of new products that come out each year keeping Brightcove at the forefront of video innovation. There is always something new to be excited about. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brightcove?

Not all of our analytic needs can be easily met with how we are sharing content with other partners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Brightcove solving and how is that benefiting you?

Customer engagement, upper and lower funnel content. We have realized that customers who watch video convert at a higher rate than customers who don't. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in E-Learning
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Brightcove?

Multiple players and custom players make meeting the client's needs super-easy! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brightcove?

No sub-folders! I have been asking for this for about 3 years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Brightcove solving and how is that benefiting you?

Content Delivery Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Brightcove?

I like that it does what I need it to do for my client - host videos, update imagery and attain a long and shortened url within the program Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brightcove?

That it is not so obvious how you get into your video queue or how to add a new one. I add something once every couple of months and i always have to figure out how to do it each time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Brightcove:

NA Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Brightcove solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ensuring my client's videos play well on a variety of devices, globally without any issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Entertainment
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Brightcove?

It’s very easy to use, integrates well with other platforms Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brightcove?

Support can be hard to navigate, but it does have useful info Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Brightcove solving and how is that benefiting you?

Easy sharing tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Luxury Goods & Jewelry
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Brightcove?

The fact that I am no longer using Brightcove to manage my company's video content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brightcove?

As a video player and management system, I've been disappointed by Brightcove since I arrived on the scene at the company I work for. Dreadful performance, poor user interfaces, weak reporting, and extremely limiting functionality from the Admin side of things makes this platform unbearable to use. We've actually bailed out of using the system while still under contract, and have elected to use Youtube instead.

Dealing with Brightcove on contract matters is like pulling teeth. They are slow to respond (if they even do) to inquiries, and become even more painful to deal with when you tell them you no longer want to continue using their services.

I'm literally paying them for a full year of service and not using them, just to get off the platform because we did not give them 90 days advanced notice that we were opting out of the contract. I then had to get in touch with their legal counsel to amend our contract to no longer list us as an Auto-Renewal each January.

I just asked my account rep about simply terminating our account, since we have paid the entire year in full (thousands of dollars), and she said she would need to ask her leadership team about our options, and that she couldn't promise me anything!

I've wasted so much time dealing with this company over a poorly performing product that I felt compelled to warn others about them, which is very atypical of me.

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Recommendations to others considering Brightcove:

Look for other options. Youtube outperforms this system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Brightcove solving and how is that benefiting you?

None. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Charles-David G.
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DIGITAL CONTENT PRODUCER
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Brightcove?

The stats section is awsome ! also the fact that many user can login. with admins etc.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brightcove?

At first it can be overwhelming to use the playlist system, its not very user friendly. Also at first you dont know if the vidoe is published... it could be more clear... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Brightcove:

Its a big tool with many options it will get the job done but dont expect it to be easy tu sue at first! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Brightcove solving and how is that benefiting you?

Making videos and getting money out if it without being restricted like youtube does ! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Sports
US
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite
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What do you like best about Brightcove?

Brightcove gives us the ability to see all our video views from all of our published videos across all websites, and not just our nascar.com website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brightcove?

Sometimes the metrics from brightcove dont match up with other reporting software tools that we have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Brightcove solving and how is that benefiting you?

Brightcove gives us the ability to see all our video views from all of our published videos across all websites, and not just our nascar.com website. This gives us the larger content consumption story we need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.