Wistia

I love how easy Wistia is to use. I'm a fanboy...I'll admit. I've used Wistia to host our orgs marketing and training videos for the last 4+ years and they make the process so simple.

Loading videos, setting up chapters, sharing links, embedding in our help center. I also have used the metrics to help identify where are videos are getting looks to.

Simply put, Wistia makes it easy to host videos.

I don't really have anything I don't like. I suppose some of the save/edit buttons aren't always the most apparent, when editing advanced functions of videos.

What I like most about Wistia is that it supports a large number of formats and automatically manages downsampling. Which means that the platform internally generates several versions of the same video to release the most appropriate depending on the connection speed of the person who needs to watch the video.

The least I like about Wistia is that you can only create a free account with limited options that allows you to upload up to 50 videos, to upload in large amounts must be paid.

When I organized a virtual summit, I spent some time looking into platforms for hosting video content and I came across Wistia over, and over, again.

It was a familiar name to me because many people in my space used it, so I decided to give it a try.

I have to say that out of everything Wistia does, the one thing I think really sets the platform apart it its video player and how it empowers Wistia users.

Aside from the look of the player, which you can really make match your branding colors, you can decide what features to include (and exclude) from the player, and decide what happens once a video is finished.

Plus, you can set the privacy settings when it comes to your videos so that they can be embedded only on domains you pick, anywhere on the internet or nowhere at all other than on your Wistia channel.

This is ideal especially if you sell video content, like in the case of a video course, virtual summit or digital workshop.

The one thing I was a big fan of, when it comes to Wistia, was the fact that the pricing was tied to the bandwidth. I know that this isn't something that's unique to Wistia but isn't necessarily ideal.

Basically, the more people watch your video content, the more bandwidth is used and the higher your Wistia membership invoice is going to be...