Vimeo Reviews: 4.3/5 — Solid Choice

It's simple. Uploads, simple. Tagging, embedding, playback, statistics, emailing, sharing - all of it. It's just so simple. I love it for business, playback is clean and you can do anything you want with it. That said, I am a "pro" user not a free user.

No much, but if I have to pick on anything, when I go into the site, I would prefer a better "home page" experience. I always have to navigate to my videos and past what's in the general feed. By I'm more producer than consumer.

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Lots of powerful features, tons of storage, very flexible and powerful player. Lots of integrations with other apps and platforms.

Can become overwhelming to manage your library of videos as it grows.

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Great video service - especially like ability to have a private video with password set - used in conjunction with a Flickr account to fill in the video side of things. Interface is quick and easy to navigate.

I don't like the upload file size limitation for free users (I think it should be a bit larger) and the lack of ability to view the uploaded video right away.

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I like that Vimeo seems to be taken more seriously in terms of the quality of videos that are posted (in comparison with YouTube). A lot of users I follow are artists and designers who create really professional pieces, often sharing the tools used to create their short films, which I find helpful. Comment feeds are more constructive and positive than on other sites, which is refreshing. I also love the interface…it is very well-designed and ad-free. Overall I feel like Vimeo is a more modern and professional site for video marketing.

Not the first place people generally look for videos, since YouTube is still the leader. The search results aren’t always helpful or quite what I’m looking for.

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The ability to download videos directly from the site instead of having to use a 3rd party (hacked) download page. I love the videos on this site, they all seem like they are very well put together and not all the garbage that is on YouTube.

It sometime seems to take a while to load videos.

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I look at vimeo as a professional youtube. I have my animation demo reel up and am much more comfortable sending people there than to any other video site. I don't want anyone to associate my video with whatever recommended videos happen to be next to it. Its the site I use when I want to market myself as an animator

searching and categories can be somewhat off and not always what i'm looking for.

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simplicity. i want to watch a friend collection of videos, so i know exactly where to go unlike other sites which promote every feature related to social networking!

very similar to youtube which i still use as its been around for some time.

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I love that Vimeo is pushing YouTube to be better. Vimeo is all about high quality content, and that draws a high-quality user base, too. Whether you're uploading your own content or simply watching a video, you'll find a great experience using this site.

I wish it were as ubiquitous as YouTube, but it's not. So you kind of still have to put your videos in both places if you're going for social media reach.

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Vimeo is upfront about it's requirements and constraints for uploading video. The interface is very user-friendly, and well designed. Videos are also HD capable. The stats bar is informative for the admin if they want to know how many views their video has received. Vimeo also has a higher caliber when it comes to managing uploaded content than YouTube.

When originally trying to embed the video onto my wordpress blog, I experienced some difficulty. Other than that. I have minimal complaints.

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Here is a real world example of why Vimeo is great: The other day my fiance and I were looking for videos of Aruba (specifically wedding in Aruba) as we recently decided to have our destination wedding in Aruba. We check YouTube first -- tons of junk! Then we checked Vimeo -- and found a handful of really great, well-done, well-produced examples. It was exactly what we were looking for.

Not integrated as tightly with social networks and iPhone as YouTube is.

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Instead of hosting all of our video content on YouTube (which has after-play ads) or our own web-servers, we host everything on Vimeo.com. It is VERY cheap for HD playing and it just works. We are able to brand it and chose everything that people are able to do. Videos can be accessible to anyone, or just a website that you embed them on. Very well done.

Their uploads can sometimes take a while, but it's not too bad.

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The process is super easy to make for quick sharing among work colleagues.

There are not many engagement metrics when it comes to Vimeo, so you would have to use another software if that's what you're after.

Quick and easy sharing of content.

Simple to embed to website and to set different permitions on who can see the video

Editor of video is behind some competitors in features.

Serve as storage for all my educational videos in one place with options to manage permisions for each video separetly.

I love how high quality the videos play, how easy it is to upload and organize. I also love the review tool and how easy it is for my clients to use.

I haven't had great luck with customer service when I needed it. I also dislike that the review tool is impossible to get to on certain pages (which is my most used tool!!)

Vimeo gives me a place to upload videos for review and changes from my clients. I also embedd my Vimeo videos into my website because i know the quality will be amazing!

Vimeo makes it simple to schedule live streaming events and has been reliable as a business platform for the past three years. Other than during the beginning of Covid when streaming was through the roof, we have always been able to get the job done with vimeo.

Vimeo's customer service / technical support sucks. there are no quick ways to get an answer to simple questions unless you are in the middle of a live stream. even then it was useless. I don't know if this is still the case but a couple of years ago when streaming a funeral the service went down and customers saw a screen " something's wrong in the magical forest" or something like that. It didn't go over well. Also during the peak times while our business was growing, they claimed unlimited streaming had limits based on other users stats. They would not give me a way to determine what that limit was so we could avoid it. They threatened to shut off the channel, effectively putting us out of business. I couldn't get anyone to call to speak to in person.

Vimeo provides a solid platform for all of our streaming needs.

I love how intuitive it is to make adjustments to access, share with reviewers, monetize video content, and grow an audience. Every tool is available, without a single ad. Its well worth the money spent.

The fees to upgrade to the OTT system are significant because it provides a service unlike any other. I would upgrade if we could prove the value to our community. But the cost is prohibitive for us.

Vimeo is helping us host video content behind a paywall and feature live content in a way that is always excellent. It is also helping us reach new audiences and grow our community.

Video editing made easy for anyone, advanced or ameateur. Intuitive navigation with ease of use to create videos using templates or from scratch. The addition of brand assets, stickers, music and configurable text allows utilization of Vimeo as the one stop shop!

I'd like to see further improvements to integrations with CRMs, such as HubSpot. Gating videos is a huge bonus, but we need the data to automatically port over to our database for follow-up.

Creation of unique video content to promote our brand.

I like how comments can be made directly on the video pin pointing where the changes and comments are to be made, previous versions can always be viewed and downloaded. Comments can be replied to and marked off as complete. Vimeo homepage is customizable to remove Vimeo logo when presenting to client for a more polished look for the client

Sometimes I find that the Ui Changes subtly every month or so, and gets a bit confusing, recently they added an extra click just to get to the review page, I find it unnecessary it should always be on the front page of settings so we don't have to navigate to advanced settings

A way to implement group comments on videos so that it can be applied in the next draft for the editor like myself, it is very easy to keep track of previous records and comments.

Very convenient video recording and sharing platforms, we use it internally to record any scenario or behavior and share it with the technical or other teams for onboarding or on social media for marketing purposes.

Sometimes the browser plugins are not working, and the video recording is not initiated. And sometimes is takes a lot of time to upload a short recording.

Having an easy platform to record your product or marketing videos, and easily share it internally with your team, or with your customer on the social media is absolute important. And vimeo has it all to do all that.

Vimeo has lots of storage space for our archive of videos. We use the links to add our videos to our church app.

Vimeo would be better if you could do more to edit and trim the videos. It can also take a long time to upload videos.

We can store all of our past church videos in our Vimeo archive.

Very easy to use and great for building a portfolio of work, you can personalize your page with the video positioning and categorize them into folders which helps future clients find videos easier. I particularly like the simplicity of sharing the video with clients via private links rather than file sharing.

I can't find many negatives for Vimeo, and overall my experience has been a positive one. The only thing that comes to mind is that repositioning the videos can take a while when you're doing it in bulk. We had to unpin each video individually, we tried to google a quicker/easier option but couldn't find anything; that's not to say it could be a user error.

Easy to showcase and share videos with prospects and clients. Creating an engaging page of our content, increasing brand awareness and organizing them based on style or industry for convenient watching.

Vimeo's versatility is what makes it one of the best video solutions for filmmakers. It offers private links, password links, the ability to screen record which is great if you are needing to make a proof of concept teaser, has decent editing functions (although limited) and integrates well with websites.

My only real complaint is when trying to use Vimeo as a streaming platform service, especially when working with partnering venues. You have to upload your film for each particular screening event. Personally, it would make life a lot easier if you can use the same video link but change your screening options (ticketed, free, expiration dates, discount codes, offer donation or choose your own ticket price) for each event and give its own unique link.

sharing videos privately mostly. I'd love to use it as a public program option, and have, but its very limited in that arena. However, the options for keeping the links private is useful.

We currently use Vimeo for videos that target our customers for training. We like that with Vimeo there are no ads and users aren't encouraged to leave our company page.

There isn't much I dislike about Vimeo. I think certain advanced features aren't as user-friendly as I would have liked. I was trying to use Vimeo for onboarding content and new employee training. Our IT team didn't like that I had to create a single password to share company-wide and it wasn't connected to SSO. For that reason, I was asked to move the video content to MS Stream which is a much less robust platform.

- Hosting video content around our product and industry to train and educate our customer base - Allowing us to create dedicated channels based on topics of interest - Ensuring users stay within our company's channel

Ease of use, templates, short videos, trade show customization, software feature highlight videos, onboarding

Could have more templates or different pricing for customization by video vs. montly commit since we have them once in a while

Short, quick video edits for trade shows with custom images

I love all of the options you get with Vimeo. Not just video hosting for your website or social media, but their livestream platform is the highest quality and gives you the most options. Their Livestream studio software is like having a remote studio truck running on your computer. Live events that use to take a team of 5 people can be done with one person and a computer. Their subscription and VOD options are also so easy to use to let anyone sell their video content direct to viewers.

I wish they would release more livestream features. The Livestream studio software has been on version 6 for many years. They also could do more with the client-side of livestreaming like breakout rooms, and a registration system. Their current live event management system is a little pricey and doesn't have all of the robust features you would like.

We can do live stream all employee meetings to our 2,000 global employes easily and make the production quality so high with the livestream studio software. The livestream studio software also allows you to bring in remote guests. This makes doing live events with talent in and outside of our studio seamless. The software also have video playback and GFX. We also host all of the videos for our website on Vimeo since you can control so much about the player. We love being able to push videos directly from Vimeo to our social media channels as well. It makes using the platform easy, seamless and robust.

The organization features for the videos! The ability to group videos together and make them easy to find with the folder structure is what some other video platforms lack.

There can be some fairly frequent outages that are frustrating especially as we use this for business. And they aren't always resolved quickly and there is typically nothing you can do about it as the user.

We solved storage and organization issues. Now we can easily find videos no matter how old they are. We have benefited from the constant advancements and new features that Vimeo is constantly adding to the platform.

Vimeo is one of the best video cms platform I have ever used , great community around videos , good video editing options available , the analytics feature works like a charm ,our team found analytics feature really useful apart from that any video upload and download speed is really good.

There is nothing to dislike but free version of vimeo should have atleast 10GB of limit , paid plans seems little expensive here in india , also the feed personalization I haven't got better recommendation on my feed.

We are looking for a platform to upload, manage, perform analytics on videos and vimeo seems like good option for that ! Video upload and download speed is amazingly fast.

I like that Vimeo allows us to host and share videos in a package that looks a little more professional than YouTube without as many social and discoverability features that could be potentially distracting to students in an educational context.

The new interface for editing videos is needlessly more complicated than the old one. It essentially just adds additional layers of pages that you must click through to access the old interface, which is still necessary for most critical administrative functions.

There are times when we need to share video content with staff, students, or faculty outside of our LMS or external parties that don't have access to our LMS. We have also realized that Vimeo is a valuable platform for live streaming.

The video quality is very high on Vimeo. Everything is usually crystal clear as long as the original footage was shot well. There is a big community of creators within Vimeo that are more professional and/or art-minded compared to general audience platforms like YouTube. It has remarkable tools for video management. I also like the socialization aspects of Vimeo that allow us to connect with other users directly.

They limit the amount of storage space we get on Vimeo. The paid option is great, but I don't like that my files might get deleted if I forget to make a payment to them.

We can show our videos on websites and directly through Vimeo that are high quality and can load quickly with most users. We can upload big videos fast. We can also use Vimeo to store and access many video files online. It allows us to save local storage space. This enhanced management ability is more optimized for video than our existing digtal asset management platforms. It's also more capable of embedding and other quick-launch capabilities.

Vimeo still feels more premium than other video hosting platforms and the lack of advertisements within videos (like on YouTube) is huge. I work in Squarespace and I'm glad Vimeo links can be embedded there

More affordable subscription options would be nice for those who aren't power users but need more than the basic plan. A $10/month plan or similar would be ideal

I used Vimeo most in my commercial video business for hosting finished work, but I also recommend it to my Squarespace clients as the platform to host their website videos on