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Jesse Ariss

Vidyard - Free video hosting without limits or ads

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The first truly free video hosting platform for business is here. Use Vidyard to add videos to your marketing campaigns, sales outreach, or your website without having to worry about storage, bandwidth, or ads.

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Alexis Ohanian
Vidyard keeps innovating, keeps shipping. Loved watching this team over teh years: Pride of Waterloo!
Jesse Ariss
Maker
@alexisohanian Thanks for the support! ✌️
Jarod Zhang
What is your business model? The idea is awesome, however, the only thing I worry about is the sustainability of this service, since almost everything you offer is for free.
Jesse Ariss
Maker
@jarodise1 We've been around for a few years and we have several enterprise customers. This is our first video hosting product made for smaller business and individuals. Quite candidly we believe that giving people easy and free access to ad-free video hosting will help us create loyal users and drive awareness for our other paid offerings.
Jesse Ariss
Maker
There are still a lot of businesses and freelancers that aren't using video on their websites. We've heard everything from "video is hard to make" to "video is expensive," and even "YouTube videos drive traffic away from my site and back to YouTube!" So we set out to make a video platform that removes many of the barriers to getting started with video, and I'm excited to share the results! -It shouldn't be ad-supported, (So we made it ad-free) -It shouldn't have too many limitations, (So we made uploads unlimited) -And it shouldn't be too expensive, (So we made it free) And that's all there is to it — a simple, free video hosting tool with no ads and no limits. We have a lot of improvements planned still, but we wanted to give the PH community one of the first looks. Try it out and let us know what you think!
Tzafrir Forsher
witch features will cost?
Jesse Ariss
Maker
@tzafrir_forsher I was expecting this question! Like many other free products, our first goal is to make sure we've got a solid tool that people enjoy using. We do have a "Pro" version, but we've hidden the upgrade button deep in the menus, since we think most users will be able to do what they need without upgrading. The pro version adds some nice functionality like the ability to embed more videos across the web, and customize your video landing page, but it's certainly not necessary to get the most out of the product.
Craig Paterson
Hey @jesse_ariss1, the first thing I see when clicking through to the website is a contest landing page. So I thought I would enter it, but it seems the closing date was October 25. Maybe should remove the landing page, or extend the contest date? Will take a look at Vidyard now.
Jesse Ariss
Maker
@craigcpaterson Had a redirect issue. Thanks again for pointing that out. It's been fixed.
Steve Mattus
?Makers I feel a little confused. I went to your site, linked on the right side of the ProductHunt page, and I see there is a free tier but there are limits which doesn't match the description above where @jesse_ariss1 you say, " a simple, free video hosting tool with no ads and no limits." There's a limit of 5 videos embedded on the users website. Which is correct? I'm also a little confused, because I went to the site, but the chat bot said there was a free version, which I went to (the URL was something about a screen recorder), but the page was the basic same page as the original home page. Is there something different here? And I'm also confused by what Jarod said in his comment about being worried about the service because almost everything you offer is for free. I only see one basic plan that's free - 80% of your offers are paid and priced significantly. (no judgment) Am I on the wrong page? How is most of your stuff free? Lastly, @jesse_ariss1 , I was curious about what you said, "We do have a "Pro" version, but we've hidden the upgrade button deep in the menus, since we think most users will be able to do what they need without upgrading." It takes one click to find the Pro version. And there are three other paid plans as well. But from what you wrote to another user, it makes it seem like this tool is new, is basically a free product, with a hidden upgrade because it's not terribly necessary, and you're giving everything away. In reality, it appears to be like most SaaS products with a very limited free tier, and plenty of upgrade opportunities. Maybe the fact that I could simply use the free version to store hundreds of hour-long videos on the web and have a link to them, and not have advertising attached to them in any way - is that the big selling point here? Is it basically free storage, plus 5 videos can actually be embedded in active content? I'm not meaning to degrade what you're offering... it's great! And free! Who would complain! I truly felt like I had the wrong link and went to the wrong site, because what I was seeing didn't match at all what I had read here first, on PH. Can you help me understand? I appreciate you, and I appreciate your service and product. Thank you!
Shub Sengupta
Maker
@jesse_ariss1 @steve_mattus Hey Steve! Thanks for your comment and detailed feedback. A few points to reply to here, so I'll go in order. We have a free offering which offers unlimited, ad-free video hosting for businesses. No limit on the length, number, bandwidth usage, or quality of videos for FREE! We do have a cap of 5 embedded videos on your website for the Free product only, which we've found works for most businesses and gives you tons of value from the product while still allowing us to maintain speed, reliability, and performance for everyone. If you find this is a limiting factor for you, let us know and we'll be happy to share some options. In addition to offering our world-class video player and hosting, we also offer a Chrome Extension (https://chrome.google.com/websto...) that allows users to record their website and share their screen for fast and simple communication with their customers. That would be the Free Screen Recorder page you visited. The Free plan we're offering here contains everything the post mentions: Upload and Create Unlimited Videos, Manage Your Videos and Share to YouTube, Fast and Easy Screen Recording (with our Chrome Extension), and a limited time Holiday Campaign to Create a Holiday Video Card. While you have discovered our complete business platform with integrations and enterprise-ready functionality, the Free offering we're celebrating here is certainly far from limited or overstated in our ProductHunt post :) If there's any further questions or comments you have, I'd love to chat personally - feel free to shoot me an email at shub.sengupta [at] vidyard.com. Cheers!
Steve Mattus
@jesse_ariss1 @shubhagata_sengupta Thank you so much for your kind reply to all of my confusion. I'm wondering if you can put a link here to the page that has the deal for Product Hunt folks. I'd like to try it out. I don't in any way wish to imply that your offer is not generous. It's free - and I'm grateful. I just didn't understand how it all worked together and what I was seeing on this page, vs what I was seeing on your pages. Where can I find the Free Plan You're offering for PH folks? Thanks for the help!
Jesse J Walsh
I love that Vidyard makes my marketing efforts so much more impactful by providing me the view data I need! Communication with everyone on my team and external agencies is so much easier via a quick video send.
Jesse Ariss
Maker
@jesse_j_walsh Thanks for your support Jesse!
Matt Gardner
We use Vidyard every day at RouteThis for marketing, sales, and customer success. The video hosting, integrations, and easy to embed (as well as custom share pages) have been amazing and their customer success department is super helpful and on the ball.
Jesse Ariss
Maker
@thatmattgardner Thanks for the love Matt!
Taylor Jones
I use Vidyard everyday to help our business understand who is watching our videos and how they are interacting with us during our sales cycle. It's such a valuable tool. We're also super happy with their customer service - it's top-notch!
Jesse Ariss
Maker
@tj I love hearing that! Thanks so much 🙏
Shub Sengupta
Maker
@tj Happy to help awesome businesses such as yours! Thanks for the love :)
Jason Shim
Have had a great experience with Vidyard! It's been a great way to connect meaningfully with our community members!
Shub Sengupta
Maker
@jasonshim Thanks for the support and love! ❤️
Alex Vasilevsky
I like your logo, it is cool
Justin George
This is pretty cool. Just signed up and created a holiday video. https://share.vidyard.com/watch/...?
Vladimir Golovchenko
The best video screen recorder