How we rank: Business video hosting
The Score (0–100) is a weighted sum of the factors below. Each factor is the weighted average of its metrics; each metric is calculated from one published fact. Missing facts score zero, and a service is ranked only when enough of its Score is backed by facts.
A service is ranked only when at least 70% of its Score is backed by verified facts.
Price 25%
The lowest fixed monthly amount in USD that the official pricing page shows with monthly billing: the cheapest paid plan, a monthly starter bundle or a stated monthly minimum. $0 scores 100, $100 or more scores 0 (weight 3). Usage charges on top (per GB or per minute) are not added: we do not calculate bills. Annual-only prices, prices shown only after a script runs and prices in a local currency are left empty; a single euro price list of a European vendor is converted at the ECB rate. Also a permanent free plan (weight 1); a trial is not a free plan.
| Metric | Rule |
|---|---|
| Lowest monthly price | Linear from 0 (100) to 100 (0) — lower is better |
| Free plan | Yes = 100, No = 0 |
Player and marketing 30%
Whether the player can be shown without the vendor's logo or with your own branding (weight 1), per-video viewer analytics such as watch time or heatmaps (weight 1), email or lead forms inside the player (weight 1) and a stated video SEO feature such as schema markup or video sitemaps (weight 1). The fact shows that a feature exists on some plan, not that the cheapest plan has it.
| Metric | Rule |
|---|---|
| Player without vendor branding | Yes = 100, No = 0 |
| Viewer analytics | Yes = 100, No = 0 |
| Lead capture in the player | Yes = 100, No = 0 |
| Video SEO | Yes = 100, No = 0 |
Delivery and protection 30%
Adaptive streaming (HLS, DASH or adaptive bitrate), generally available live streaming, captions or transcripts, DRM (Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady) and a documented public API, weight 1 each. Beta and preview features do not count; encryption without DRM is not DRM.
| Metric | Rule |
|---|---|
| Adaptive streaming | Yes = 100, No = 0 |
| Live streaming | Yes = 100, No = 0 |
| Captions and transcripts | Yes = 100, No = 0 |
| DRM | Yes = 100, No = 0 |
| Public API | Yes = 100, No = 0 |
Trust 15%
How long the company has been running: 20 years or more scores 100 (weight 2), a SOC 2 report or ISO 27001 certificate stated on an official page (weight 1), a GDPR data processing agreement offered to customers (weight 1) and a public status page (weight 1). A badge in the footer without text is not counted.
| Metric | Rule |
|---|---|
| Founded | Full score at 20+ years |
| SOC 2 or ISO 27001 | Yes = 100, No = 0 |
| GDPR data processing agreement | Yes = 100, No = 0 |
| Public status page | Yes = 100, No = 0 |