Brid.TV vs Flowplayer
Brid.TV
brid.tvFlowplayer
flowplayer.comSide by side
| Figure | Brid.TV | Flowplayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 3 |
| Spec score · Video Hosting Platforms | 8.2 (#28) | 8.6 (#8) |
| Analytics | Its analytics provide real-time video performance and viewer engagement insights, including views segmented by device and location. | Flowplayer offers engagement, popularity, and advertising metrics and says customers can use its analytics or integrate their existing analytics stack. |
| Developer tools | Brid.TV offers a platform API and the player page describes a JavaScript API and React components. | The player has an HTML5 API and the platform provides APIs; the player page also lists Android and iOS SDK support. |
| Headquarters | Munich, Germany | Flowplayer lists its Stockholm address as Sveavägen 34, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden. |
| Integrations | The platform page names a WordPress plugin, Google AMP, Facebook Instant Articles, and DRM integrations including Widevine, PlayReady, and FairPlay. | Listed integrations include Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager, comScore, WordPress, Drupal, and EZDRM. |
| Monetization | The HTML5 player supports VAST 2, 3, and 4, VAST Audio, VPAID 2.0, pre-, mid-, and post-roll ads, overlays, and display banners. | Advertising features include client-side and server-side ad insertion, advertising pods, header bidding, and advertising analytics. |
| Player | The HTML5 player supports HLS and MPEG-DASH streaming, audio, and 360 video. | Flowplayer Native is an HTML5 video player with an open, extensible architecture and plugins for accessibility, events, casting, and analytics. |
| Product | Brid.TV describes itself as a video player and video management platform for businesses to host, embed, stream, and deliver advertising to digital video over the web. | Flowplayer offers an online video player and platform for hosting and delivering on-demand, live, and simulated-live video. |
| Support | The company directs publishers to their account manager or its support team for questions about its services and pricing. | The pricing page lists a self-service knowledge base, email support, dedicated SLA and support plans, and a customer success manager among support options. |
| Trial | A Brid.TV company ebook states that new users receive a one-month free trial with access to all platform features. | The platform page invites visitors to contact Flowplayer to begin an enterprise trial, but does not state its duration. |
Plans
Flowplayer
- Video Platform Growth Plan$99, paid once
- Player Only PlanPriced on request
- Video Platform EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Flowplayer
Flowplayer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.