Dacast vs Show by Animaker

Dacast is a paid platform for live streaming, on-demand video hosting, and video monetization. It runs on Android, iOS, the web, and through an API. Plans provide live streaming, RTMP and HLS channels, live transcoding, and an embeddable HTML5 player that supports customization and mobile devices. The Event plan adds a paywall and pre-, mid-, and post-roll advertising. Dacast lists integrations for OBS Studio, Wirecast, vMix, StreamYard, and RTMP/SRT-compatible encoders. RESTful JSON API access on Scale and Custom covers live channels, VOD, playlists, uploads, embed codes, and analytics. iOS and Android SDKs support player embedding in mobile apps, while PHP and Node.js SDKs support server integrations. Security controls include HTTPS delivery, AES encryption, tokenized security, password protection, and domain, geographic, and IP restrictions. Pricing starts at $29/mo with a 14-day trial; there is no free plan.

Show by Animaker is a web-based video hosting and interactive video platform for engaging viewers and collecting leads, feedback, and responses. Videos can include calls to action, annotation links, forms, quizzes, polls, surveys, and branching paths. The maker lists marketing, sales, training and development, LMS, OTT, online courses, and e-commerce as use cases. Hosted videos can play from 480p to 8K and be embedded in websites, email, and mobile projects. Analytics include engagement graphs, heatmaps, viewership, and regional data. Show documents integrations with Mailchimp and Salesforce and says leads can be sent to CRM tools; an oEmbed endpoint is also provided for embedding videos by URL. The free plan includes 100 email sends and 100 contacts per month, 5GB monthly video bandwidth, basic analytics, and business-hours email support. Starter costs $29 a month, billed annually. Show identifies itself as an Animaker Inc. product and states that it is ISO 27001:2013 certified, with processes and procedures complying with GDPR and CCPA. Its security policy says data is encrypted in transit and at rest, using AES-256 at rest, and services run on AWS.