Innovative brands trust SproutVideo to protect their video content
How businesses & organizations use SproutVideo
Learning & Development
Organizations, institutions, and trainers with proprietary Growth and Development (G&D), Learning and Development (L&D), or online education programs
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Organizations with confidential corporate and digital communications initiatives
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Media companies, entrepreneurs, advertising agencies, and organizations that monetize video content
Try for Free“ After careful research, we selected SproutVideo for both the ease of use and the level of security offered. Since we sell online courses, it is critical that our content be protected. SproutVideo has provided wonderful protection for our content. ”
Andrea M., CEO, E-Learning
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Try for Free“ I own a software services company, and have used SproutVideo for over 10 years. In addition to marketing videos, I use it to securely share demonstration videos of our platform with clients that I store behind a password — the security and ease of watching are the best feature. ”
Sam S. CEO, B2B SaaS
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Common questions when selecting a secure video hosting platform
How do I ensure I am sharing videos privately?
Many video hosting providers offer fundamental security measures but lack features to protect sensitive or confidential content. Password protection is an essential starting point, but when hosting on public video-sharing platforms, your content may be visible to anyone, even if they can't directly access it without the password.
To ensure you're sharing videos privately, in addition to password protection, consider activating other security features like domain, IP address, and geo-location restrictions (aka domain, IP address, and geo-location whitelisting); viewer login permissions; dynamic video watermarks; signed embed codes; single-sign-on for viewers, and two-factor authentication. Also, use account activity audit logs to track or control who views the content after sharing a password.
Publicly hosting your video means you abide by the video hosting platform's terms of service and privacy policies, which may affect the confidentiality or security of your sensitive content. We encourage you to review these terms to ensure they comply with your security requirements.
Read more about privacy options on the SproutVideo platform.
What makes SproutVideo different from free choices like YouTube or Vimeo?
SproutVideo is differentiated in many ways. We do not run ads on any videos or live streams hosted on our platform; we do not link to other “related” content on our platform after yours concludes; we do not put our logo or branding on the video player; we provide all the tools you need for video marketing and security; we offer hosted landing pages and websites to quickly and easily share your videos. Plus, we provide live customer support with dedicated Customer Success representatives.
Can I prevent viewers from downloading my videos?
Yes! By default, viewers are not able to download your videos. You do have the option to allow downloads for all videos account-wide or on a per-video basis. You can also allow only certain viewers to download videos by granting them access using viewer login protection.
Why should I add watermarks to my videos?
There are multiple types of watermarks. Standard static watermarks are generally used to ensure content is branded with a logo, and they do very little to deter theft.
Conversely, dynamic watermarks dissuade viewers from recording their screen by displaying their email address, IP address, and session ID directly on-screen. Dynamic watermarks also randomly change position, making it very difficult to obscure if any viewer does attempt to record and repost your videos.
Learn more about how dynamic watermarks can improve your video security.
What is viewer login protection and what are the benefits?
Login-protected videos offer many advantages for controlling and monitoring access to your content. The main advantage is that your content cannot be accessed until the viewer is logged in. If your full video website is enabled and after a viewer logs in to your site, the viewer can view, search, and discover all permission-granted videos.
SproutVideo also offers monitoring features for your login-protected videos, including details on the viewer, time of viewing session, actions taken, URL where the video was accessed, and the viewer's IP address.
Other login protection features include settings to limit the number of login uses, dynamic watermarking that displays a viewer's email address on the video, and settings to enable optional download by version (SD, HD, Original Copy).
Why choose SproutVideo over other video hosting services?
SproutVideo offers all of the video hosting and live stream broadcasting features to meet your business goals. With enterprise-level tools tailored for both internal and external communication, video marketing, security, analytics, and more. We offer all of these features with fair and transparent pricing while providing best-in-class, live customer support.
Our intuitive platform makes it easy to host videos online with complete control of your content. If you're still not convinced, check out our Knowledge Base for a detailed breakdown, or see what our customers have to say. You can also start your free 30 day trial to test out all our features and see for yourself with no commitment.
