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Vimeo vs Wistia

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Pricing: Free 1 GB lifetime tier; Starter $20, Standard $41, Advanced $125 a month billed monthly, about 40% less billed annually; Enterprise by quote. Checked September 2026.

Vimeo is an ad-free video hosting and streaming platform for marketing teams and creators, and it is owned by Bending Spoons.

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Wistia

by Wistia

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Pricing: No-cost tier for 1 user and 25 GB; Business from $79 a month billed annually; Enterprise quoted. Checked September 2026.

Wistia is a video hosting and webinar platform for marketing teams, with an ad-free branded player, per-contact engagement data and a no-cost single-user tier.

13 /18 features Full profile

Feature Comparison

Video Hosting Platforms features side-by-side

Feature	Vimeo 13/18 features	Wistia 13/18 features
Brandable embeddable player Set player colours, controls and logo and embed with a responsive snippet on any site.	Yes	Yes
Ad-free player without vendor branding Viewers see no advertising and the vendor's own logo can be removed from the player.	Yes	Yes
Adaptive bitrate playback The player switches quality to match the viewer's bandwidth using HLS or DASH.	Yes	No
Password and domain playback restrictions Restrict viewing with a password, an allowed list of embed domains or private links.	Yes	No
Per-viewer engagement heatmaps Play, drop-off and rewatch heatmaps per video and per identified viewer.	No	Yes
In-video calls to action and lead forms Add clickable buttons, email capture forms or links inside the player at set times.	Yes	Yes
Auto-generated captions on hosted videos Captions and a transcript are generated for uploads and shown in the player.	Yes	Yes
Video SEO with schema markup and sitemaps Embeds inject VideoObject markup and the platform publishes a video sitemap.	No	Yes
Playlists and hosted channel pages Group videos into collections with a hosted gallery or channel page.	Yes	Yes
Thumbnail and video A/B testing Test two thumbnails or two versions of a video and compare their play rate.	No	No
Viewer data sync to CRM and email Pass viewer identity and watch data to marketing automation or a CRM.	Yes	Yes
Built-in screen and webcam recording Record the screen and a webcam directly into the library without a separate app.	Yes	Yes
Live event streaming to the same player Stream live events through the same player and library as on-demand videos.	Yes	Yes
Scheduled publishing and expiry Set a video to go public at a date and time and to expire automatically.	No	No
Team seats with folder permissions Multiple users with per-folder or per-project roles and permissions.	Yes	No
Upload and metadata API A documented API to upload videos and read or write titles, tags and settings.	No	Yes
Single sign-on for team members Team logins through SAML or OIDC with the organisation's identity provider.	Yes	Yes
Free plan with limited storage A no-cost tier with a storage or video-count cap, not a time-limited trial.	Yes	Yes
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Vimeo 13/18 features

Brandable embeddable player: Yes
Ad-free player without vendor branding: Yes
Adaptive bitrate playback: Yes
Password and domain playback restrictions: Yes
Per-viewer engagement heatmaps: No
In-video calls to action and lead forms: Yes
Auto-generated captions on hosted videos: Yes
Video SEO with schema markup and sitemaps: No
Playlists and hosted channel pages: Yes
Thumbnail and video A/B testing: No
Viewer data sync to CRM and email: Yes
Built-in screen and webcam recording: Yes
Live event streaming to the same player: Yes
Scheduled publishing and expiry: No
Team seats with folder permissions: Yes
Upload and metadata API: No
Single sign-on for team members: Yes
Free plan with limited storage: Yes

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Wistia 13/18 features

Brandable embeddable player: Yes
Ad-free player without vendor branding: Yes
Adaptive bitrate playback: No
Password and domain playback restrictions: No
Per-viewer engagement heatmaps: Yes
In-video calls to action and lead forms: Yes
Auto-generated captions on hosted videos: Yes
Video SEO with schema markup and sitemaps: Yes
Playlists and hosted channel pages: Yes
Thumbnail and video A/B testing: No
Viewer data sync to CRM and email: Yes
Built-in screen and webcam recording: Yes
Live event streaming to the same player: Yes
Scheduled publishing and expiry: No
Team seats with folder permissions: No
Upload and metadata API: Yes
Single sign-on for team members: Yes
Free plan with limited storage: Yes

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Pricing

Vimeo

Free 1 GB lifetime tier; Starter $20, Standard $41, Advanced $125 a month billed monthly, about 40% less billed annually; Enterprise by quote. Checked September 2026.

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Wistia

No-cost tier for 1 user and 25 GB; Business from $79 a month billed annually; Enterprise quoted. Checked September 2026.

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