--- description: Learn more about YouTube price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in South Africa. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: YouTube Price, Reviews & Features - Capterra South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Closed Captioning Software](/directory/33295/closed-captioning/software) > [YouTube](/software/1020323/youtube) # YouTube Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1020323/youtube Page: 1 / 39\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1020323/youtube?page=2) > YouTube is a video-sharing software that allows users to upload, view, rate, share, and comment on videos. > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 947 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses YouTube? YouTube users, video creators, artists, advertisers, businesses, developers. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 947 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Google ## Commercial Context - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Audio/video file upload - Reporting/Analytics - Social Sharing - Speech Recognition - Text Overlay - Time Stamps - Video Streaming ## Integrations (2 total) - Instagram - WordPress ## Category - [Closed Captioning Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/33295/closed-captioning/software) ## Related Categories - [Closed Captioning Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/33295/closed-captioning/software) - [Video Hosting Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/33355/video-hosting/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[Adilo](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/212725/adilo) — 4.8/5 (742 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Best videos stream app" — 5.0/5 > **Themba Bongani** | *09 June 2026* | Broadcast Media | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: It's fun i can watch millions of videos without be limited, it's a platform for everyone, there's also live streams, thats why i can't switch to another app > > **Cons**: Guys you must try to reduce the ads, back then it was better than now you use almost 7ads on 1 45 minutes videos..no man is too much > > I love YouTube soo much that the reason i bought tv box for my old plasma..even though they started adding lot of ads. ----- ### "YouTube in Millions" — 5.0/5 > **Tumelo** | *08 January 2025* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: The greatest creation in modern history and great tool > > **Cons**: The banning of content without verification with the author > > Mostly reliable and a good house of information ----- ### "YouTube Review" — 4.0/5 > **Luke** | *27 May 2024* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The Time stamps has been my favorite feature on YouTube. I believe it has saved a lot of my time in the past and can do so for a lot of YouTube users. > > **Cons**: The fact that we can not download shorts onto our device and share with friends and family like the rest of the social platforms can > > I've had the greatest experience from YouTube. This platform has been one of my biggest Go-to for education, and entertainment and I feel like a lot of people wouldn't be where there are if it wasn't for YouTube ----- ### "How could we live without YouTube\!" — 5.0/5 > **Chiara** | *19 August 2026* | Law Practice | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I think we can all agree about the fact that YouTube has brought revolution to our world, it's the most amazing thing could have ever created. I use YouTube everyday, for everything honestly. It's even adding a few new features that make it super interesting and accessible. I usually watch content creators and the ads aren't too much invasive. Everyone will always continue to watch YouTube and it's amazing that way. > > **Cons**: Honestly, YouTube has so much potential and gave overtime a nice experience to everyone, including me so I can't find any cons about it. Perfect like this. > > My experience with YouTube is and was amazing, you can never get tired of it based on the infinite quantity of stuff you can watch on it\! ----- ### "Entertainment and content creation global platform" — 4.0/5 > **Anonymous User** | *04 September 2026* | Consumer Goods | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: YouTube provides an excellent platform for creators to share their content with the viewers worldwide. It's features like video hosting allows to upload or share videos. It is easy to use, even a new user can easily search for different videos or subscribe to channels. > > **Cons**: YouTube runs endless ads which feels frustrated most of the times especially while watching any long video and if any user want ad free experience YouTube charges a lot for it's subscription which is not worth the money. Also it's customer support barely provides any support on time especially when the channel gets hacked. > > All in all my experience with YouTube is quite positive as it offers a great platform for all the creators and viewers as well, also it provides ample content to consume but the most irritating part of it is endless ads. ----- Page: 1 / 39\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1020323/youtube?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1020323/youtube) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | ----- ## Structured Data