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Pros:

Integration with Dailymotion was always in a breeze as tech documentation and support are always at hand.

Cons:

The user dashboard have lots of display ads, it looks cheap. No way or I don't know how to monetize if your just a content creator.

Dailymotion ratings

Average score

Ease of Use
4.3
Customer Service
4.4
Features
4.2
Value for Money
4.3

Likelihood to recommend

8.4/10

Dailymotion has an overall rating of 4.4 out 5 stars based on 39 user reviews on Capterra.

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Olivier
Olivier
Responsable vidéo in France
Verified LinkedIn User
Media Production, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Congratulations and keep it up!

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: It is a good experience and a human accompaniment at the level of the competitors. The support in French is also very important for our company.

Pros:

the free hosting model mixed with a number of features consistent with our business

Cons:

the analytics part which is not yet up to the level of competitors such as JW Player, to name but one.

Joaquim
Joaquim
Developer in Mozambique
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer & Network Security, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source
Source: GetApp

Not satisfied

4.0 last year

Comments: I am not very impressed with their monetization system.

Pros:

It seems easy to use, it's easy to upload videos.

Cons:

When you upload a video you can not upload a thumbnail for the video the system uses a thumbnail from the video. The statistics don't seem to be reliable, it doesn't seem to show the right number of video plays, at least for videos embedded on websites. You have to verify your domain before you can monetize videos that you embed on you website.

Golulkrishnan
Film production in India
Entertainment, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Yet to develop

2.0 2 years ago

Comments: Nice to use but need support team assistance for copyright issues

Pros:

Easy to use and share videos an user friendly

Cons:

No proper support , if there is support we can do as we have in YouTube and Facebook

Ross
Head of Emerging Channels & Innovation in UK
Online Media, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

An invaluable OVP

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: As a major news publishers with video at the heart of our content, Dailymotion has been an important partner and the growth of video engagement and montisation has been crucially supported by Dailymotion.

Pros:

Dailymotion has a full suite of technologies to provide effective video serving management, and the efficient hosting and publising of video content. The reporting is thorough and responsive to ensure video performance and return can be monitored. The customer and technology support from Dailymotion is also excellent.

Cons:

There is not any part of the Dailymotion service that is challenging or problematic, certainly compared to other similar OVP solutions.

Monette
Head of Programmatic Sales in Philippines
Media Production, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Player that you can customize at zero cost

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: They have excellent customer and technical support. We were able to monetize our video without the need to pay higher on video serving.

Pros:

I love that we can customize it according to our needs and it's cost-efficient

Cons:

It will be better if video will load faster

Steven
Church School Teacher and UFC Fit Kids Attendant in US
Education Management, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

My Take on DailyMotion

5.0 last year

Comments: My overall experience with Dailymotion is very pleasant and nice but I wish there wasn't a crazy amount of ads.

Pros:

Dailymotion is something I like to watch on for videos and also to manage videos to playlists. I like where it's to share videos for inspiration and my favorite videos to watch on Dailymotion.

Cons:

I wish there wasn't too much ads because every time there's a video or even for midway to the video, it's a lot of ads.

Dailymotion Response

last year

Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on Dailymotion. We're delighted to hear that you enjoy using our platform for watching and managing videos! We understand that ads can sometimes disrupt the viewing experience, and we appreciate your feedback on this matter. If you're interested in an ad-free experience for your own videos, we do offer plans that manage ads. We'd be happy to discuss these options with you further. You can reach out to us through our contact page here: https://enterprise.dailymotion.com/en/contact-us/ Thank you again for your valuable feedback, and we look forward to enhancing your Dailymotion experience.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Medical Practice, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Dailymotion: Great work team, keep growing!!

5.0 last year

Comments: We had a wonderful experience with dailymotion and it solved many issues like content creation with ease and meaningful inputs at same time. Ease of use is the major distinguishing feature from other competitors. Their customer support is excellent. I highly recommend.

Pros:

The best thing i like about dailymotion is the content is customizable and monetisable. Also it offers wide variety of content. The customer support is excellent as well.

Cons:

The least i liked is the pricing can be reduced a bit. It would be like an icing on the cake. One more suggestion is some lag during streaming occurs. It can be improved.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Entertainment, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Good for streaming, non for everyone

4.0 last year

Pros:

Quality of video is good, you can find something different from YouTube and streaming works well

Cons:

It is empty of a lot of things that you can find on YouTube for instance

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Publishing, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great service.

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

The service. They're more than willing to work with us on improving the UI and the setup on our websites.

Cons:

No visibility of the revenue we earn from advertisers running their ads in the Dailymotion players on our websites.

Loida
Ad Operations Lead in Philippines
Publishing, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

An Honest Review

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Since I am part of a team that integrates the player, I can say that they have an awesome customer support. They reply immediately if you raise any concerns and issues and ensure that it will be resolved right away. They also keep us updated of the new products or features and we collaborate to make things work for the benefit of both parties.

Cons:

They need to improve their feasibility study before introducing a new product to their partner, I noticed that we need have to do thorough checking and recommend which will work better instead of them doing that.

Roman
Chief Digital Officer in Spain
Online Media, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Meets our needs very well

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Ease of use and good quality. Very customizable player.

Cons:

Needs improvements in streaming services. For example, the possibility of being able to reuse the same player from the live broadcast for deferred recording or have the ability to move videos from one account to another.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Internet, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Good

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

The Customer service is good and we are quite happy.

Cons:

Youtube as a platform and player is way better

Esther
Journalist in Kenya
Broadcast Media, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Another Chance

4.0 3 years ago

Comments: The experience has been very good in terms of learning other people culture just from watching the downloaded videos.I have learnt different food recipes and this has been so positive to me(I love baking).
I am currently watching downloaded turkish soap dramas and I love them so much.All this in the courtesy of dailymotion.

Pros:

Sounds good that as a user I can upload copyrighted content unlike other softwares like you tube where they have restrictions. Since I started using it I have shared lots of videos/movies with my friends and families. Finally, dailymotion will always remain to be good as long as users don't compare it with other platforms unless we forget that no human beings are same and so do softwares.

Cons:

The only weakness that fans are not given a room to interact concerning a video watched.Fans need to express their feelings,their views and when they do this,the content creators rectify their mistakes easily. Also,they still have a low number of views compared to other sites like You tube.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Media Production, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Daily Motion and elDiario.es

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

The personal service because Margaux Botton is always willing to help us. Also, when they post our videos in DM landing it boosts our views, which we appreciate very much.

Cons:

Is not yet that popular so not many people have the app.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Media Production, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Dailymotion as primary player

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Its customizable and it can be monetizable. Could be profitable if you have great traffic and best contents.

Cons:

The user dashboard have lots of display ads, it looks cheap. No way or I don't know how to monetize if your just a content creator.

Mick
AVP - Consumer WiFi and Mobile Advertising in Philippines
Telecommunications, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Dailymotion is the right partner for Publisher monetization.

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Monetization as my primary objective was clearly met by partnering with Dailymotion. Something I would not have been able to do if I partnered with other video serving platforms available in the market today.

Pros:

Support teams very dependable, agile and always available.

Cons:

We didn't have any integration issues so I must say the product is okay as is at the moment.

Jonathan
Head of Client Relationships in UK
Sports, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

High quality support for clients

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: The direct level of service from the key personnel has made it an excellent relationship with Daily Motion

Pros:

WE provide sports websites for high level governing bodies and tournaments and the integration with Daily Motion has been seamless. Their staff have always been available to answer ours and our clients queries to ensure that both live and archive video is delivered well to the front end sites

Cons:

No difficulties of any major nature have been encountered

César
César
Computer engineer in Panama
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Hardware, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

A good platform for videos

4.0 3 years ago

Comments: Dailymotion is a good platform to upload content, it doesn't seem like the best, but it is a good alternative, there is a lot of freedom for creators and that benefits the user who can get more detailed videos.

Pros:

Dailymotion is a platform that hosts videos of all kinds from news, vlogs, sports, entertainment, etc., it promotes you to upload videos of all kinds with very few restrictions, so the freedom to the creator is great. The platform is kept very up-to-date because it has a good number of users who help with this work.

Cons:

When uploading videos there are not so many tools to edit the experience you want to transmit, it is quite simple in that section. The ads can become very annoying, due to their constancy. The Smart TV version does not work, it is slow and it does not play the content well.

Muniandy
Solution Architect in Malaysia
Broadcast Media, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

DM as your content management partner

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Overall DM providing good platform for Astro to manage content globally.

Pros:

DM does provide essential feature for content management with simplified UI.

Cons:

Many areas require improvement especially for API to provide more flexibility in terms of performing job in programmatic way and restriction is retrieving numbers if data. Partner need to heavily dependent on support team. To have granular access features.

Darren Erickson
IT Support in Philippines
Media Production, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Dailymotion review from PTNI (PTV) IT

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Ease of use in terms of uploading and video management

Cons:

The software lacks details in terms of analytics as it doesn't provide much. Also, I am having hard time managing the video playlist.

Dipanjan
Head of Business Operations in India
Publishing, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Experiencing DM

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Overall okay

Pros:

The publishing is quick and easy. Possibility of running direct ads is a plus.

Cons:

1. Remnant ad rendering is extremely slow. My video view is 1/3rd that of page view of the video stories because the ads take long time to render.2. Analytics should be built robust3. Multi-platform support is not available

Dailymotion Response

2 years ago

Hello, Dipanjan! We truly enjoy working with you and appreciate your honest feedback. We are sorry to hear that you experienced such slowness, however, concerning your point, we launched a new player which is more optimized for the web now: https://developers.dailymotion.com/player/#Integration-methods developers.dailymotion.comdevelopers.dailymotion.com Also, for your information, we do have multi-platform support as you can find more information here: https://faq.dailymotion.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026614654-Which-devices-and-browsers-are-supported-by-Dailymotion- If you have any issues, please don't hesitate to reach out to our content manager. We're always happy to hear your feedbacks and reflect your needs for product updates. Thank you!

Justine Ross
Video editor in Philippines
Media Production, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Dailymotion review

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Easy to access and user-friendly. I can work easily now than before.

Cons:

Make the landing page be more accurate on videos like depending on what the page is for (politics, news)

Muhammad
Sales manager in United Arab Emirates
Consumer Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Unique experience with dailymotion

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Provide free education of customer and team members using dailymotion...

Pros:

Easy to use upload daily life videos easily secure privacy policy

Cons:

Contain lot of unwanted adds and sometime seen slow videos buffering..

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Automotive, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Video Sharing Platform.

5.0 3 years ago

Pros:

There is a lot of content available on this platform. You can find a number of old videos and clips which cannot be found on any other site.

Cons:

The system of creating channels like YouTube should be given. The ads coming continuosly while watching a video are very annoying.

Philip
Commercial Partnerships Director in Australia
Newspapers, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Outstanding customer service

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: The team at DailyMotion are fantastic partners to work with, customer service is outstanding

Pros:

Worlds class software, light dev touch required to implement

Cons:

There is nothing that I can say I dislike

Dailymotion Response

2 years ago

Thank you so much for your review and time Phil, it is a pleasure working with you and the Australian Community Media teams everyday!