--- description: Review of Flowplayer Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Flowplayer | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Video Marketing Software](/directory/4698/video-marketing/software) > [Flowplayer](/software/220759/flowplayer) # Flowplayer Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/220759/flowplayer Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/220759/flowplayer?page=2) > Flowplayer is an online video platform for publishers, broadcasters \& digital media. Flowplayer is built for the needs of any enterprise that needs to deliver video on demand or live content at any scale. The enterprise solution comes with real-time analytics, dynamic playlists, a recommendation engine, easy to use monetisation capability and much more. The ultra-lightweight video player can be fully configured and customised to any specification. iOS \& Android SDKs are also available for in-app video delivery. > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 10 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 10 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Flowplayer ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$495.00 - **Pricing model**: Usage Based (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Flowplayer is a SaaS business model and we base the pricing on usage, for the full platform offering, there are a few metrics depending on what you need. The core pricing pillars are video plays (or stream starts), bandwidth (or CDN/Streaming) terabytes, storage terabytes, and encoding ingests (minutes uploaded). There are additional metrics that can be explored if you need more than one concurrent LIVE broadcast channel, DRM encryption or auto-transcriptions. The subscription includes the player product, all updates and dedicated support. - **Target Audience**: 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, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Chromebook (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Activity Tracking - Alerts/Notifications - Audience Analytics - Audience Engagement - Brand Overlay - Bulk Uploading - CRM Integration - Closed Captions - Collaboration Tools - Commenting/Notes - Communication Management - Content Library - Content Management - Customisable Branding - Customisable Templates - Drag & Drop - Engagement Tracking ## Integrations (17 total) - Applicaster - CDN - Comscore - Cxense - Drupal - Google Ads - Google Analytics 360 - InPlayer - Mux Video - Naviga - OpenX - RainFocus - Singular - Videolicious - Wirecast ... and 2 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) ## Category - [Video Marketing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4698/video-marketing/software) ## Related Categories - [Video Marketing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4698/video-marketing/software) - [Content Management Systems](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4543/cms/software) - [Video Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4337/video-management/software) - [Live Streaming Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4376/live-streaming/software) - [Video Hosting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4472/video-hosting/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Its multiple features make FlowPlayer an indispensable tool for audiovisual professionals. > > **Cons**: Make additional moves to take advantage of the most advanced features. ----- ### "Very Powerful Player" — 4.0/5 > **Nathan** | *22 May 2021* | Entertainment | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: It works on all browsers \& mobiles, auto detects HLS when using their hosted platform \& has a very nice design + customisation options. > > **Cons**: The pricing for basic needs (just the player) is not worth the money comparing to the other players available. If we want to display ads before our videos, we have to upgrade to their medium tier plan which is not worth the money if you only use the player for external videos. > > Half of our content is for videos to be displayed to viewers, so FlowPlayer is a major part in this. ----- ### "Best option for self-hosted SaaS developers\! but has severe bugs too" — 3.0/5 > **Darryl** | *4 June 2021* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: HLS + Dash + MP4 with browser detection, priority sources was key\! Multi-quality sources key\! Subtitles + Thumbnail tracks very good\! Easy to setup, mostly clean and comprehensive API - must have\! Documentation is better than most - some room for improvement, along with some better standardization of API features especially in the UI area. Support that actually responds? well thats nice. Could be faster response, but a few days response time is better than none at all\! > > **Cons**: It has severe bugs we were surprised to be the first to notice and report. The company didn't take our reports seriously until we gave them examples where they could see it themselves. 'Severe' bugs are when documented features simply don't work. In this case, it was dynamically loaded playlists, with mixed sets of videos containing mixed sets of subtitles and thumbnail tracks. Flowplayer switched videos fine, but refused to change subtitle or thumbnail tracks. Kind of shocking we're the first to report this, and that its taking them so long to fix. First they said 1 week, then 1 more week, then 1 more week, now in a few weeks because they want to fix it only in their new version not the current version. Now to get the fix we have to go to their BETA, which no doubt will force us to report more bugs. Why am I paying them, shouldn't they be paying me for debugging? Or at least a free player now that they know we're a useful customer that can help them improve their product? \*shrug\* > > We tried some open source solutions, but the only one that claimed to have the features we needed was simply far too disjointed, disorganized and involved way too much trial and error to even get a full-bodied test up. So we reluctantly dived into Flowplayer. It was concerning because they seem to be going cloud-hosted as well. We can only hope they see the wisdom in leaving self-hosted as an option always. Flowplayer has really been nice to work with and I think their pricing model is fair. For self-hosted needs, FLOWPLAYER IS THE ONLY OPTION right now - if you really need robust full feature. Save your team the time, and just go Flowplayer. Hopefully they have the severe bugs fixed soon without introducing a bunch more, and then its the PERFECT PLAYER. ----- ### "Straightforward setup and easy implementation" — 5.0/5 > **Gabriel** | *28 May 2021* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Integration with our website was seamless and with low impact, the player works well in 99% of customers and we love how customizable it is. > > **Cons**: While implementing it we didn't find any issues or drawbacks, can't think of any cons. ----- ### "Flowplayer" — 5.0/5 > **Lars** | *21 May 2021* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Its easy to maintain the account, there are options to organize the content > > **Cons**: The video management could be improved the dashboard could be updated > > Very seamless and easy to use. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/220759/flowplayer?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/220759/flowplayer) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data