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Brightcove vs Kaltura comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Brightcove
Ranking in Live Streaming Platforms
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Kaltura
Ranking in Live Streaming Platforms
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Live Streaming Platforms category, the mindshare of Brightcove is 10.8%, down from 20.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kaltura is 9.3%, down from 11.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Live Streaming Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Brightcove10.8%
Kaltura9.3%
Other79.9%
Live Streaming Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

RS
Lead Engineer Senior Forntend Developer at Adobe
Video reviews have boosted customer trust and now drive higher retention and sales
Brightcove offers some of the best streaming solutions available, integrating very well with mobile and native devices like iOS and Android, and fantastically with the web as well, giving high-quality video streaming with advanced analytics and enterprise-level control. Brightcove's integration with mobile and web supported our team very smoothly. Brightcove integrates with native devices as well as iOS, Android, and web seamlessly. We had a React application where it integrated smoothly, and the team from Brightcove for the initial setup and integration was very helpful, with really good documentation to support integration. Brightcove is highly scalable and performant, with high-quality videos. We can switch to any mode and it gives great customization to the player integration. We could customize the integrated player based on our requirements, including creating chapters, which represents one of the best use cases we have utilized from Brightcove.
reviewer2841774 - PeerSpot reviewer
Instructional Design Consultant at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Captioning has become more accurate and interactive video questions are improving student engagement
I think Kaltura could be improved by providing clearer instructions or tools to record for the average person who has no idea what technology is. It is pretty intuitive if you work in that field daily, but it can be confusing if it is foreign to you. I rate Kaltura an eight because while it does a lot, it is not 100% perfect. There are certainly areas for improvement, such as with the hotspots or better integration into an LMS through LTI. I appreciate the tool but believe it could be better, which is why I don't rate it a ten, as I feel continuous improvement is a goal.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"After using Brightcove, I have been quite happy with their video portal and CMS, which is why we have been working with them for quite a while."
"With the help of live streaming using Brightcove, it helps us to retain customers and engage new customers."
"As a smaller organization, we were able to deliver a video on demand platform for hundreds of thousands of users with just a few engineers, so it has been very useful in that regard."
"If someone is looking for a private space, a safe space to host private videos and limit the users from accessing them outside their domain, then Brightcove is one of the trustworthy tools and can be recommended."
"Brightcove offers some of the best streaming solutions available, integrating very well with mobile and native devices like iOS and Android, and fantastically with the web as well, giving high-quality video streaming with advanced analytics and enterprise-level control."
"Brightcove is undeniably reliable and stable; it is the best of breed, likely in the top one or two platforms available, with reliability that encompasses both technology and personnel."
"I don't think there's another tool that is quite as seamless to work within the LMS and in the academic higher education setting."
 

Cons

"Brightcove, being one of the great tools, was the first premier tool that we used to get the videos hosted on the website, but then there were a lot of downsides to this product."
"Brightcove is already an amazing tool; the only consideration is that it is somewhat costly compared to other products, but that is justified because of the features they provide."
"Brightcove needs better support for React Native, as the video player that comes with it has native playback for Android and iOS, but we do not want to maintain so many platforms."
"In general, I frequently communicate with their tier one technical support via email or ticketing. This is an area where I feel they could improve because it often takes a while for them to respond, even as a premium customer."
"The biggest concern revolved around locking down pricing."
"I would suggest for the interface to have more flexibility so that from a UX perspective, it could be improved."
"I think Kaltura could be improved by providing clearer instructions or tools to record for the average person who has no idea what technology is."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
19%
Computer Software Company
17%
Wholesaler/Distributor
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Brightcove?
They do not want to be the most expensive but do not want to give it away for free either. The more you used it, the cheaper it got per piece.
What needs improvement with Brightcove?
Brightcove could improve by making its pricing clearer. I am not a current user, so I do not want to comment extensively on the user interface, but everyone I have spoken to loves it. It is tough t...
What is your primary use case for Brightcove?
For Brightcove, we use all of their video products, including video storage and management. We performed a huge migration from a legacy, analog, manual platform. It was not even a platform—it was j...
What needs improvement with Kaltura?
I think Kaltura could be improved by providing clearer instructions or tools to record for the average person who has no idea what technology is. It is pretty intuitive if you work in that field da...
What is your primary use case for Kaltura?
My main use case for Kaltura involves video editing, captioning, and creating learning experiences. I often use Kaltura to edit and enhance captions in online academic courses for students who are ...
What advice do you have for others considering Kaltura?
While I do not have specific metrics, I can attest that the ability for all instructional designers to edit captions is incredible for accessibility. The capability to link YouTube videos into Kalt...
 

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