Alternatives to JW Player
Other Video and podcast hosting vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that JW Player does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 28 that differ from JW Player on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
JW Player has 7 gaps in what we could measure: Data location stated, Public pricing, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116). The column “publishes and JW Player does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and JW Player does not | JW Player publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loomloom.com | 74/100 | 5 Data location stated, Public pricing, Certifications named, +2 | 1 Subprocessor list | Compare |
| Muxmux.com | 52/100 | 5 Data location stated, Public pricing, Certifications named, +2 | 3 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Notice before subprocessors change | Compare |
| Auphonicauphonic.com | 52/100 | 4 Data location stated, Public pricing, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, +1 | 4 Data processing agreement, Status page with history, Notice before subprocessors change, +1 | Compare |
| Descriptdescript.com | 48/100 | 4 Data location stated, Public pricing, Certifications named, +1 | 4 Data processing agreement, Status page with history, Notice before subprocessors change, +1 | Compare |
| Dacastdacast.com | 35/100 | 4 Data location stated, Public pricing, Uptime SLA with a figure, +1 | 5 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Status page with history, +2 | Compare |
| api.videoapi.video | 78/100 | 3 Data location stated, Public pricing, HTTPS enforced with HSTS | nothing | Compare |
| Cleanvoicecleanvoice.ai | 48/100 | 3 Public pricing, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, No third-party tracking before consent | 3 Subprocessor list, Status page with history, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Podbeanpodbean.com | 36/100 | 3 Data location stated, Public pricing, HTTPS enforced with HSTS | 4 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Status page with history, +1 | Compare |
| Acastacast.com | 35/100 | 3 Public pricing, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, security.txt (RFC 9116) | 4 Subprocessor list, Status page with history, Notice before subprocessors change, +1 | Compare |
| Gumletgumlet.com | 22/100 | 3 Public pricing, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, security.txt (RFC 9116) | 5 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Status page with history, +2 | Compare |
| Vidyardvidyard.com | 57/100 | 2 Data location stated, Certifications named | 1 Status page with history | Compare |
| Captivatecaptivate.fm | 26/100 | 2 Data location stated, Public pricing | 4 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Status page with history, +1 | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.