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OTBruce · 05-21-2014, 05:53 AM

Hi all,

I posted this on the webmaster Q and fuckin' A, but with no responses. Being impatient and a bit of a nag, I thought I'd broaden the scope by re-posting it here (I hope it's not against any rules):

"I've been tasked with looking into cloud video transcoding services and have narrowed my shortlist down to four: AWS, Zencoder, Encoding.com and Panda. They've all had good reviews and I've signed up to each (free accounts) to evaluate them, but it's always good to get feedback from people that actually use them. Can anyone out there rate or rant about them?"

My inclination is to go with Zencoder: they seem to have the best API and request builder, though it will be hard to convince the boss (Paul) to pay twice as much for it as AWS. As for Encoding.com, they just seem far too expensive for the relatively low volume of transcoding we're looking at. And Panda's options seem too limited, though I like their flat price structure.

Anyone got any thoughts they'd like to share?

05-21-2014, 05:53 AM
OTBruce Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2014 Location: London Posts: 21	Cloud video transcoding services - take 2! Hi all, I posted this on the webmaster Q and fuckin' A, but with no responses. Being impatient and a bit of a nag, I thought I'd broaden the scope by re-posting it here (I hope it's not against any rules): "I've been tasked with looking into cloud video transcoding services and have narrowed my shortlist down to four: AWS, Zencoder, Encoding.com and Panda. They've all had good reviews and I've signed up to each (free accounts) to evaluate them, but it's always good to get feedback from people that actually use them. Can anyone out there rate or rant about them?" My inclination is to go with Zencoder: they seem to have the best API and request builder, though it will be hard to convince the boss (Paul) to pay twice as much for it as AWS. As for Encoding.com, they just seem far too expensive for the relatively low volume of transcoding we're looking at. And Panda's options seem too limited, though I like their flat price structure. Anyone got any thoughts they'd like to share?